Costas Identity Revealed!

Reader db alerted me to the fact that the Mystery of Costas has finally been solved in this week's edition of Time Out New York:

Although that classical-looking costas bust sits in front of the chiropractic offices of Dr. Karen A. Thomas, her receptionist explained that the good doctor had nothing to do with its recent arrival in the neighborhood. When we called the building's landlord, Barbara Capozzi, we discovered that even she wasn't exactly responsible for it. "A man named Costas did work on my building and he left it there as a gift," Capozzi explained. "I was surprised to see it there myself." The bust isn't, however, a likeness of its creator. "No, Costas is young," the landlord says. "I guess it's Julius Caesar or someone." Will the bust remain where it is? "I don't think so," she says. "I'll probably move it out to a house I have on Long Island. But it's a delicate situation, and I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings."

The mystery may be over, but I sense a controversy brewing if Costas is removed from his spot. He's too much of a neighborhood fixture now. He can't leave.

SAVE COSTAS!

Comments

[Dope]

ITS GONE.

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

[Ledra]

ITS GONE.

[Ledra]

ITS GONE.

[Frank Lynch]

I snapped it a week or so ago, and thought it the oddest thing, in the sense of "how could I have not noticed this before?"

I think it's Tony Curtis. Dead or Alive? Can we ask him?

Dope, got his number?

[Lt. Columbo]

someone in an overcoat scooting around Park Slope..

Ahhh...just one more thing Mrs. Capozzi, it's probably nothing really, but I just get these things in my head, my wife says I think too much - hey, is that one of those new-fangled laptops?

Capozzi: Something was bothering you lieutenant?

Oh, sorry, yeah, like I say, it's probably nothing, but you say you haven't seen Costas since he finished work on your building?

Capozzi: Yes.

And you were surprised when you saw the bust?

Capozzi: Yes.

Now m'am, you'll pardon me for asking this, I know there's probably an explanation, but if the bust was a surprise, how did you know it was a gift?

[Dennis]

So I should be looking for someone in an overcoat scooting around Park Slope.. that's you? If this is the real "Costas" story, that's way too funny! Judging from my past dealings with contractors, I wouldn't be that shocked.

[Dope]

It's all too weird. Dope, you need to find out the real story.

I'm all over it like Columbo.

[Kitty]

Her explanation seems really, really off.

Why would a contractor plant a bust (not of himself but with his name on it) at a random job site? Where did he get the bust, anyway? Why would the property owner just leave it there? And if she didn't want to offend him, why did she openly discuss his freakishness in a magazine?

It's all too weird. Dope, you need to find out the real story.