Archive for October, 2011
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Be Smart, Little Hipsters!
August 30th, 2007
One of my housemates, whom I bumped into on the train today, told me that last night cops were handing out these flyers at the Morgan Avenue L station. “Remember to close and lock your doors and windows when…
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Bushwick Apartment Roundup 8/30/07
August 30th, 2007
#1 — $1600 — 3.5 bedroom: Uh, this is a cool apartment. Big bay front, great moldings, old fireplace, French doors, decent-enough kitchen, cheap for what it is. I’m guessing the “half” bedroom is either windowless or is just…
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Fotos: Repointing on Irving
August 29th, 2007
One of my favorite buildings in Bushwick, at the north corner of Hernández Park seems to be under repointing work. As I understand it, that’s a big ticket job.
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Go on Over and See It, Sometime
August 28th, 2007
The unassuming brick house at 421 Stanhope is nice, but it’s likely that its neighbors and possibly even its residents aren’t aware that big-mouthed, lewd, gay-rights-defending sexpot actress and controversial playwright Mae West spent her childhood there. I…
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BushwickBK Business Map Goes Live!
August 28th, 2007It only has a few places so far, though I’ll be adding more in the coming days. If there are any suggestions, please post them in the forum, and they will be added!
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Dude, Where’s My Wine Bars?
August 27th, 2007
Evil gentrifiers eating their organical foods. Photo from NYT review of NE KingdomJosé is at it again: bombast with little substance and scaremongery spluttering of downright lies. He’s getting quite repetitious, too: “We rebuilt up on…
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Franco-Polish Eats in Ridgewood
August 25th, 2007BushwickLou of South Bushwick via East New York has been recommending Dora’s Creperie on Myrtle in Ridgewood for a few weeks and the Miami crew got a chance to go this afternoon. The owners/staff seem to be Polish, but that…
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311 Overload
August 23rd, 2007
From the People’s 311 Flickr pool.Bloomberg isn’t just good at having the mainstream media fawn over him — now he’s got the bloggers on his side.
Last week, between blowing kisses at Bloomie, Louise from Only the Blog…
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Bushwick Apartment Roundup 8/23/07
August 23rd, 2007
Agents and owners: if you want to feature your apartments in the roundup, it’s free! But please send me an attractive, high-resolution photo, or several photos.
#1 — $1000 — loft: It’s 345 Eldert, home of the USE!…
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Right-Wing, Apathetic What?
August 23rd, 2007Know what I’m sick of lately? Activist types showing up here, getting all up in our faces about our part in advancing gentrification — or at least that we don’t weep enough about gentrification. The worst part is that for…
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