Archive for October, 2011
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Taking a Break
October 31st, 2007I’m fried. I’ll be back next week. Maybe a couple posts from other authors will come in. My enemies get a break.
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Friday Morning Rally at 1717 Troutman
October 25th, 2007A Ridgewood cop I know told me there’s going to be a rally at 1717 Troutman tomorrow morning. I found nothing online about it, strangely. He says only that his chief told him to be there at 9am, and…
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City Plans to Bulldoze Ridgewood Reservoir
October 24th, 2007
Photo from Save Ridgewood ReservoirThe Ridgewood Reservoir was a main water source for Brooklyn in the 1800s, built by entrepreneurs to keep the then-City’s booming population from dying of thirst. After consolidation with New York City, Brooklyn’s…
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Fotos: Dusk, 68th Rd/Woodward
October 23rd, 2007
The light wasn’t great, but I had to take this shot of the church steeple above a T-intersection in Ridgewood.
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Agitating for Affordable… Parking?
October 23rd, 2007
New York City Councilman Tony Avella hearts parking lots.New Yorkers never fail to set my eyes rolling. Their reverse-provincial, insulated expectations of what life is and more importantly, what the government should do for them, just keeps on amusing.…
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Friends of BushwickBK Win ‘Best of NYC’
October 19th, 2007Two Bushwick institutions were awarded “Best of NYC” in the Village Voice this week:
Goodbye Blue Monday for “Best Place To See Great Up-and-Coming Bands Before They Embrace Their Own Hype”
Trees Not Trash for “Best Reason To Take Up…
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City Throws Loft-Dwellers Into the Streets
October 19th, 2007
It’s about to get cold, but why should that stop the city from booting some 220 people out of their apartments without allowing them to retrieve much more than a few handfuls of clothing? Apparently the building at…
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Knickerbocker Mural Paints 400 Feet of History
October 19th, 2007
There’s a new art zine on the scene called ArtCal and in it I review the new major mural that went up in Bushwick.
Incorporating the barrios’ German past, fire filled not-so-distant past, hipster present and still undecided…
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Bathtubs in Kitchens? I Think Not!
October 19th, 2007
Bushwick Avenue brownstones. Photo from Forgotten NYThe cool folks at Reclaimed Home, a site for people renovating their houses on the cheap, gave a shout out to Bushwick today…such as it was. News flash: Bushwick is not…
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Street Smarts Extend to Bushwick Mice
October 16th, 2007When we moved in here, there were no mice or bugs of any kind, which was strange because it’s a very old house and the previous inhabitants were… not so clean. We saw plenty of evidence of previous infestations —…
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