Archive for October, 2011
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A Bushwick Maverick Breaks Up the Monotony
February 29th, 2008
A long street of identical Bushwick-Ridgewood brick apartments can be a stunning sight, but like brownstones, the charm wears off after a few blocks of the same old thing. That’s why I love when an architectural maverick breaks up…
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Bushwick Apartment Roundup 2/29/08
February 29th, 2008
Dear apartment hunters: when you call on apartments you see here, please mention you saw it on BushwickBK.com!
#1 — $1050 — studio: I love these old parquet floors. A good price for an ample studio with a decent…
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342 Eldert Rentals Rising in SoBu
February 28th, 2008
It’s been a while since we have paid specific attention to the area on the other side of Myrtle, what we jokingly call “SoBu.” Well dry those eyes, my co-neighborhoodists to the south, for I bring news: a building…
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Bushwick Initiative: An (Irrelevant) Insult
February 27th, 2008
Residents finally moved into the gut-renovated Bushwick Initiative buildings across the street from me this weekend, four months after they were completed. Oh, the Bushwick Initiative? That’s where the City uses your tax money to fix up someone…
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In Bushwick, Yoga Comes to You
February 27th, 2008
We don’t yet have our own yoga center here in Bushwick, but we certainly have plenty of interest. As a stopgap measure, may I suggest the services of the Bushwick Yogi?
The Yogi’s been practicing yoga since 1992 and…
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Eat Your Veggies!… You Ignorant Savages
February 26th, 2008
Money wasted on this map could have been used to buy produce.Just when you thought the people of this city had endured quite enough paternalism, our benevolent overseers have now found it fit to tell us we don’t…
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Bushwick House Fire on Film
February 26th, 2008The cameraman at one point shows his face and says, “scary!” I think it’s rather “embarrassing!” Funny how he stands there and is like, oh look the house is burning down, that totally sucks. Everything turned out okay in…
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Coming Soon: The Wyckoff Exchange
February 25th, 2008
Assorted hipsters and such walk past Bushwick’s “future Bedford Avenue.”I have been thinking that the Northern part of Wyckoff Avenue, with several vacant storefronts and underutilized warehouses, would be the perfect little hipster-yuppie “main street,” if only a few…
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Bushwick Clicks 2/25/08
February 25th, 2008
Irving Square Park in the snow, by eppleart, from the BushwickBK flickr poolWhat’s the Password?: Bushwick food speakeasy! Well, not quite as exciting as that — a flat fee is charged that pays the overhead. Still, the…
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Bushwick Apartment Roundup 2/21/08
February 21st, 2008
#1 — $1400-2500 — studio-3br lofts: Looks like this guy has several lofts available in this building. Great space and light, big windows, wood floors, utilitarian yet attractive kitchens. I like it a lot.
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