Archive for October, 2011
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Bushwick Apartment Roundup 4/30/08
April 30th, 2008
$1850 — 3br: Love this apartment: cool old details, nice light, one short block in the right direction from Hernández Park, Bushwick’s central square. Whichever building this is, it’s certainly something beautiful and brick. And Chimu Express is…
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CakeWalk: Vegan Bakery to Open on Bogart
April 29th, 2008
A few weeks ago I heard rumors of a vegan bakery planned for the new storefronts on Bogart and Moore. The other day, I got a tip:
“One of the vans moving things in was from ‘Red Mango…
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A Night of Old-School Pizza and Black Metal
April 29th, 2008
Behold…the Arctopus, by コーヒーぶっかけ男[Pete heroically steps in for Anna this week. Expect more from him in the future. --J]
I decided to check out the Behold…the Arctopus show at Silent Barn Friday night with a…
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Bushwick Clicks 4/28/08
April 28th, 2008
“Color added” — St. Mark’s and SB KrausChanging Tastes:A Bushwick brewery is repurposed by a Chinese immigrant to expand his dumpling empire.
The Pope’s Slipping Grip: Ex-Chief of St. Barbara’s explains the Church’s influence on the spending of…
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Learning History from Old Trash
April 25th, 2008
Through the last year, every time I dug up a part of the back yard, I cursed the former owners. “Why is there so much garbage tossed back here!?” Luis tried to reason: “Maybe they didn’t pick up the…
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Culture Bits: Skull Moustache Paste-Up
April 25th, 2008
Jessica and I are taking a weekend off of the culture beat (leaving Bushwick — shocking, I know) and I wanted to throw in a little shout-out to some local artists.
I love this mustachioed skull and had to…
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Bushwick Culture: Weekend Picks 4/24/08
April 24th, 2008
Art Party
4/25 — Benefit for Free Arts NYC+Afterparty
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Ad Hoc Art, 49 Bogart Street. After Party at Wreck Room, 940 Flushing Ave.
7-10pm (benefit). 10-? (after party)
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Vito Lopez’s Grab to Retain Power Intensifies
April 23rd, 2008
The curve on that chart is so high I can fit a pic of Vito under it!
(Chart from Federal Reserve paper on demographic shifts in wealth [pdf])Your moron State Assemblyman and local political boss Vito Lopez…
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Bullish on Bushwick… Due Credit, Not So Much
April 23rd, 2008
“We heard two-family houses Bushwick are down 3% this year. Lame. We’re outta here.”
Yoinked from tamisevens’ flickr streamYou don’t realize how many mistakes reporters can make until you read an article about your own neighborhood. It’s…
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Bushwick Apartment Roundup 4/23/08
April 23rd, 2008
$900 — studio: You know how I like cheap! If you don’t mind the train going by your living room, this place is great. Wood floors, good details, looks like you could even hang a curtain and make a…
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