Archive for October, 2011
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Bushwick Culture Weekend Picks: 7/31/08
July 31st, 2008
July ends tonight at midnight. August is almost here–that month that feels like one long Sunday evening, because you know that soon, everything is going to get all serious again. Live it up while the days are long and…
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Get Your Photo in the Header!
July 31st, 2008The main header randomly serves three different photos on the right side (fading out behind the site logo). We’re looking to raise that number to about 10, for variety. We’re looking for photos that define Bushwick in a positive way…
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Bushwick House of the Week: 1372 Madison
July 30th, 2008
1372 Madison is a pretty little two-family on a cute, leafy block right near the imposing gothic Bushwick High. I believe the reason this block and the one next to it are so short — about half a normal…
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Bushwick Apartment Roundup 7/30/08: Troutman!
July 30th, 2008
This week we’re focusing on Troutman Street, once the center of Bushwick’s crack trade, now it’s latest snazzy condo row and the residential and cultural backbone of the new Bushwick. In between all that is hundreds of units…
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Middle Eastern Joint ‘Olive Valley’ Gets Awning
July 29th, 2008
A tipster sent this in just now: guys putting up the awning for the falafel joint set to open soon at 43 Bogart in Morgantown. I was by there earlier and noticed a lot of equipment inside all…
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Bushwick Urban Archaeology: Oven Timer
July 29th, 2008
This sucks — this oven timer was completely intact, if a bit dirty, under the ground still attached to the rusted remains of an old stove. I pried it off, admired the fact that the face was ceramic and…
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Monduna’s Rooftop Works the Public
July 29th, 2008
On Saturday night I biked a ridiculously short distance to go check out Monduna at the Bushwick Department of Public Works (right next to the “hep of poop” condo). The Addtract Consortium, a group of creative DIY artists…
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Bushwick Clicks 7/28/08
July 28th, 2008
Grove Street block party, by pixelateitThe Trials and Tribulations of Pig-Stuy: Remember that cute blog war we had last year that made all the dimwit-seriosos out there crap their pants in rage? Well, as evidence mounts…
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Bushwick Culture Clicks 7/25/08
July 25th, 2008
Brooklyn’s upstart galleries create a new art district. The Village Voice looks at Flushing area galleries Factory Fresh, Ad Hoc Art, Pocket Utopia, and English Kills. Ad-Hoc owner coined the term for the group of nearby galleries the…
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Bushwick Cooks: Penne All’Arrabiata
July 25th, 2008
Considering it’s been sweltering in Bushwick for the last week or so, I’ve had little desire to stand over a hot stove and actually cook. The prospect of someone else slaving away in a hot kitchen and being able…
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