Archive for October, 2011
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Culture Click: ‘Puerile’ ZsaZsa Land at Office Ops
February 20th, 2009Wince. Gay City News‘s Brian McCormick tears up ZsaZsa Land, a performance held at Office Ops on Thames, and tosses it over his shoulder without a look back…
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News Click: Moore Street Market to Get Upgrade
February 20th, 2009The Moore Street Market, aka La Marqueta, may get a pedestrian plaza on Humboldt as part of its recent bailout…
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Bushwick Culture Weekend Picks 2/19/09
February 19th, 2009
I’m running a little high anxiety this week and writing to you from sunny, gorgeous (read: rainy, cold) Ohio. My plan of attack for the weekend is to take a deep breath, see some good friends and take in…
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The Chinese Mexican Phenomenon
February 19th, 2009
After bruising the Chinese restaurant ego last week, it’s time to make amends and celebrate the strange and wonderful phenomenon that is the Chinese-run Mexican restaurant — because only the masters of all products pirated could repackage an…
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Culture Click: Bored Cops Raid DIY Venue
February 18th, 2009With the recent violent crimes in the area, the cops are wasting resources raiding a music venue that hasn’t pushed the correct amount of paper around? God, this is practically a police cliché…
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Bushwick House of the Week: 151 Cooper
February 18th, 2009
Before I get into its merits, realize the agent himself says this property needs to be completely gutted or even torn down. But I hope to make the case that the latter isn’t necessary. The shape of this house…
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Culture Click: Vice Mag Iowan Bugs Bushwicker
February 18th, 2009Oh, Iowa. You turn out intelligent, industrious, but oh-so-wide-eyed people. But I have to hand it to “Li’l Pete” at Vice Magazine for asking a 20-year resident of Bushwick questions prefaced by things like “I read on Wikipedia…”
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Bushwick Apartment Roundup 2/18/09
February 18th, 2009
$1399 — 2br: The apartment is okay and the block sucks, but what’s great is the space — the basement is included and you have the entire back yard to yourself. This is for space whores with some balls,…
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An Art Roundup: Bouncing Around Bushwick
February 17th, 2009I headed out early Friday evening to check out Norte Maar and ArtCal’s "Bounce That Beat" gallery walk in the neighborhood.
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Boulevard Cafe Brings Class to Montrose
February 17th, 2009
The slick interior of the newly opened Boulevard Cafe. — Photo by Joel MyersWhen you’re walking past the string of bodegas and hair salons that line Bushwick Avenue, a slick new restaurant called Boulevard Cafe might not…
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