Archive for October, 2011
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Culture Click: Daptone Records Gets Robbed Blind
February 17th, 2009My neighbors and yours Daptone Records recently had tons of equipment stolen from their studio by a different group of our lovely neighbors. The house on Troutman was neither alarmed nor insured…
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News Click: Rents Down, Competition Up
February 17th, 2009Yes, rents are down, but combine the slightly lower prices with stricter landlords and even higher tenant competition than before, and it’s probably a wash…
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News Click: Woman’s Body Found on Palmetto
February 16th, 2009The naked body of a woman in her 30s was found this morning between two cars in a locked parking lot on Palmetto near Broadway. There are no signs of trauma — an investigation is underway.
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Bushwick Artist Profile: Rachel Higgins
February 16th, 2009
Rachel Higgins in her studio.Like many of us, the interdisciplinary artist Rachel Higgins grew up hanging out at the mall. As an incubator of sorts for suburban teenagers, the mall is where they either learn how to…
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News Click: Will City Go to Hell? Yes and No
February 16th, 2009Read the predictions of five economists on the city’s economic near term if you must, but I find the most interesting part to be the photo of Broadway and Palmetto, showing storefronts first destroyed in 1977 still gutted and full of trash in 1992…
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News Click: Bushwick Catholic School Gets Reprieve
February 16th, 2009Though St. Aloysius on Seneca isn’t so lucky, it seems St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School at Knickerbocker and Weirfield has survived the city’s Catholic school contraction.
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Greater Bushwick Photo Essayists Wanted
February 14th, 2009We’re looking for pushy, ballsy photographers with a nose for news and a willingness to take assignments all around the neighborhood. You’re also encouraged to come up with your own ideas for photo essays, and you need to be able…
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Anxiety Room: Padded Walls Not Included
February 13th, 2009
A collaborative work by Jon Burgerman and Jim Avignon on display at “Anxiety Room,” the latest Factory Fresh art exhibit. — Photos by Diego Cupolo.The recently unemployed, the financially constrained and the growing number of people suffering…
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News Click: Pfizer Site On Hold; Lopez Drools
February 12th, 2009The credit crunch has ruined drug company Pfizer’s plans to develop their former plant site into housing for all income brackets, which means they better watch out for Vito Lopez…
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Bushwick Culture Weekend Picks 2/12/09
February 12th, 2009
My wise astrology-aware friends tell me that Mercury came out of retrograde, and I am totally feeling some positive vibes this week! I hope it’s a sign of more good things to come & at least for now,…
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