Archive for October, 2011
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A Radical Night at Surreal Estate
March 31st, 2009If we hadn’t spotted a colorfully greasy group of young people smoking outside the unmarked door, we probably wouldn’t have known we’d reached the spot. The site of collective living space and events venue Surreal Estate is unmarked; but…
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Tracing Bushwick’s Roots in Williamsburg Soil
March 31st, 2009
Dereszewski stops at Grand Street and Bushwick Avenue to talk about the the mansions that were built along Grand Street in the 1830s. — Photos by Diego Cupolo.The afternoon sun was bright and a light breeze stretched…
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Do You Enjoy Local Politics Coverage?
March 30th, 2009Just checking in to see if the readers enjoy the limited amount of political coverage we have had in the last few months. Do you find it informative and interesting, and most of all, would you like to see more?…
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Building Fire Caught on Camera
March 27th, 2009Bushwick teacher Adam Schwartz caught some excellent photos of firefighters putting out an inferno on Palmetto Street near Myrtle-Wyckoff…
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The DIY Approach to Regulatory Compliance
March 27th, 2009
Bushwick’s bodegas don’t take the DOB or Health Dept. seriously — why should anyone else?Bushwickers are tired of tacos. Even those happy with the very few more diverse choices in the neighborhood have been impatiently…
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Bushwick Culture Picks 3/26/09
March 26th, 2009
As a wise friend noted over dinner at the Kingdom the other night (including the new Whoopie Pie dessert — YUM) "March should be going out like a lamb any minute now."…
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Hong Kong Express: Not Tso Bad
March 26th, 2009
Sparkling clean Hong Kong Express on Wyckoff Avenue. — Photos by Devon BrownSince I moved to Bushwick, I have been on a seemingly endless search for decent Chinese food in the neighborhood. All I wanted was…
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Bushwick House of the Week: 566 Hart
March 25th, 2009
This four-family house at 566 Hart is solidly in Bushwick, not Bed-Stuy as per the ignorant agents — a rare reversal of neighborhood labels that normally sees Bushwick bleeding far across Broadway. Never mind, the four two-bedroom apartments make…
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Bushwick Apartment Roundup 3/25/09
March 25th, 2009
$1050-1550 — studio-2br: These apartments each have brand new kitchens (with dishwashers!) and bathrooms, but the building retained all the original charm in the interiors including the awesome hallway hex tiles and wrought iron railings. This historic landmark on…
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Ridgewood Theater to Reopen With Retail
March 25th, 2009It’s up for landmark consideration but in a preemptive strike against forced preservation, the owners have declared their intention to protect the terra cotta facade of the shuttered Ridgewood Theater and reopen it as a moviehouse…
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