Archive for October, 2011

• 6 Things for Bushwickers to Watch in Albany

  April 30th, 2009
  
  The Albany Death Star, otherwise known as Empire State Plaza, the complex of state buildings that rule your life. — Photos by Aaron Short

  Last Tuesday, I hitched a ride to Albany with a busload of Orthodox…

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• Potato Salad with Cucumber and Radish

  April 30th, 2009
  
  Photo by Paige Newman

  In my incredibly accurate estimation, there are about a million and a half things one can do with potatoes. Alongside their versatility is the bonus of availability and more importantly an almost universal appeal…

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• When Chelsea and Bushwick Collide

  April 30th, 2009
  
  BW, left, and Dial Magnet by Bushwick artist Ariel Dill.

  One typically thinks of Chelsea and Bushwick as opposite ends of a very large art spectrum. At one end, fabulously wealthy patrons shower money on the hottest artists…

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• A Bushwick Empire: Pita Palace and E-Z Pass

  April 30th, 2009
  
  Alex Seidi manning the grill at Pita Palace on Bushwick Avenue

  The turquoise-and-pink-striped polo shirt and matching Yankee cap may be my favorite. Or maybe it’s the brown-and-lime-green combo. Whatever shade, you’ll notice Alex Seidi’s style when you…

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• Bushwick Culture Weekly Picks 4/30/09

  April 30th, 2009

  

  Yay! It looks like we made it through the ickiest winter in a while! Go out and reward yourselves with some Hott Bushwick Action. There are a lot of high-concept, lo-fi, cheap and FREE things to do this weekend.…

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• Swine Flu Closes Bushwick School

  April 30th, 2009

  I’m sorry the Swine Flu hysteria had to dirty the beautiful minds of our readers. But it would be irresponsible not to inform you that St. Brigid’s Catholic School on St. Nicholas has been shuttered for the next week over a single case of the flu…

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• CSAs: Bushwick-Supported Agriculture

  April 29th, 2009
  
  Bushwick CSA boxes, left, and back yard seedlings. — Photos by Gwen Schantz

  This spring brings a host of grassroots food projects to our fair neighborhood, including community gardens, farmers markets, rooftop and backyard farms and even…

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• Bushwick House of the Week: 1411 Bushwick

  April 29th, 2009

  

  You too can live like a big-time brewer in this mini-mansion at 1411 Bushwick. The exterior looks flawless, every beam and molding and slat in place, a generous round porch greeting the street corner, and amazing old wrought iron…

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• Bushwick Apartment Roundup 4/29/09

  April 29th, 2009

  

  $1100 — 1br: Cheap and nice. Lots of original moldings, good light, location on Bushwick Avenue is boring but pretty and close enough to fun and the train. Maybe you are a “perspective” tenant?
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• Lumenhouse Benefit Brings Bushwick Out in Force

  April 28th, 2009
  
  Spillover Crowd from the packed Lumenhouse Benefit. — Photo by Joel Myers

  This past Saturday, on one of the first blasts of warm weather we’ve seen since spring allegedly arrived, Bushwickers and visitors from around the city hit…

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