Archive for October, 2011

• Bushwick Artist Profile: Paola Ochoa

  April 13th, 2009
  
  Paola Ochoa in her Bushwick Studio. — Photos by Mimi Luse

  Inspired by the visual language of nature and of the internet, the artist Paola Ochoa synthesizes external stimulus into intricate multi-planar works. Fixated on the future;…

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• New Hotel Sprouts in Bushwick

  April 10th, 2009
  
  Aryana Realty plans to build a seven-story hotel at Sumner and Flushing. — Photo by Diego Cupolo

  Yes, that’s right, the shady hotel on Bushwick Avenue is about to get some competition. Developer Harshad Patel, of Aryana…

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• Bushwick Culture Weekly Picks 4/9/09

  April 9th, 2009

  

  It was finally a gorgeous sunny spring day! If we pretend that those snow flurries didn’t happen yesterday, we can declare the first signs of optimism about spring (as well as…

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• Antojitos Mexicanos Satisfies Any Craving

  April 9th, 2009
  
  Antojitos Mexicanos at Graham Avenue and McKibbin Street. — Photos by Scarlett Lindeman

  Antojitos, the corn meal masa snacks that are usually deep-fried, stuffed, or slathered, can be found on every street corner in Puebla, Mexico. Fortunately, they can…

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• Street Art: Bushwick’s Renewable Resource

  April 8th, 2009
  
  Street art is pasted and painted all over the industrial areas of Bushwick. — Photos by Jessi Bautista

  Walking around the industrial areas of Bushwick, it’s stranger to see a freshly painted facade than one covered in wheatpasting.…

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• Middle Eastern Portal in West Ridgewood

  April 8th, 2009
  
  The Belly Dancing Cafe on Woodward in Ridgewood. — Photo by Kevin Armento

  Southwest Ridgewood boasts a fantastic showing of flavors Ecuadorian and Peruvian, as well as a few more general joints con sabor Latino. But rare in…

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• Bushwick House of the Week: 1398 Putnam

  April 8th, 2009

  

  Yeah, it’s stabilized, but it seems to be in good shape and has a high rent limit — which a sharp investor could find a way to get raised. Plus it’s vacant, so you can decide who gets in…

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• Bushwick Apartment Roundup 4/8/09

  April 8th, 2009

  

  $1450 — br: Very nice apartment with attractive updates throughout, wood floors, and central a/c. The area is architecturally interesting but pretty quiet on the entertainment front — no matter, it’s a 5-minute bike ride to fun, and the…

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• L Train Gets Its Own Blog

  April 7th, 2009

  The MTA is finally embracing new technology… at least on the internet. Metro New York reports that transit officials will start a blogging about its notoriously unpredictable L train service in effort to start a dialogue with riders…

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• Tacos La Hacienda: True to Its Own Self

  April 7th, 2009
  
  Tacos La Hacienda at DeKalb and Wyckoff. — Photos by Willy Staley

  Call me petty, but one of my least favorite things about New York is how obnoxiously named so many businesses are. This is especially apparent in…

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