Archive for October, 2011
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We Are the Arm Synthesizes 3rd Ward
May 19th, 2009My oh my, what will we think of the Age of Irony once it has passed? When settled into retirement, will we look back fondly on the fashions of the "Pseudo" (the faux-80′s-chic, cowboy-chic, ad nauseam) that defined the look…
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Tackling Difficult Urban Issues Through Mini-Golf
May 18th, 2009
Possible location for The Putting Lot. — Photo courtesy of The Putting Lot website.Vacant lots are, in some ways, the purest, most tragic form of urban blight. Some time back, in rougher days, someone — be it…
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Album Review: Binary Marketing Show’s Pattern
May 18th, 2009The Binary Marketing Show, a group of four musicians originally hailing from the south and partly based out of Bushwick, has released a new CD that evidences some serious effort at an album, and one that really feels like an album all the way through…
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Aaron Short’s May ’09 CB1 Running Diary
May 15th, 2009Morgan and Montrose peoples, you may not realize it but you share a community board with the rest of Williamsburg and Greenpoint, though they almost never deal with any business relating directly to your areas…
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Bushwick Cooks: Shaved Asparagus Salad
May 15th, 2009
I think if I could only have one vegetable for the rest of my life, it would be asparagus. This time of the year, I eat it as often as I can, and since Angel’s on Knickerbocker has been…
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Shooting Reported at Irving and Himrod
May 14th, 2009A source reports gunshots were heard near Irvington Elementary at 220 Irving, and it seems someone was injured. An ambulance and several cop cars and a van raced to the scene…
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Cold Drinks and Spicy Fare at Mojito Loco
May 14th, 2009
Mojito Loco on Meserole in East Williamsburg. — Photo by Scarlett Lindeman.Mojito Loco, a pan-Latin American restaurant in East Williamsburg is the kind of establishment you would never know was there. Tiny, dark, and smack in the…
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Bushwick Culture Weekly Picks 5/14/09
May 14th, 2009
For me, last weekend totally felt like summertime chill-out-and-the-livin’-is-easy. Lazy days, BBQs, and as a friend wisely noted, in the summer you can just walk out of the house and see where the day takes you. My personal plan…
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City Hall News: Feuding Over the 34th District
May 13th, 2009Manhattan-based political paper City Hall News sent Dan Rivoli out to Bushwick to find out why incumbent Councilwoman Diana Reyna and Assemblyman Vito Lopez are feuding and size up a competitive race for her seat…
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Bushwick House of the Week: 677 Hart
May 13th, 2009
The immediate setting is not great, right next to a giant laundromat parking lot — I’ll give you that. But what this skinny house at 677 Hart has going for it is its location on the good side of…
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