Archive for October, 2011
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Bushwick Culture Weekly Picks 5/7/09
May 7th, 2009
Tonight, we’re theoretically scheduled to get a break from the amazing amounts of rain we’ve been enjoying, so it’ll be a good night to go out on the town.
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Life Cafe: All Buck, No Bang
May 6th, 2009
Life Cafe NINE83 on Flushing Avenue. — Photo by Diego CupoloWhen I was about five or six, I was in the habit of speaking to an abandoned house near my grandparents’ home in rural Texas, and I…
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Bushwick House of the Week: 245 Starr
May 6th, 2009
In addition to its unrivaled location — the subway is a 5-second sprint away, neighborhood standards Northeast Kingdom and Wyckoff-Starr are around the corner, with more to come — this two-family house at 245 Starr…
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Bushwick Apartment Roundup 5/6/09
May 6th, 2009
$1450 — 2br: Great price for a full two-bedroom (not railroad) in this location. It’s not the prettiest block, but it is convenient to all the subway stops and Bushwick’s good food and drink spots, especially newly opened
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3rd Ward Celebrates Anniversary — and Bikes
May 5th, 2009
Custom-made 3rd Ward green bike. — Photos by Lam Thuy VoIn honor of their third anniversary, the start of summer, and Bike Month, 3rd Ward held a blowout block party on Sunday and despite the rain…
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Local Designers Fight Consumerism with Products
May 5th, 2009How do you stand out in an industry that constantly generates useless products destined to top off our bulging landfills with every trend? With more products that make fun of over consumption!…
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Poll: What’s Your State of Employment?
May 4th, 2009The recent economic data “show signs of strength,” says the Wall Street Journal, but recessions are not thin on overreactive responses to momentary blips in the stock market. Ultimately, the economy starts at the individual level —…
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Bushwick Artist Profile: Kenny Rivero
May 4th, 2009
Artist Kenny Rivero in his Starr Street studio. — Photo courtesy of the artistWorking out of his apartment on Starr Street, artist Kenny Rivero rolls Santería, numerology, baseball heros, X-men comics, and Nas lyrics into a conscientiously…
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Building Under Renovation Catches Fire
May 1st, 2009A small fire started around 8:45 a.m. in the basement of a building currently being renovated on Menahan Street near Bushwick Avenue…
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Community Garden Gets a Facelift
May 1st, 2009By the end of today, the rusting, half-collapsing barbed-wire fence around the Linden-Bushwick Block Association Garden will be nothing but a bad memory…
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