Archive for October, 2011

• Bushwick House of the Week: 1215 Putnam

  June 24th, 2009

  Ordinarily, this would be boring — a single-family home (no rental income potential), completely gutted of all charm…

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• Bushwick Apartment Roundup 6/24/09

  June 24th, 2009

  This week, we listed some three-bedroom apartments that caught out eye around the neighborhood, from historic and lovely to new and sleek.

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• Aerial Tales of the End in ‘Animalia’

  June 23rd, 2009

  “Animalia,” an aerial/musical event at the House of Yes, mixed premonitions of ecological collapse with haunting melodies, honeybees, makeshift sailors and trapeze…

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• ‘The Becoming’ and End of the Sanctuary of Hope

  June 23rd, 2009
  
  The Sanctuary of Hope drew a pretty strong crowd for their finale show in Ridgewood on Saturday. — Photo by Andrew Wingert

  An opening sentence I’d wager is original: I decided to leave the show prematurely after having…

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• Vito’s Guy: A Day Campaigning With Steve Levin

  June 22nd, 2009

  “This Is Vito’s Guy?” asks the Observer’s political coverage site PolitickerNY of Lopez chief of staff Steve Levin, with an appropriate amount of disbelief…

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• Bless Tive’s Mind Isn’t in the Gutter, Yours Is

  June 22nd, 2009
  
  Bless Tive in his studio. — Photo by Mimi Luse

  Had you been to the opening of one of Bless Tive’s recent exhibitions in Chicago, you would have noticed a rooster and a hen puttering around the gallery,…

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• Phorum Opens Today!

  June 22nd, 2009

  Now we finally have another option for full-service dining in the neighborhood: Phorum opens for dinner tonight at 5.

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• Vito Lopez: ‘I Understand Politics Real Well’

  June 19th, 2009

  Lopez seems to be upset that Reyna doesn’t “work together” with him and his allies — code for not being in lockstep with his political machine…

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• News Flash: Gigantic Chicken Attacks Broadway

  June 19th, 2009
  A large feathered creature terrified pedestrians on Broadway with loud shrieks and intermittent break dancing. — Photos by Diego Cupolo

  An oversized hen was subdued after wreaking havoc on Broadway Wednesday afternoon. The unruly beast disturbed street vendors,…

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• HBO’s Boardwalk Empire to Shoot in Bushwick

  June 19th, 2009

  Signs were posted on doors of a Meserole commercial space for filming in the area this week. According to the website, Boardwalk Empire will be a “major HBO production”…

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