Archive for October, 2011
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Corner Named for Sucuzhañay, Parade Tomorrow
July 31st, 2009The corner of Kossuth Place and Bushwick Avenue catches my eye every time I roll by on my bicycle. It happens almost daily…
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Digging Up Remnants of Bushwick’s Past
July 31st, 2009
Local Historian Adam Schwartz (in the baseball cap) begins a history tour of Northwest Bushwick in front Life Café on Flushing Avenue. — Photos by Diego CupoloFrom humble Dutch settlers to the roaring fires of the 1970s,…
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Bushwick Culture Weekly Picks 7/30/09
July 30th, 2009What a gorgeous sunny morning! Several feverish refreshes of the weather report have become part of my daily routine, and it looks like we’ll get some sun this week: yay!
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Ola Polish Deli Welcomes You to Ridgewood
July 30th, 2009
Ola Polish European Delicatessen on Myrtle. — Photos by Scarlett LindemanIt’s lunchtime. A sweaty five-dollar bill can take you pretty far in this part of town: two carnitas tacos at any local taqueria; a slice and a…
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In the Country With Vito Lopez
July 30th, 2009
Who’s running this show? Oh, right. — Photos by Aaron ShortWhat’s your idea of a perfect summer’s day? Is it a rooftop soiree in Bushwick? An outdoor concert on the East River in Williamsburg? Or possibly a…
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Bushwick House of the Week: 409 Irving
July 29th, 2009This pretty building is so typical of this part of Bushwick, a lovely, stable island of intact brick homes with well-maintained postage-stamp yards…
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Bushwick Apartment Roundup 7/29/09
July 29th, 2009This week, the Morgan L area — yes, that repository of modern youth culture that is home to the McKibbin lofts and many other similar spots — is our focus.
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Video: Old Men Fight on Central Avenue
July 28th, 2009These two 60-something men began beating each other with what seemed to be aluminum rods, while heckling crowds watched safely from the street corner. One man, clearly inebriated, knocks the other over behind a car and wails on him…
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The First (Annual?) McKibbin Street Fair
July 28th, 2009“What’s summertime in New York without block parties?”
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Sheepshead Bay Better Than Bushwick?
July 28th, 2009According to its resident blogger, Sheepshead Bay is way better than Bushwick, you know, what with all the latter neighborhood’s clutter of arts and culture, proximity to the big bad city, and massive lack of non-Russians-only bars…
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