Archive for October, 2011
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Bushwick House of the Week: 1181 Halsey
July 22nd, 2009The beautiful brick exterior of these homes, especially with intact cornices, blows boring brownstones out of the water any day in my opinion. Horizontal stonework punctuates the brick, fending off monotony.
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Bushwick Apartment Roundup 7/22/09
July 22nd, 2009This week we were inspired by the recently and briefly pedestrianized Knickerbocker Avenue to list apartments overlooking or very close to fabulous and lush María Hernández Park, Bushwick’s lively central square.
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Bushwick’s Imminent Retail Tidal Wave
July 22nd, 2009Most people that live in Bushwick or regularly read this web site already know about it, but yesterday the New York Times published a detailed article about the seemingly endless stream of new retail that is flooding the neighborhood.
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Times Have Changed on Knickerbocker Avenue
July 21st, 2009
Domino tournament on Knickerbocker this past Sunday. — Photo by Aaron ShortBack in the day, closing down two blocks of Knickerbocker Avenue near María Hernández Park for six hours usually meant that a significant amount of
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Bushwick Chic: ‘I Don’t Know, I Hate Myself’
July 21st, 2009Perusing the streets on a weekday afternoon, I found Grace just off the Jefferson stop in a July-friendly sheer mini-dress, getting ready to brave the cluttery cave-of-wonders that is the Green Village junk shop on Starr Street.
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Lowbrow Calls It Like It Is
July 21st, 2009You think Bushwick, and so often your thoughts are intruded upon by words like "loft space," "gentrification," and — try as you may to fight it — "hipster."
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Breaking: Fire on Flushing and Central
July 20th, 2009Andres Jauregui sends these photos of a fire a few doors down from Life Cafe on Flushing Avenue. Firefighters seem to have the situation under control. No reports yet of any injuries.
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Summer Wheat: ‘My First Rap Song’
July 20th, 2009Sometimes you never know what you’ll find in Bushwick. During Bushwick Open Studios, I stumbled upon the work of Summer Wheat — her real name she assured me — and was taken aback by the quality and…
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CB1 Report and Broadway Triangle Drama
July 17th, 2009The Broadway Triangle vote finally came through community board one for a vote on Tuesday during an epic five hour meeting…
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Trio Robs Three Spots in Bushwick
July 17th, 2009Three men robbed the gas station at Bushwick and Troutman, a bodega at Wilson and Jefferson St., and a restaurant at Myrtle and Bushwick on July 7, and for some reason we’re just hearing about it now…
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