Archive for October, 2011

• Bushwick Culture Weekly Picks 11/12/09

  November 12th, 2009

  Those few days of spring-in-fall weather were certainly lovely, but it looks like things are getting back to normal (weather-wise)…

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• Bushwick Apartment Roundup 11/11/09

  November 11th, 2009

  The intersection of Myrtle-Wyckoff is a whirlwind of commerce and a hub of transportation. Two subway lines bring you to Union Square in 18 minutes or the Lower East Side in 20 or so…

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• Touring Bushwick’s Charred Core

  November 10th, 2009
  
  Firemen walk through the remains of a knitting factory on Knickerbocker Avenue after fighting the “All Hands Fire,” New York City’s biggest fire until Sept. 11, 2001.

  Though his first attempt got rained out, local historian Adam Schwartz…

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• BETA Spaces and Public Art in Bushwick

  November 10th, 2009
  
  BETA Spaces entertained and confounded the neighborhood this past weekend. — Photo by Aaron Short

  "What is the difference between an art exhibit that works and one that doesn’t?"  Or, in another way of approaching this query, "Is…

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• ’70s Bushwick Street Gang Video Resurfaces

  November 10th, 2009

  How the times have changed. By watching this gritty 1976 NBC newscast, Bushwick newcomers will quickly realize why some native New Yorkers still avoid this neighborhood…

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• Bushwick Chic: ‘Vintage Mania’

  November 9th, 2009
  Fashion photographers Seiichi Niitsuma, left, & Seiji Fujimori, thrifting on Knickerbocker Avenue. — Photo by Nicole Wasilewicz. Click to see full version.

  The New York of yore is no longer — in terms of crime rate and rent…

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• ‘Meaning is Inevitable’

  November 9th, 2009
  
  Artist Kevin Regan discusses his work with the author. — Photo by Ellen Letcher

  A small white-washed basement on Gates Avenue, not unlike any other block in Ridgewood near the Myrtle-Wyckoff L/M — the middle of nowhere, to…

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• An Irritating Segue; Tuna Kills

  November 9th, 2009

  

  Notes from Bushwick

  It turns out that a few locals are willing to engage in a little self-promotion after all. This is just as well; I was starting to worry that the spirit of the ’80s had finally died…

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• Bushwick Culture Weekly Picks 11/5/09

  November 5th, 2009

  Wow, Halloween weekend in Bushwick was pretty unbelievable! I personally haven’t quite recovered, but there are no breaks around here! Time to suit up and head out again, team.

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• The Defender of Grove Street

  November 5th, 2009
  
  Jaime Alvarez keeps watch over the block he’s championed for decades. — Photos by Conrado de la Rosa

  Jaime Alvarez knows Bushwick.  He has been a Grove St. resident for the last thirty-seven years and admits to having…

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