Archive for October, 2011
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Bushwick Culture Weekly Picks 2/4/10
February 4th, 2010Don’t let the impending snow bonanza keep you inside — there’s too much to do this week! Have a great one and then write a haiku about it…
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Join or Don’t
February 3rd, 2010It’s worth noting that there is no real equivalent today to the intensity and mass participation that marked the engagement of the American citizenry against certain of its institutions from the mid-’60s to early ’70s. Part of this no doubt stems from time spent in cars and chat rooms rather than on foot and at dance halls, time spent with one’s fellows being a prerequisite to a fellow being likely to spend time in fighting the times.
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State Insures Mortgage for Castle Braid
February 3rd, 2010The state has backed the mortgage on the Castle Braid apartments, a large residential development on Troutman Street between Evergreen and Central Avenues. The backing will enable the lenders to sell the debt to a New York City employee pension fund without the risk of possible default. This is allegedly so that the units, originally slated to be sold as condominiums for upwards of $300,000, can be offered as rentals.
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Vive el Vivero! The Freshest Meat in Town
February 3rd, 2010Hold your breath. The warm smell of musty feathers and wet chicken feces that waft out of some local storefronts can be an assault to the senses. But for many Bushwick residents the stink is a minor nuisance to suffer for access to the freshest meat — from an animal they select.
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That Grimy Brooklyn Dubstep
February 1st, 2010The gas mask stamped on the cover of most Code of Arms releases is a symbol of the dark, toxic bass contained within. The music “is so nasty it might kill you.”
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