Archive for October, 2011
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Bushwick Chic: ‘I Consider Myself a Muse’
June 22nd, 2010
Fashion writer Lady Yvette at Malcolm X and Broadway. Click to see full outfit >> — Photos by Nicole Wasilewicz.Summer weather calls for less clothing, and sometimes you get to see a lot more skin than you’d…
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Bloomberg, Lopez Enemies Attack New Loft Law
June 21st, 2010
Bloomberg and some local politicians want to keep it industrial. — Photo by Diego CupoloThe new Loft Law may have worked its way through the Assembly and Senate to the chagrin of the pro-industry lobby and…
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Food Coop, Family Center in Farm-Fresh Team Up
June 21st, 2010
Beneath the red glow of a Linden Street Farmers Market stand, Bushwick Food Coop Coordinator Shira Shaham (center) leads her fellow members during a recent buying club pick-up event. — Photo by Diego CupoloSince its birth in…
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Bushwick Crack Cop Gets 15 Years in Prison
June 18th, 2010
90th Pct. Detective Luis Batista helped a crack ring sell out of 441 Wilson, left, just feet from the elementary school on the right. — Photo by Jonathan MenaA former NYPD narcotics detective was sentenced to 15…
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Review: The Goodnight Loving at Silent Barn
June 18th, 2010Wisonsin’s The Goodnight Loving are on an extensive tour supporting their new, self-titled album. The first several stops in the New York-area was last night at Silent Barn.
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El Mio Cid: Bringing Spain to Bushwick
June 18th, 2010
El Mio Cid opened last month at the corner of Starr and Wilson.It is a strange sort of anxiety when a new restaurant opens in your neighborhood. You want it to do well, cross your fingers for…
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Bushwick Cooks: Quinoa Summer Salad
June 18th, 2010
If you visit any farmers market in the city, I think you’ll find that the plethora of vegetables available this time of year just beg to be eaten. I get a little bit of a love buzz from the…
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The Human Touch Brings Ink to Life
June 18th, 2010The black ink hand-printed by Peter McGouran onto a thick stock of poster paper exuded a subtle and surprising energy. It hovered almost imperceptibly…
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The Narrows: Deco-Inspired Bar for Flushing Ave.
June 17th, 2010
The Narrows — in this narrow black storefront on Flushing — will open Monday night. — Photo by Jeremy SapienzaFlushing Avenue’s retail transformation continues to surprise those who see it as just a noisy truck route bisecting…
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Make Music New York…in Bushwick
June 17th, 2010
The city-wide Make Music New York returns this Monday (well, Sunday for the Governor’s Island “Punk Island” shows) for its fourth year. The outdoor music festival features esstablished an amateur muscians busking on street corners and in…
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