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NYU Too Expensive? Move to Bushwick
February 23rd, 2009
If you have read any of the New York City blogs the past few days, you have probably seen posts about the 70 or so students who stormed and barricaded NYU’s Kimmel Center for Student Life last…
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The Coming DTV Transmission Transition
December 23rd, 2008
Don’t have cable? In February, that snow you see outside your window might not be the only type in your vicinity. In 2005, Congress enacted the Digital Transition and Public Safety Act, which mandates that all television…
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Tina’s Diner: A Bushwick Fixture Since 1969
August 8th, 2008
Last week, The Onion ran an article with the headline: “Phantom Diner Appears Only To Those In Their Drunkest Hour.” For some in the neighborhood, the Bushwick version of such a place may be Tina’s Restaurant on Wilson…
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Lambs, Owls, and Skulls for Wyckoff Wall
July 17th, 2008
A large painting featuring two lambs, an owl, plenty of skulls, and several bathtub rowing super-heroes (I think) was put up yesterday on the brick wall of the New York Garment Washer’s building on Jefferson St. and Wyckoff Avenue,…
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Forget the Hydrants: Head to Bushwick Pool
July 3rd, 2008
Nestled between the high-rise brick buildings of the Bushwick Houses is a chlorine oasis: Bushwick’s own public pool, aptly named Bushwick Pool. I was unaware of a pool in the area until my roommate, who works for…
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For $65K, a Place for Bushwick’s Weeds to Play
June 20th, 2008
One often sees odd things in Bushwick. Live chickens in someone’s driveway might top my list of all-time neighborhood quirks. But right below Bushwick free-range chicken has to be the playground on Jefferson St. between Knickerbocker and Irving. The…
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