http://bushwickbk.com Blog, forum, pictures, info from Bushwick, Brooklyn Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:00:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm in Orlando visiting my boyfriend's family, so updating will be late and sparse for the next few days. Anna's weekend picks should be coming at you some time this late afternoon, but for now I'll leave you with a fluff post: a tipster spotted Susan Sarandon on Stockholm Street ... http://bushwickbk.com/archives/567 Thinking about Crystal Stilts, by Jason Gaspardi Last weekend we moved to a new apartment, a few blocks north of our old place. Since we're now in the very upper reaches of Bushwick, and right around the corner from Silent Barn, we figured there was no reason not to stop by ... http://bushwickbk.com/archives/566 Last Wednesday, I went to the album release party/fundraiser for Welcome to Bushwick - a 14 band compilation produced by Pass Kontrol. I got my hands on a copy about a month ago and it has been on steady rotation on my ipod -- especially when I am in any ... http://bushwickbk.com/archives/565 Bushwick Avenue, by miggyboybitoy Get on Early: The Straphangers Campaign has rated the L line #1 in the city. That does not speak well for the other lines. But maybe it's all in how you ride it. Click, Click, Click (and Cricket): Double dutch will soon become a varsity sport in New ... http://bushwickbk.com/archives/564 Borderlands: Flushing and Broadway, 1905 Where is Bushwick and Why? Part 1: Lines on a map. Let's start with a simple question: where exactly is Bushwick? And where is it not? It's a question that comes up a lot, and the answer depends on who you ask -- especially if you are asking ... http://bushwickbk.com/archives/563 Good Wood opening (Village Voice) Quite a pool party, but...NYT reports today that as plans for McCarren Pool to convert back to its original purpose, the Open Space Alliance has its sights set on the Bushwick Inlet Park.  It's pretty much North Williamsburg, but close people. "Bands like these deserve a crowd ... http://bushwickbk.com/archives/558 July ends tonight at midnight.  August is almost here--that month that feels like one long Sunday evening, because you know that soon, everything is going to get all serious again.  Live it up while the days are long and the nights are even longer.  Here are some options: feeling like ... http://bushwickbk.com/archives/562 The main header randomly serves three different photos on the right side (fading out behind the site logo). We're looking to raise that number to about 10, for variety. We're looking for photos that define Bushwick in a positive way -- a pretty street, men playing dominoes, people shopping at ... http://bushwickbk.com/archives/561 1372 Madison is a pretty little two-family on a cute, leafy block right near the imposing gothic Bushwick High. I believe the reason this block and the one next to it are so short -- about half a normal block -- is that the Long Island Railroad Ridgewood Depot once ... http://bushwickbk.com/archives/560 This week we're focusing on Troutman Street, once the center of Bushwick's crack trade, now it's latest snazzy condo row and the residential and cultural backbone of the new Bushwick. In between all that is hundreds of units of rentals in various states of renovation. I picked out the best ... http://bushwickbk.com/archives/559