Bowling for BARC last night with The Heathers was a blast. We drank, we bowled, we saw Bernadette Peters and Jim Carroll. Also met a woman who schooled me on […]
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Bowling For BARC Tonight
Bowling for BARC is tonight at The Gutter. See you there!
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Greenpoint Battlefield
Check out this Greenpoint video sent to me from Stephanie Fraiman from intothebox.tv *And update: Thanks to D. Billy for the screenshot below of the “hipsters”. More like hoodlums.
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Is The G an F?
On this morning’s commute I was greeted by two MTA workers hawking rider report cards for the G train. I usually don’t bother with things like this but lately, but […]
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Hit The Floor Like It’s 1984!
Do you want a pair of seats for the VAN HALEN show at MSG, Tuesday 11/13? Then stop by The Diamond to find out about their raffle. Proceeds go to […]
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Christmas Countdown Begins
It’s the day after Halloween and already Manhattan Ave is getting ready for the holidays! *Thanks to Jay Lombard for emailing me the pic he took on his way to […]
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A Humboldt Halloween
Happy Halloween! Here’s a video I spied on YouTube and it turns out to be the house of a family I knew growing up on my old block. This cool […]
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Eberhard Faber Pencil Company Historic District
According to Brownstoner, the Eberhard Faber Pencil Company Historic District has been created and approved unanimously at today’s LPC Meeting. This is fantastic news! If there is one thing I […]
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Pencil Factory Landmarks Hearing
Received an email from a reader with this heads-up: PUBLIC MEETING ITEM No. 4LP-2264Staff: D. PresaTime: 12:10-1:30 PM The Landmark Preservation Commission is holding one of its biennial blockbuster meetings […]
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Us vs. Them
When I started this blog just a few months ago it was 1) because I had just moved back to the neighborhood after spending my twenties in Staten Island between […]