Tuesday, November 6 at Greenpoint’s WORD: The Brooklynites Signing and slide-show presentation of The Brooklynites, a collection of Brooklyn-centric photographs by Seth Kushner and stories by Anthony LaSala. Featuring 206 […]
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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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It’s Raining Production Assistants
Something has been pissing me off since I’ve moved in. I feel horrible even complaining about it considering other residents are dealing with bedbugs and toxic molds, but it just […]
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Grandpoint
Care of The Brooklyn Daily Egret, er, Eagle. Did you know that if you are in Greenpoint and you walk south on Manhattan Ave. the names of the streets run […]
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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 […]
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Mayhem, Indeed
Oh man. The Astrals are taking a beating in the blogosphere. And the Super is getting some extra press for his “sidejob”. Gawker has an especially tasty post. What’s next? […]