Greenpoint
Lorven Pharmacy
Culture on the Cheap
Reader Contribution Du Jour: The Clitlist
This item was forwarded to me by a chap named Charlie and hails from the Fulton Street stop of our very own Crosstown Local. Nice find!
Miss Heather
Something Neat
(Or, Does Anyone Have $26,500?)
This has nothing to do with north Brooklyn but quite frankly I think it is rather neat so here it is. The junk shop serves as a library of sorts for yours truly. This is especially true of old periodicals. I bring these home in bundles and read them before I go to bed. Last night in one such magazine (the July 1903 issue of The Worlds Work) I found a real estate listing for one of my favorite houses down Victorian Flatbush way.
The Mister did some calculating and per 2009 dollars this house’s asking price comes out to $662,4666.56. Nowadays this will maybe buy you a modest house here in the Garden Spot— but back then this was a rather handsome sum. I wonder what it is worth today?
In any case 107 years later it is still looking good!
Miss Heather
From The New York Shitty Photo Pool, Part II: Crabsex
This, a detail of a Sunset Park sex shop replete with 24 hour “viewing booths”, comes courtesy of Carnade. Perhaps I am reading too much into this but I find its use of crab imagery is a wee bit disquieting.
Miss Heather
From The New York Shitty Photo Pool: Ghana!
This bit of World Cup mirth was captured by Carnade at Flatbush’s Meytex Cafe.
Miss Heather
From The New York Shitty Photo Pool: Columbia Cat Man
There’s so much going on here that I like I will refrain from listing them. This photograph was taken by Carnade.
Miss Heather
From The New York Shitty Photo Pool: Sunset Park
Filed under: Brooklyn
By entropymedia.
Miss Heather
From The New York Shitty Photo Pool: Friday Night
This image hails from Surf Avenue in Coney Island and comes courtesy of algul siento. Lovely capture!
Miss Heather
LAST GASP: The Brooklyn Shillfest, Part II
Remember the quicklink I posted earlier? Well, Atlantic Yards Report has gotten to the bottom of this web of intrigue courtesy of an anonymous tipster. How much does Absolut think infotising on Brooklyn blogs is worth? Apparently a Flipcam among other things. Read it and weep.
Miss Heather
UPDATE, June 9, 2010: Norman Oder, the author of Atlantic Yards Report has posited some very interesting questions to Ms. Crawford, Cityroom’s choice of “expert blogger” you can read them by clicking here. In addition Brownstoner has written an excellent Op Ed about the Fifth Annual Brooklyn Absolut Blogfest Shillfest. You can read it by clicking here.
P.S.: By the way, the FTC (fairly) recently ruled that bloggers are to disclose the freebies they receive. You can get the full 411 courtesy of Wired by clicking here.
Quicklink: Shillfest? Absolutly!
This item comes courtesy of Atlantic Yards Report. Speaking as someone who has:
1. received the press release about Absolut’s generous donation of $50,000 to Habitat For Humanity (which is chump change, I can assure you) and 2. lives in a community which rates among the city’s highest for alcoholism I found their critique of this company’s cynical exploitation of the sad state of affordable housing in north Brooklyn— and the Brooklyn blogosphere in general— rather compelling. You can read AYR’s tome by clicking here.
Miss Heather
Spotted At Brooklyn Bridge Park: Fanny Floss
Filed under: Brooklyn
This vision hails from Brooklyn Bridge Park and comes courtesy of my buddy Bitchcakes. I would like to humbly suggest this gent become the new, uh, face of Coppertone.*
Miss Heather
*Interesting fact: Jodie Foster was a Coppertone girl. No kidding.
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