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Miss Heather
Williamsburg Photos Du Jour: Separated At Barf?
Filed under: 11211, Abjectecture, Articles of Fedderization, East Williamsburg, East Williamsburg Brooklyn, Williamsburg, Williamsburg Brooklyn
When I was an undergraduate in art school my teachers frequently pestered me for not signing my work. I didn’t engage in this practice for two reasons:
- Over the years it had come to my attention that the size/elaborateness of the signature on a piece of art work was inversely related to the quality of said work.
- I had the presence of mind to know that 10-15 years down the line I would be appalled by my student work and destroy it. (And that is exactly what came to pass.)
Which brings me to this.
Driggs Avenue & North 9 Street
Kingsland & Skillman Avenue
I’m not in a particular chatty mood today but I couldn’t resist passing along these baby shit-hued beauties from the ‘burg. I fear this trend of going green (albeit via stucco) might be gaining momentum. Inasmuch as it pains me to write this the latter may very well be the least unattractive addition to what may very be one of the ugliest blocks in Williamsburg. Meet 253 Skillman Avenue’s neighbor.
Who wouldn’t want a balcony with scenic views of this?
Miss Heather
New York Shitty Day Starter: Entrepreneurship
Thanks to the Mister my Interwebs have been restored and I’m hitting off today’s (truncated) postage with this great piece of advertising from Grand Street. I don’t know about you but if I ever get a bike— and it breaks— I am taking it to this guy!
Miss Heather
New York Shitty Day Ender: Bedford Avenue Blight
it’s through this world I ramble
I see lots of men
some will rob you with a six gun
some with a fountain pen
— Ballad of Pretty Boy Floyd by Woodie Guthrie
Amusingly enough, shortly after I stumbled upon this find I encountered a (poorly attended) press conference regarding 1015A. All the north Brooklyn notables were present: Steve Levin (he’s really short), Rami Metal, Stephanie Thayer (the Executive Director of OSA and north Brooklyn’s Parks Poobah), a member of GWAPP was present, and so on and so forth. Sadly, I missed meeting Yassky (so as to tender some of my readers career advice to him).* While they had their face time with the media here’s what I found two blocks away:
ROEBLING STREET
NORTH 9 STREET
I fail to see the “logic” of 1015A. But then again, I am not lobbied, wined and dined by real estate interests. Simply put: 1015A seeks to “encourage” speculators/Bloomblighters (who have raped north Brooklyn six ways to Sunday) to “maintain” their fences in return for renewing their building permits. In true “fox guarding the hen house” tradition, the Department of Buildings will be entrusted to make sure these developers comply. Given what happened at 493 Myrtle Avenue earlier this year this is cold comfort.** In essence, the very people who are the biggest offenders to our quality of life will be rewarded for not breaking the law.
What is wrong with this picture? Does this mean if I have enough influence/lobbyists I can jaywalk whilst sipping a 40 for the next four years?
Miss Heather
P.S.: This one’s for you, Uncle Kent.
*Whose fashion malfeasance was not unnoticed by Aaron Short. My recommendation for a Yassky makeover: Tom of Finland.
**Whose incompetence enabled a three story building to be built (and occupied) on 95 Clay Street without permits.
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