Just In Time For Easter!

March 22, 2008 ·
Filed under: Greenpoint Magic

I found this item at The Garden yesterday as I was doing a little grocery shopping. For the paltry asking price of $3.99 I couldn’t resist picking one up for Mr. Heather.

He can’t open it until tomorrow (after the Easter bunny gives it to him), so in the meantime he’ll have to be content with savoring its rather amusing instructions. Why not be your own bunny, outlay four bucks and get a pooper of your own? Greenpoint can never have enough poop!

The Garden
921 Manhattan Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11222

Those of you who prefer bovines over swine will be pleased as punch to know they also have cow poopers! You can find them by the deli section.

Miss Heather

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Sign-Making Tip From Bed-Stuy

March 22, 2008 ·
Filed under: Bed-Stuy

Always make sure you have plenty of spray paint.

Miss Heather

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The Kosciuszko Bridge

March 21, 2008 ·
Filed under: Greenpoint Magic

I am certain a number of my fellow Greenpointers are relieved to learn that yesterday the State Siting Board unanimously voted against TGE’s proposal to build a power plant at Bushwick Inlet. What might have fallen under your radar, however, is the Kosciuszko Bridge was denied landmarking and its days are numbered. I cannot honestly say I am surprised by this development, but nonetheless I do feel a sense of loss. In honor of this much-maligned bridge I have pulled an article from the September 23, 1940 edition of New York Times about its naming. Here it is.

Once this bridge is rendered into so much scrap metal its legacy will live on in the minds of many a movie enthusiast. Anyone familiar with the movie The Godfather will know exactly what I am talking about*.

Miss Heather

*This movie also features another ghost of Greenpoint’s past. Care to guess what it is? Click here for the reveal.

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Fedders Friday: Jefferson Street Revisited

March 21, 2008 ·
Filed under: Fedders Friday

It had been awhile since I checked in on one of my favorite pieces of Feddertecture: 100 Jefferson Street. Wishing to gauge the progress of this study in stucco I walked by there recently. I am pleased to report it is coming along quite nicely.

The fence is down…

and with its departure has come graffiti.

Lots of graffiti. I wonder if the developer hired someone to do this so these luxury town homes would have that built-in “urban” feel? If anyone out there has the last name “Pare” today is your lucky day. Your dream home awaits.

Not only is this building appointed with Fedders boxes in the front, but it also sports a plentiful number of them in the back —along with some inspired use of aluminum siding. Magnificent!

All for your air-conditioned comfort. One can never have too many Fedders.

Miss Heather

P.S.: Per a new New York Shitty commenter, Ali:

Pare el desplazamiento = looks like displacementâ€¦

Here is Halden’s (AKA: Brooklyn11211) take:

Pare el desplazamiento means stop displacement (parar is “to stop” – I’ll take Ali’s word that desplazamiento means “displacement”).

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Greenpoint Photo du Jour: Clifford Place

March 21, 2008 ·
Filed under: Greenpoint Magic

Welcome to the Garden Spot of the Universe.

Miss Heather

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Great Moments In Real Estate Rhetoric: Irving Avenue

March 21, 2008 ·
Filed under: Bushwick

Granted the house in question is located in Queens, but the above advertisement was located in Bushwick. Exactly what kind of “magazine-like house” is this realtor pushing? Golf Digest? Field & Stream? Soldier of Fortune? Playboy?!?

If it is the latter most the Mister and I are packing up our bunnies and moving to Queens!

Miss Heather

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Presenting Gentrification Bingo!

March 21, 2008 ·
Filed under: Bed-Stuy, Bushwick, Greenpoint Magic, Long Island City, Williamsburg

First off I want to thank everyone out there for their generous submissions. I received some real doozies from a number of you. As promised earlier this week here is the first draft of Gentrification Bingo for your Friday afternoon entertainment. Enjoy!