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The Word On The Street, Part II: Graham Avenue
Filed under: 11222, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic, The Word On The Street
Taken September 5, 2013.
New York Shitty Street Art Du Jour: Urban Jungle
Filed under: 11211, 11222, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic, Street Art, Williamsburg, Williamsburg Brooklyn
Taken September 5, 2013.
The Word On The Street, Part I: Graham Avenue
Filed under: 11206, East Williamsburg, East Williamsburg Brooklyn, The Word On The Street
Taken September 5, 2013.
Urban Fur: King Of The Jungle
This magnificent beast is named Ruple and he calls Ramon Auto Service his place of enjoyment. Interesting fact learned today: the abbreviation for ruble (which is a monetary unit for those of you who are not in the know) is RUB. This is exactly what I wanted to give this this fellow— but he wasn’t having it!
Williamsburg Photos Du Jour: Hope Street
As stumbled upon by yours truly today at 4:00 p.m. Words honestly fail me. Thankfully for such (rare) occasions, I have my camera handy. Welcome to the New & Improved Williamsburg…
Urban Artifact: Brief Relief
As discovered on Broadway today, September 5th, 2013. I do not even want to guess what the mystery liquid is. Yes folks, there’s a reason Community Board 1 has the dubious distinction of being #2 city-wide when it comes to trash…
From The New York Shitty Photo Pool: Squirrel
As taken by Abian Sacks (redchamboalert) who, it should be noted, recently received a very nice and well deserved write up in The Daily Mail regarding his photography. Give it a read!
From The New York Shitty Inbox, Part II: We’re #2!
Filed under: 11211, 11222, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic, Williamsburg, Williamsburg Brooklyn
This comes courtesy of my comrade over at Queens Crap. To whom I replied:
Do they mean the streets or Community Board 1?
To wit he replied:
Probably both.
Teaser quote from the New York Daily News (which you can and should continue reading here…)
They got caught looking grimy on a modern-day “Candid Camera” — and now Greenpointers are seeking an old-fashioned approach to repairing their soiled reputation.
Days after the neighborhood was ranked dead last for “class” in a survey partly based on Google Street View images of filth, Greenpoint businesses started lining up to make a simple pledge to clean their storefronts daily and maintain street trees…
New York Shitty analysis:
1. Instead of making Greenpoint “look” safer perhaps it should simply be made safer?
2. If Greenpoint and Williamsburg are, in fact, among the dirtiest neighborhoods in the city, exactly what does this say about our elected officials? I mean, haven’t they kind of allowed this to happen?
3. Why are we asking folks to pledge to do what they should be doing already?
4. This is a shit show. Plain and simple.
From The New York Shitty Inbox: Another One
Filed under: 11237, 11385, Bushwick, Bushwick Brooklyn, Ridgewood, Ridgewood Queens
My tipster writes:
It’s gotten to the point that I start thinking about what’s waiting for me in my mailbox when I am on the train. What will I do next Wednesday?
Greenpoint Photos & Videos Du Jour: Live From The Rally At Barge Park
Filed under: 11222, Gentrification, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic
This handsome fellow was one of the many citizens who attended this evening’s convocation.
Not only am I pleased to announce that the turn out was great, but the community feedback was even better (and totally Greenpoint— which is not, as one attendee noted, “Midtown”). Without further ado, here we go!
Part I: Introduction
- Starting at 6:36: This. MAN. RULES.
Part II
Part III
- Piquant observation regarding the G train (present and future): “This is not Sim City.”
Part IV
Part V (The Conclusion)
Those of you who wish to join the effort, should point and click your way to Save Greenpoint’s web site and sign up for their mailing list. In closing, I want to thank everyone who came out this evening— even those who did not speak out. Especially Adam Perlmutter, Esquire.
You see gentle readers, not only was he the “community advocate” who fought the TGE power plant…
but he also happened to be under the hire of George Klein (the fellow behind Greenpoint Landing) to state his case for the 2005 Rezone. The latter is, when you really think about it, why this rally was conducted in the first place.
(From the April 29, 2005 edition of the New York Daily News)
This one’s for you!
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