Greenpoint
Lorven Pharmacy
Culture on the Cheap
The Word On The Street: They Live
Filed under: 11222, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic, The Word On The Street
Taken October 25, 2013.
The Credulity Files: As Gleaned From Craigslist & The North Brooklyn Community Group
If there is one thing yours truly really loves, it is a really good prank. Especially one that makes light of how ridiculous the monetization of our parks has become. CASE IN POINT: the response this solicitation (albeit updated) received on the North Brooklyn Community Group on Facebook.
New York Shitty Analysis:
- At a very casual glance I fell for this. After all, I have been suggested to “like” Motherburg,,,
- and I no longer rule out any event as being so ridiculous or totally irrelevant to the community here if it is “artsy”. Or more importantly: garners revenue.
- By all appearances it would appear other people hereabouts harbor the same mindset. Rather sad, isn’t it?
- Nonetheless, we harbor it for a reason. Our community’s parks, as few as they are, are being disproportionately monetized for events which cater to people— lots of people— who reside outside the community. More specifically their: capacious wallets. What do we, as citizens, get out of this arrangement? Not much as far as I can tell.
- In any case props go out to Joe Lentol for actually looking into this. This is what a public servant should do!
Greenpoint Photos Du Jour: 239 Banker Keeps Up Appearances
It would appear that not only has yours truly’s favorite illegal conversion in an Industrial Business Zone seen fit to invest in stick-on letters and numbers…
but they have spruced up the foyer as well! Because, as we all know, nothing exudes “class”— even in illegally converted manufacturing buildings with a standing Stop Work Order and thousands of dollars in unpaid fines— quite like the addition of some potted plants. I mean just look at the difference they make here:
New York Shitty Street Art Du Jour: The End
Filed under: 11222, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic, Street Art, Stuff That Makes Miss Heather Happy
From Franklin Street.
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