From The New York Shitty Inbox: The North 11 Street Spycam!
K (who sent the above photo) writes:
Hi Miss Heather,
First off, thank you for your blog — i visit it daily and heart it SO much! I wanted to send you a pic of the toxic construction site on N11 and Bedford – specifically how precarious the sidewalk structure is. I work in a building that looks onto the site and have watched the construction/non-construction go on for what – almost a year now. In any case, a couple weeks ago I was walking on the sidewalk across from Turkey’s Nest and saw that the corner of the sidewalk had essentially fallen in. The resolution to the ‘hole’ was to just fill it up with concrete (geniuses!) and not actually consider the lack of foundation this sidewalk currently has. So, I thought – this is when I will finally make the move and take a picture of what is actually going on on the other side of the blue wall we all see on Bedford. The image is attached to this email – you will see that we are all walking on a falling wall of foundation that is being held up(?!) by metal columns…
If you’d like, I can continue to send you the slow moving construction as I have a perfect bird’s eye view.
As you can imagine, I took up K on her generous offer and I look forward to her bird’s eye view of this unfolding train wreck. In the meantime, you might want to watch where you step Williamsburgers!
Miss Heather
P.S.: Here’s a nice big shot of this wading pool provided by another reader, Langer!
Williamsburg Video Du Jour: Caption This
I found this airy studio apartment on Bedford Avenue at North 10th Street this afternoon. Anyone care to give it a snappy name and/or advertising copy? If so, please share them via comments or email at: missheather (at) thatgreenpointblog (dot) com.
Miss Heather
Crass Consumer Item Of The Day: Collect All Four!
I honestly don’t know why anyone would want to wear this shirt, but here it is for posterity. This piece of apparel can be found at MeMe Antenna.
Miss Heather
My stages of Beatleism:
1. Lennon was cool.
2. Yoko Ono was (and is) much cooler. I actually met her and shook her hand.
3. George Harrison makes more and more sense as I get older.
4. Paul McCartney is a dick.
5. Ringo is cool.
TOMORROW: Two Cat & Kitten Adoption Events
Filed under: 11211, 11222, Crazy Cat Lady, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic, Williamsburg, Williamsburg Brooklyn
Before I call it a day I want to pass along a couple of adoption events scheduled for tomorrow, March 28. Without further ado here they are in short order!
First up, Empty Cages Collective will be having an adoption event at NYC Pet starting at noon and running until 5:00 p.m.
Empty Cages Collective Cat & Kitten Adoption Event
March 28, 2010; 12:00 – 5:30 p.m.
NYCPet
241 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11211
Secondly, the ladies of North Brooklyn Cats will be hosting at Muddy Paws starting at 2:00 p.m.
North Brooklyn Cats Adoption Event
March 28, 2010 starting at 2:00 p.m.
Muddy Paws
447 Graham Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11211
Check ’em out!
Miss Heather
P.S.: The above black and white ball of cuteness are five kittens, “The Manhattan Specials”, which were recently rescued from the Center for Animal Care and Control by Lisacat.
Williamsburg Street Art Du Jour: A Splash Of Color
North 7 Street
North 8 Street
Bedford Avenue
Miss Heather
New York Shitty Day Ender: A Missed Missed Connection
When I saw this on Flickr I chuckled. When I learned from the person responsible for raising awareness about this appalling breach of etiquette that Craigslist did not see fit to publish it I was outraged. These youths need to be taught a lesson: either give props to the Dark One with gusto or don’t do it at all. The fact this came to pass on Bedford Avenue (the devil’s playground if ever there was one) makes the offense even more egregious.
F*cking amateurs.
Miss Heather
New York Shitty Photos Du Jour: The Other Bedford Avenue
Filed under: 11206, 11216, Bed-Stuy, Bed-Stuy Brooklyn, Brooklyn, Clinton Hill, Street Art
Taken March 17, 2010.
Miss Heather
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