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- Bushwick Culture Weekly Picks 11/5/09 9:22am Nov 5
- The Defender of Grove Street 8:30am Nov 5
- Restitching the City in Photos 6:31am Nov 5
Jaime Alvarez keeps watch over the block he’s championed for decades. — Photos by Conrado de la Rosa Jaime Alvarez knows Bushwick. He has been a Grove St. resident for the last thirty-seven years and admits to having lived through many of the neighborhood’s darker days. "My ...
Year of the Ox, by Gigi Bio As photographer Gigi Bio walked about the city, she marveled at the pace that buildings around her were torn down and stacked back up. She set out to freeze those moments in time, the result being her "Urban Reconstructionist" and "Character Studies" series...
Recently re-elected sugar daddy Mayor Michael Bloomberg may have pissed off the masses with his $90-million ad campaign and personalized term limits calendar, but he did at least one thing right over the last 8 years: appoint British architect David Burney to commissioner of the Dept...
Midget serial killers roamed neighborhood playgrounds this weekend as candy-hungry children swarmed Knickerbocker and partygoers packed grungy loft spaces in search of the best underground masquerades. — Photos by Diego Cupolo ...
In case you thought Thompson might be some kind of Obama candidate… well, you’re right. Promising a change of status quo and campaigning as the anti-Bloomie, there are parallels with Obama’s “hope and change” and anti-Bush run. Similarl...
Terence Koh performs his show at Starr Space to a jaded crowd. — Photos by Mimi Luse Held at Starr Space as part of his continuing partnership there, Curator Joseph Whitt’s Halloween event, "Codex Gigas," proved to be an exuberantly depraved show. A ...
It’s election day, voters, so get out there and cast your vote for whoever talks a good talk or even, less likely, walks a good walk. Here in the 34th, it’s Reyna vs. Davila, and the Maritza-mobiles are out in force. Aa...
Religion has played a large role in this Council race. — Photo by Aaron Short It all comes down to this. Reyna! Davila! Rematch! Tuesday! That’s right. To...
Musician and filmmaker Brian Chillemi on Bogart Street. — Photo by Nicole Wasilewicz. Click to see full version. ...
We know Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio is in bed with Dem Boss and State Assemblyman Vito Lopez over the Broadway Triangle, and they indeed have had a deep working relationship for many years...
Rarely do these gorgeous time capsules come available for sale in this part of the neighborhood; unlike most of the rest of Bushwick which has been flipped and sold so many times over, the area is inhabited by a stable, longtime middle class that doesn’t seem eager to leave. ...
October 2009’s Photo of the Month, by FRAKI As promised, we’re continuing our new monthly series that highlights some of best specimens of local photography. Al...
Taqueria El Paisa on Irving Avenue provides the classic Puebla experience. — Photos by Scarlett Lindeman A perfect al pastor taco is a beautiful thing. The sharwarma-style rotisserie, brought to Mexico by Lebanese immigrants, is a gas-fired contraption that rotates like a slow-motion top. ...
Diana Reyna speaks to a small group of “arts-identified” 34th City Council District residents. If...
Happy Halloween! There is so much going on in Greater Bushwick there is literally no reason to go anywhere else this weekend. No kidding. Last year was pretty amazing and the neighborhood was filled with awesome costumes. It looks like this year is going to be even more spectacular...
