Greenpoint
Cafe Cito Bogota
From The New York Shitty Inbox, Part III: TOMORROW
This item comes courtesy of Luna Park. She writes:
could be of interest to your readers, should you not already know about it…
What’s this about, you ask? Here’s an excerpt from (v)vital(ny)’s web site:
IN HONOR OF: MESEROLE
On McGuin(n)ess Boulevard at Meserole Ave, Brooklyn.
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Saturday, November 6, 2010[v]vital[ny] is pleased to introduce the first installment of a new public art project, 03_In Honor Of, a series of monuments created in honor of local heroes. This first installment, 03_i_In Honor Of: Meserole, is an homage to the Meseroles, one of Greenpoint’s original farming families, whose name graces streets in both Greenpoint and Bushwick. The installation will appear on McGuinness Boulevard at Meserole Ave, in Brooklyn, on Saturday, November 6, 2010.
Greenpoint in the 1700s was a small farming community, verdant with jack pines and oak forests. The Meserole Brothers, Abraham and Jacob, lived and worked between present day India and Java Streets, and farmed the entire south end of the neighborhood. The quiet farms were isolated from the rest of the city, until industrialization began in the 19th century, transforming the landscape from farms to factories. Greenpoint became a center of shipping and warehouse commerce, and home to generations of Polish immigrants. In the late 1990s, lured by cheaper rents and quiet blocks, a new generation moved into the neighborhood. The locavore movement inspired some of them to return to Greenpoint’s (and Meserole’s) roots. Today’s generation of urban farmers are creating a new kind of farm, on rooftops and basketball courts, in factories that once made everything from ship parts to bagels, reviving a neighborhood tradition, and creating new, sustainable food sources for the city…
You can (and should) get the full 411 here. This sounds really neat!
Miss Heather
Greenpoint Street Seating Du Jour: Sectional
Filed under: 11222, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic, Street Furniture
From Meserole Avenue.
Miss Heather
A New York Shitty Public Service Announcement: Lose Something?
Filed under: 11222, Criminal Activity, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic
If the above-depicted item belongs to you might want to swing by the intersection of Diamond Street and Meserole Avenue and pick it up before the local constabulary does. It is located directly across the street from Cafe Grumpy.*
Miss Heather
*To answer the question before you ask it: No, I did not take this bag of fun. As a general rule I do not consume items I find on the street in Greenpoint. To date there has been one notable exception to this practice: 7-8 years ago my buddy Rachael and I found a magnum of champagne inexplicably left in the street at the intersection of Guernsey and Meserole Avenue. After we ascertained the wrapper was intact (and deduced it was left for us by Greenpoint drinking gnomes or some disgruntled Post Office employee) we took it home and consumed it. It was a little flat, but hey, it was free! Ah, memories…
P.S.: You know the ‘nabe is really getting tony when you find baggies of grass this size gracing your sidewalks! Cheech and Chong would be proud!
P.S. #2: This post goes out to the very special Greenpointer who dropped by my place of employment this afternoon so as to give me a business card and request I call him/her lest I ever find anything of this nature near Cafe Grumpy— or anywhere— again.
Spotted On Banker Street: Something Neat
Filed under: 11222, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic, Street Art
I had seen someone working on this garage door fairly recently— but quite frankly have not had the time to swing back by and see the finished product. Today I finally did. My advice: go see this for yourself. It’s really lovely!
Miss Heather
East Williamsburg Photo Du Jour: Walk This Way
From Meserole Street.
Miss Heather
Greenpoint Photo Du Jour: P.S. 31
Taken September 19, 2010.
Miss Heather
Greenpoint Street Art Du Jour: Iron Man
From Meserole Avenue.
Miss Heather
New York Shitty Photo Du Jour: Black & Whitewash
From Meserole Avenue.
Miss Heather
Greenpoint Street Art Du Jour: Meserole Avenue
Taken August 31, 2010.
Miss Heather
New York Shitty Slide Show Du Jour: Bushwick Selections
Filed under: 11206, 11237, Bushwick, Bushwick Brooklyn, East Williamsburg, East Williamsburg Brooklyn
As promised here are some highlights from yesterday’s brief— but fun— photo walk with my buddy Carnade. Enjoy!
You can view this slide show in larger format by clicking here.
Miss Heather
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