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Greenburg Photo Du Jour: Reliable
Filed under: 11211, 11222, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic, Williamsburg, Williamsburg Brooklyn
You know what they say: a picture is worth a thousand words. This rather amusing parking “job” (which hails from the intersection of Driggs Avenue and Lorimer Street) elicited many a chuckle and commentary from passersby— especially my Polish friends and neighbors. I imagine having been acquainted with Communism (and the capacious bureaucracy and paperwork that goes with it) would make this particularly amusing to them. I really wish I understood what they were saying. I bet it was really funny.
Miss Heather
The Word On The Street: Box Street
Filed under: 11222, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic, The Word On The Street
Okay, this isn’t so much a word as a WHAT. Note how the artist responsible for this masterpiece took great care to make it known this thing (an extra-terrestrial, perhaps?) is most decidedly female.
Miss Heather
From The New York Shitty Inbox: The Man, The Legend, The McGuinness!
Filed under: 11215, 11222, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic, Park Slope
This item was brought to my attention by my buddy Sherry. As many of you are undoubtedly aware, yours truly has a soft spot for Mr. McGuinness. He was a crooked as a three dollar bill to be certain— but at least he was honest about it. Sadly, the same cannot be said of our politicians nowadays. What’s more, the man could turn a phrase. Take this gem (regarding his brief stint in the south), for example:
I don’t like that Jim Crow they got or their goddam white crow either.
So as to get everyone in the McGuinness spirit follows is a post I put up all the way back in 2007. Enjoy!
This week’s installment of Greenpoint goodness features two things Miss Heather loves:
- Art
- Peter “Pete” J. McGuinness
Known to most as little more than the namesake of a rather lackluster bit of road in Greenpoint, “The McGuinness” (as he was called) is my role model. Loud-mouthed, crude, contrarian assholes like us tend to stick together, and besides, what can you not love about a man who once said (regarding Prohibition):
It’s a shame to allow whiskey to lie idle when there’s people at Death’s door that might be saved by it.
On top of a shared affection for intoxicating substances I recently learned that Pete and I have something else in common: we both are art lovers. Who knew? Here is an article from the February 22, 1935 edition of the New York Times entitled “Brooklyn Beckons To Civic Virtue”. Enjoy!
Do not let Pete’s colorful rhetoric fool you; the man was not stupid. His career surviving the Seabury Commission‘s investigation of Tammany Hall is a testament to his wiliness. And of course, being buddies with Fiorello La Guardia probably didn’t hurt either.
Those of you who are looking a slightly meatier piece of summer reading (and want to learn more about the Seabury Hearings and the fall of Tammany), check out Once Upon a Time in New York by Herbert Mitgang. While a little tedious here and there, it is completely worth taking the time to read.
Adult Education Present: Brooklyn
February 1, 2011 starting at 8:00 p.m.
Price of admission: $5.00
Union Hall
702 Union Street
Brooklyn, New York 11215
Miss “aspiring Greenpoint Boss” Heather
P.S.: Those of you craving more Pete McGuinness goodness should check out this guest post I wrote for the Gowanus Lounge!
New York Shitty Real Estate Listing Du Jour: Sophie B. Realty
Here’s the deal: inasmuch as I find it personally distasteful I can understand calling, say, parts of Nassau Avenue (especially the area abutting McCarren Park) “Williamsburg area”. But Norman Avenue?!? Shit, that isn’t even close!
Miss Heather
Reader Contribution Du Jour: Live From Seventh Avenue & 38 Street!
Filed under: 11211, 11222, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic, Manhattan, New York City, Williamsburg, Williamsburg Brooklyn
Jeff Williams (who took the above photograph at 8:00 a.m. this morning) writes:
NYC snow clean up. Fail.
Closing on a note of delicious irony I leave you, dear readers, with something I beheld at McCarren Park at 7:30 p.m. last night!
UPDATE, 6:15 p.m.: it would appear Jeff sent the wrong photo! He writes:
Oops, sent the wrong pic…that was 38th and Broadway….here’s the real fail at 38 and 7th!
Miss Heather
From The New York Shitty Photo Pool, Part II: Oops
The above vision hails from McGuinness Boulevard and comes courtesy of the camera of Kitchen Prof. Otherwise, if I had to hazard a guess as to whom the “winner” was in this situation I’d say it was the B62. By a nose.
Miss Heather
P.S.: In all seriousness folks, this just shows— once again— that the police really need to crack down on speeding along this stretch.
Tonight: Greenpoint Business Alliance Holiday Cocktail Party
At the last Community Council meeting I had the pleasure of meeting the proprietor of the Red Star Bar. He was a very nice chap and brought the above item to my attention. Not only do I think it is great that members of our business community have banded together to discuss and address issues in our fair burgh, but who can argue with a two hour open bar? This IS Greenpoint we’re talking about after all!
Greenpoint Business Alliance Holiday Cocktail Party
January 27, 2011 starting at 7:00 p.m.
Red Star Bar
37 Greenpoint Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11222
Miss Heather
From The New York Shitty Inbox: Abandoned?
Nicole (whom whose Facebook page I gleaned the above photograph) writes on January 26:
Hiya-
A few people suggested I email you. Tonight around 9pm a friend of mine was at the laundromat in Greenpoint and noticed this dog wandering the street, trying desperately to get inside the surrounding buildings. She is pretty skinny and was starving and cold. I agreed to take her in for the night, but I can’t have dogs in my building, and my apartment managers live across the street. :/ So i can’t keep her long. The animal shelters said they were full. If anyone recognizes her or wants to foster her or knows someone who might, please message me! She had some twine tied to her collar so it looks like someone tied her loosely in a public place and left her, and she escaped the twine. She is under a year old, maybe 45 pounds, not spayed, no training. Very sweet and good with people though. Thanks in advance for any help…
I have reached out to the folks at Dog Habitat to see if they can help. In the meantime, anyone interested in provided this beautiful lady the loving home she deserves should contact Nicole via email at: furixx (at) yahoo (dot) com.
UPDATE, 10:39 a.m.: here are a few more photographs of this gal courtesy of Devery Doleman.
UPDATE, January 28, 2011 5:25 p.m.: This is pup has an owner and he has been located! See comments for the full rundown.
Miss Heather
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