Greenpoint
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Culture on the Cheap
New York Shitty Photo Du Jour: Seasons Greetings From Morgan Avenue
Filed under: 11211, 11222, East Williamsburg, East Williamsburg Brooklyn, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic
The above image goes out to the Department of Sanitation and the Department of Transportation— who, in their Solomon-like wisdom— decided building a snow fort on Vandervoort Avenue was a sterling idea. The end result was not only obstructed truck traffic from Beadel Street to Maspeth Avenue, but also a clusterfuck of Biblical proportions on Morgan Avenue. NOTE: the following photographs and video footage were shot today at 1:00 p.m.
You can read more about this fiasco at the New York Daily News.
Miss Heather
From The New York Shitty Inbox: Skid Row
Filed under: 11222, Bum Shit, Dung of the Day, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic, Other Shit
Of this delightful item (which is located on a snow bank at Clay Street and Manhattan Avenue) Alicia writes:
Seriously G-point?!
Miss Heather
Spotted On Manhattan Avenue: Chili
That’s right, folks. This upcoming Sunday the Habitat will be hosting its Third Annual Chili Cook Off! Given we are set to get yet more snow, the timing could not be more fortuitous. Check it out!
Third Annual Chili Cook Off
January 9, 2011 starting at 6:00 p.m.
The Habitat
988 Manhattan Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11222
Miss Heather
LAST GASP: Pablo Airaldi In The Village Voice!
Yes, dear readers, The Village Voice has published the long-awaited feature* about Pablo Airaldi! Do give it a read and I’d like to take this opportunity to remind everyone his hearing is this upcoming January 6th at 9:00 a.m. Be there!
201 Varick Street, Room 1140
New York, New York 10014
UPDATE, January 5, 2011: I have gotten word as of tonight or tomorrow Pablo will be free!!! More details and a confirmation (hopefully) to follow!
Miss Heather
*One of my favorite passages/teaser:
…Ziiggie explains recently at Manhattan Avenue’s Acapulco restaurant, over French fries and a pint of blackberry-flavored brandy he had smuggled in his coat. “If he had tits, I’d fuck him.”
Now who can argue with that?
American Playground Watch: Before & After
On December 30, 2010 our Parks person wrote:
…We are doing all possible with the resources at hand. Right now, Mother Nature giving a few sunny, non-freezing days would be the most helpful thing possible.
On January 1, 2011 Miss Heather writes (on the Community Board 1 Yahoo Group):
Today I saw a tractor cleaning up the sidewalk in front of Jerzy Popieluszko Square and a group of sullen Parks employees with a truck equipped with a plow at McGolrick Park. One employee was complaining on her cell phone that it was cold. Perhaps when our Parks advocate(s) are done pontificating/congratulating themselves and/or making excuses they could see fit to send these people/equipment my direction?
It would appear that Mother Nature not only gave us a few days of mercifully temperate weather but also a snow plow. Thank you, Mother Nature!
Miss Heather
The Word On The Street: YO
Filed under: 11222, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic, The Word On The Street
From Manhattan Avenue.
Miss Heather
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