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From The New York Shitty Inbox: Snow Woes On Vandervoort Avenue
(Or: The DOT Builds a Snow Fort!)
Tara on Beadel Street (who forwarded me the above photograph) writes:
Hi Miss Heather
I have been reading your blog for years and enjoy it. I live on beadel street and vandervoort ave. I don’t know if you have seen the huge pile of snow the city started dumping last Thursday on vandervoort which has caused a ton of honking and horrible traffic. It’s now Monday and the ave is still shut down. The city has been loading garbage trucks filled with snow and dumping them in front of key span on vandervoort – the actual street itself for more than 5 days now. Why would the city do this? Seems very unproductive. Thought you could solve this riddle.
Aside from basic municipal incompetence I honestly do not know what to say. But then again, it was on Vandervoort where I once saw this:
The above photograph was taken March 10, 2010. A month or so later the DOT saw fit to stick a street cone in it. I can assure you this was truly a vision.
My advice:
- Call 311 and complain.
- Get a complaint number.
- Forward this number along with a general description of your complaint to your City Councilperson (in this case, Diana Reyna), your local Community Board and State Assemblyman Joe!
Update, 5:35 p.m.: unlike a lot of the Snowmageddon posts I have erected over the last week, I have some very good news to report! After receiving Tara’s email— but before I wrote this post— I advised her to contact a number of people. This list included Community Board 1’s Transportation Committee Chair, Karen Nieves. Tara writes:
I got in touch with Karen and she has been a great help today. We had called 311 on Thursday night as well… She came and took pictures of the snow pile.* I wish I had taken pictures on Thursday when it was a complete nightmare.
You rock, Karen!
Miss Heather
*Here are a couple!
What were these people thinking?
From The New York Shitty Inbox: Eyresses
Filed under: 11211, 11222, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic, Williamsburg, Williamsburg Brooklyn
This item is too good to resist passing along. Think about it: our furry companions have it pretty darned good. They get free room and board; hell they even have their poop picked up for them. The least they can do is endure 5 -10 minutes of abject humiliation so as to be dressed up in period costume and photographed. Interested parties can submit your entries via email to Eyresses (at) gmail (dot) com. Otherwise, yours truly is going to wait until these ladies showcase Wuthering Heights. Chez Shitty has the entire cast of characters for that one!
Miss Heather
*This weekend yours truly learned that she is indeed a cat! It went down something like this.
(I am reading a book— Homage To Catalonia, lest you are wondering— in bed when the Mister comes in)
T.M. (pointing to the various slumbering hairy masses on aforementioned bed):
You’re a good cat, You’re a good cat…
(points at me)
You’re a good cat.
Me: But I don’t shit in the bath tub.
T.M.: Yet.
Perhaps this should be my resolution for 2011?
Greenpoint Photo Du Jour: Newel Street
Sherry (who took the above photograph) writes:
Yes, that’s a Polish eagle with two guns. I can’t make out the number.
Nice find!
Miss Heather
From The New York Shitty Photo Pool, Part III: LOST
This item comes courtesy of Lisacat (who noted these fliers began to appear shortly after the blizzard). If you have seen Leah or know of her whereabouts please contact her “people” at the above telephone number. Thanks! I have word that Leah has found her way back home! See comments for the full skinny.
Miss Heather
From The New York Shitty Inbox: Williamsburg Loses One of its Own
Filed under: 11211, 11222, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic, Williamsburg, Williamsburg Brooklyn
This afternoon I received some disheartening news which I feel compelled to pass along. Gina Risica, one of the brains behind Red Gate Garden is not longer with us. The details are scant but apparently she has not been feeling well recently and for this reason had been seeking medical attention. She was found by her significant other New Year’s Eve. No cause of death is known at this time.
I did not know Gina well, but I am very grateful for the love she lavished on Red Gate Garden. I am not the only one either. Miss Mousey Brown opines:
…She has been the mother to Red gate for 10 years. It was her baby and it brought her great comfort and beauty in life that was certainly not all sunshine and roses.
She and I got along so well because of our shared leeriness of humanity, and we shared a bond over the little plants.
Beautifully put. May you rest in piece, Gina. You will be missed.
UPDATE, January 3, 2010: You can see some of Gina/Jeanne’s art work (painting was another passion of hers) by clicking here.
Miss Heather
Photo Credits: Miss Mousey Brown
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