Garden Spot Street Art Du Jour: DO NOT ENTER

October 6, 2009 ·
Filed under: 11222, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic, Street Art 

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Coming at ya from McGuinness Boulevard in beautiful Greenpoint, Brooklyn!

Miss Heather

Atlantic Antic Photos Du Jour: Just Look, Don’t Touch

October 6, 2009 ·
Filed under: Area 51, Brooklyn 

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Taken October 4, 2009.

Miss Heather

Bushwick Inlet Watch: Progress

This weekend the Mister and I took his parents to Pop’s Clothing— and in so doing I stumbled upon a most pleasant surprise.

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The owner of this property has begun removing all the overgrowth and garbage. Sort of.

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The box with the dead rat is still there.

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And now he has a friend! I made it a point this out to my mother and father in law. When I brought the sorry state of Bushwick Inlet up with the owner of Pop’s he had a number of interesting observations to share. Among them:

  1. This is a chronic problem.
  2. He was once almost ticketed for littering when he attempted to clean up this property (because he couldn’t take it anymore). He was told in no uncertain terms that he cannot mow his neighbor’s yard.
  3. There is a homeless encampment on this site.

Sure enough, he was right.

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Curious to see if the clean-up at Bushwick Inlet was a fluke (or a figment of my imagination) I returned yesterday to see what’s shaking.

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Sure enough, they had cleared a little more. At this (glacial) pace I imagine they’ll be done in a week.

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The “box-o-fun” is still there— as is the dead rat. Albeit a little worse for wear.

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Yummy.

Miss Heather

*Which was recently the subject of a story by Aaron Short. I strongly recommend you read it.

From The New York Shitty Inbox: More Trouble For The Demolition Diva?

October 6, 2009 ·
Filed under: Bloomblight, Brooklyn 

DATEGIRthumbIt has been a while since I have thought about my good friend Marie Grasso, the Demoltion Diva behind MMG “Design”.  When I checked my email this morning, however, this changed. It would appear the city is not only not the only organization this woman owes money to. Cindy writes:

Hi – I came across your blog by researching MMG Construction (Marie Grasso). We are a local (Bushwick) container company who is owed money for work we did for MMG Construction – we have tried collection agencies and are now with a collection lawyer – this woman is as slippery as they come. The only chance we have of catching her is if we find out any current jobs she is working on and getting that info to our lawyer – I wonder if you can help by asking your readers to let me know if there are any “sightings” of her company info posted on any demo sights.

Thanks for taking the time to read this

Cynthia Bayley
Quick Containers, Inc.

If anyone reading this knows of any construction sites where Ms. Grasso and her merry men are working their magic Ms. Bayley and Quick Containers legal counsel would very much like to know about them. She can be contacted via email at: cynbay (at) aol (dot) com.

Thanks!

Miss Heather

P.S.: No post about MMG would be complete without passing along some select firsthand accounts of their handiwork. You can read my buddy Dategirl’s (whose photograph graces the beginning of this post— shortly after it was taken MMG managed to tear out her telephone lines) tales of MMG Demo-induced woe by clicking here, here, here and here.

Greenpoint Photos Du Jour: Nevermore

October 6, 2009 ·
Filed under: 11222, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic 

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From Lorimer Street.

Miss Heather

New York Shitty Day Starter: Beware Of Dogs

October 6, 2009 ·
Filed under: 11222, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic 

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Don’t less this pup’s stern expression fool you: he is a great big cream puff! After taking the above picture he licked the bejeezus out of my hand— with his owner’s permission, of course. One should never, ever pet a dog without his “person” being present!

Miss Heather

New York Shitty Day Ender: Four Wheel Drive

October 5, 2009 ·
Filed under: 11222, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic, Street Art 

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From West Street.

Miss Heather

Word Of The Day: Foamer

October 5, 2009 ·
Filed under: Advanced Life Forms, Brooklyn 

Per the Urban Dictionary:

A term railroad employees use to describe a railroad enthusiast / railfan and the railfan community at large. Most often used disparagingly. (Engineer to conductor aboard a freight train)

“Man, we got some foamers ahead taking pictures…they need to just get a life and find something to do besides hang around the tracks all day.”

See: Boerum Place; October 4, 2009 at 11:00 a.m.

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Miss Heather

Greenpoint Halloween Watch Part II: Eye On 97 Russell Street

October 5, 2009 ·
Filed under: 11222, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic 

Okay. So I have given everyone the good news that 648 Humboldt Street has started construction on this year’s fright fest. Well, I have even more Halloween happiness to impart: their friendly rivals at 97 Russell Street are up to some ghoulish goodness of their own!

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Some of you might recall the lady behind this wonderful display got off to a late start last year. This was because she took a trip to Egypt!

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She has gotten off to a much earlier start this year…

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and it’s looking good!!!

If or when the opportunity arises do swing by and see this wonderful display unfold for yourself. If you happen to catch her working be sure to say “hi” and thank her for making Halloween a lot more fun for all of us. She’s a really sweet lady!

Miss Heather

P.S.: On a Russell-related note, today the Lutheran Church of the Messiah got a make-over courtesy of our friends, The Good Wife.

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Shalom!

Greenpoint Photo Du Jour: Top Friended

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From the Automotive High School.

Miss Heather

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