Greenpoint
Lorven Pharmacy
Culture on the Cheap
Long Island City Street Art Du Jour: Weathered
46 Avenue
11 Street
44 Avenue
24 Street
Taken March 10, 2010.
Miss Heather
Quicklink: Possible Conflicts Of Interest Regarding Domino Vote?
As I mentioned previously tonight our local Community Board will be conducting their monthly meeting. What you might not know is they are scheduled to take yet another vote regarding the controversial conversion of the former Domino Sugar Factory (as seen at left) into 2,200 market rate condominiums and a modicum (READ: pittance) of affordable housing. I mention the previous because the Williamsburg Greenpoint News + Arts has published a very compelling article regarding several members of our Community Board whose business relationships with the Community Preservation Corporation (the entity is behind the aforementioned proposal) pose serious questions about possible conflicts of interest. This article is a must read for anyone curious about what’s happening at Domino. Check it out!
Miss Heather
Photo Credits: Benjamin Lozovsky, WGNA
Williamsburg Photos Du Jour: Land Shark
Filed under: 11211, East Williamsburg, East Williamsburg Brooklyn, Street Art, Williamsburg, Williamsburg Brooklyn
From Manhattan Avenue.
Miss Heather
Found On Freeman Street: A Very Special Kitty
Filed under: 11222, Crazy Cat Lady, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic
In the hopes of a repeat of Socks’s triumphant return to his rightful owner I present to you this found cat flier from Manhattan Avenue. No gender is indicated but I seriously doubt there are many black cats with extra toes running amok on Freeman Street. If you know to whom this lad (or lass) belongs please contact his (or her) good Samaritan at the above-listed telephone number. Thanks!
Miss Heather
UPDATE, March 16, 2010: I have been told this kitty is safely back at home! Anne writes:
Kitty, temporary named “Bathroom Cat”, was claimed by his owner on the first floor of the building the next day (March 10). Bathroom cat was awesome and fat. And that is that.
Now At The American Playground: Chicken Feet
The above photographs come courtesy of a(nother) lady named Heather. She writes:
What’s up with American Playground!!! For the past two days they’ve been burning what smells like plastic on the next door construction lot (illegal?), today there was chicken parts all over… my son picked up a foot – yuck! and drunk bums that broke a pint bottle and just left the glass! Aaahhhh – is there anyone that I can give complaints to that will actually do something?
Some of you might recall I encountered a live chicken in this park two years ago: Larry Bird. This may seem like an inexplicable occurrence but when one takes into consideration that there is a poultry facility located next door it is not unreasonable to presume this is from which my feathered friend originated. As for the above-depicted item, well, I seriously doubt it simply walked there.
When I strolled down Noble Street this morning the gents at Eastern Poultry were busy hosing out their trucks.
Don’t let their dour, business-like demeanor fool you: my presence was a source of considerable mirth. Or at least that’s what their wolf-calls and whistles would suggest. Amusingly enough when I started filming they got “shy”. No worries, when I stopped they resumed their “merrymaking”.
I have already expounded upon the standard operating procedure for this complaint (and any other, for that matter): call 311, file a complaint, get a complaint number and tender this number along with any and all details to your local community board*. Given that we’re probably dealing with illegal dumping of material that is (or I would consider to be) hazardous I would also forward this information to:
1. The New York City Parks Department (who, I would like to note, had an employee cleaning this space when I walked by this morning).
2. The New York City Department of Sanitation
3. The New York State Department of Environmental Protection
4. Our City Councilman: Steve Levin
5. Our State Assemblyman, Joseph Lentol
If anyone out there has more advice for my friend Heather please tender them via comments. This is not only unacceptable, it is disgusting and a public health hazard. Our community deserves better than this.
Miss Heather
*It should be noted that Community Board 1 (which serves Greenpoint and Williamsburg) is having their monthly meeting TONIGHT.
LAST GASP: Socks Has Been Found!
Filed under: 11222, Crazy Cat Lady, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic
Okay, I was going to call it an early night— but then I received this email. It is too cool NOT to pass along ASAP. Remember a cat by the name of Socks whose flier I posted yesterday? Well, he’s safe and sound at home! His person, a lady named Genia, recounts how this wonderful happening came to pass:
Hi Miss Heather:
It was my lost cat flyer that you posted on your blog. I wanted to thank you so much because, nothing short of a miracle, it worked! The persons who found Socks, back on Feb. 13, about ten blocks away on Humboldt, saw the photo on your blog today, and called me and sent a pic of Socks, and indeed it was him. A young Polish woman, named Adriana and her family, took him in two days after he was missing. She said he was sitting at the doorstep to her building, looking cold and sad, as if he was waiting to be let in. Bless the people of Greenpoint who look after the animals in the neighborhood. I am so relieved to know that he was well taken care of for these past three weeks just when the weather was so brutal. So some happy news due to your championing of local causes, big and small.
All best, Genia Gould, Williamsburg Greenpoint News + Arts
Thanks for sharing this Genia. It made my day!
Miss Heather
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