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New York Shitty Day Starter: Oak Street Kittens Update
Filed under: 11222, Crazy Cat Lady, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic
The sick ones were nowhere to be found, but here are their siblings.
Squinty.
Squinty’s sibling comes forth. Reluctantly.
People are leaving cans of food out for these kittens. What they need is TLC and a home. Anyone interested in adopting these kittens should contact me via email at missheather (at) thatgreenpointblog (dot) com. I’ll hook you up with the “owner” of these kittens.
Miss Heather
P.S.: Tipper too, who closely supervised my photo-shoot of her step-siblings. Someone adopt her. Please.
New York Shitty Day Ender: Back to the Grind
This Christmas tree-meets-polychromatic-shit combo hails from North 8 Street.
Miss Heather
From The New York Shitty Inbox: 155 Calyer Gets SWO’ed
As some of you might remember last year I wrote about the immaculate demolition of 155 Calyer Street. A landmarked property. Well, I have been advised via comments and email the perpetrators, 155 Calyer LLC, have been served.
new writes on 12/31/09:
DOB dropped by this afternoon and posted a love note in the window..
C writes on 1/4/10:
155 calyer got a stop work order
Sure enough, per the Department of Building’s web site 155 Calyer has been served.
Note how the interior demolition is “80% complete”. I wonder what tipped them off?
Perhaps it was this hugeass dumpster out front?
Note how it is placed in a “No Parking” zone. It should also be noted this photograph was taken today, January 4, 2010: a Monday.
If you’re going to break one law, why not break a few more? You’ll get a slap on the proverbial (READ: financial) wrist. That’s the north Brooklyn way!
Miss Heather
Williamsburg Street Art Du Jour: Mother & Child
Granted, the holiday season has come and gone— but I could not resist sharing this lovely piece anyway. The artist is one of my personal favorites, Oopsy Daisy, and it can be found on Havemeyer Street.
Miss Heather
Williamsburg Street Seating Du Jour: Season’s Greetings From North 6 Street
Taken January 4, 2010.
Miss Heather
New York Shitty Day Starter: Mixed Signals
This, one of Greenpoint’s more delightfully eccentric edifices, hails from Nassau Avenue.
Miss Heather
Much Ado About the Gowanus Lounge
Filed under: Area 51
It has been brought to my attention that there has been much speculation about what happened to the Gowanus Lounge. Ben Muessig of Gothamist writes:
Less than a year after the death of blogger Bob Guskind, someone has apparently acquired his acclaimed Gowanus Lounge website and changed its focus. Sources close to the deal told Gothamist that Guskind’s wife was approached by a company interested in paying $7,500 to purchase the domain where the journalist once detailed Brooklyn development and neighborhood minutia…
I have a creeping suspicion who the aforementioned “source” is. It is none other than yours truly. It is in the interest of staving off even more speculation that I am writing this post. Last December my husband, who is the admin for the Gowanus Lounge, was contacted by a gentleman who was interested in purchasing the site: url, content, everything. My husband forwarded this offer to Bob’s widow, Olivia, as it is her property.
After much discussion, soliciting of advice and tough choices a compromise was reached: the url would be sold, but Bob’s work would be migrated to a different site: www.bobguskind.com. This has been done. I will not disclose what was paid for the Gowanus Lounge’s url. This is because it nobody’s business but Olivia’s and the purchaser’s. I will point out, however, that Olivia offered my husband and I a portion of the proceeds as way of saying “thanks”. We turned it down. As far as we are concerned it was the least we could do for a good friend. I hope this clears up any confusion.
Miss Heather
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