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The Wall Street Journal and Michael Bloomberg seem to think so. (via BoingBoing via Kottke) I know what he means — I think of Europe’s B-list cities, like Florence, as having the best of all worlds: relatively cheap housing, lots of weird, experimental activity, cosmopolitanism, beauty and culture. Go to a superstar city like NYC [...]
You should recognize Cynthia Wood from her appearance alongside her husband, Arthur, in Dave Chappelle’s film, Block Party. Out of sheer luck, I got some video of her a few days before the film shoot. Enjoy her personality. She’s a real Brooklyn gem! Here’s a link to a Block Party trailer.
A new site that was just brought to my attention via the ueber-hip BoingBoing is Outside.in . The site adds some intelligence to searching for local information by scouring blogs and other information sources that are tagged or otherwise identified as associated with the location you are querying. Nice to see so much relevant information [...]
Missing the borough? Check out a video (or two) of the old nabe at TurnHere.com.
Now here is a neat magazine, which I came across while having drinks at StoneHome Winebar in Fort Greene. Edible Brooklyn is published each season (4 issues a year) and highlights traditional and historic insitutions in Brooklyn that contribute to its rich culture of food. They focus on slow food, organic food, locally-farmed food, and [...]
If there is one thing that Brooklyn has, it’s talented musicians. Lately, I have been listening to folk-mistress, Jenn Lindsay. If you are starting to get that Summer hankerin’ to breathe in the sound of a sweet voice riding the rails of a warm folk-guitar melody, you’ve got to check her out. She has just [...]
Recently, a friend (thanks Kev!) emailed a link to a very useful Google-map mashup over at borough-watch site, onNYTurf. It provides a street-level view of Bruce Ratner’s megalomaniacal plan to conquer downtown Brooklyn. An absolutely necessary perspective for all residents in the Park Slope\Fort Greene area. On the brighter side of things, the web is [...]
If you are looking for an authentic Brooklyn night out, head over to Maggie Brown’s in Clinton Hill (on Myrtle) for some vittles and then next door to the Five Spot for music and drinks. It’s nice to see that Brooklyn still hasn’t lost its groove. Go-Brooklyn.com says:Since Maggie Brown opened in October, the restaurant [...]
I was very saddened to hear that Spectrum, the location of the Odyssey Disco featured in Saturday Night Fever, is auctioning off the transporting dancefloor that defined a generation; in addition to John Travolta’s undisputable proof that white men could dance, of course (it was all we had). The sale goes down on April 1st [...]
Here’s a link to Marty Markowitz’s 2005 State of the Borough Address. In his speech, which I caught a broadcast of last night on BCAT, the excitable Marty\Fred went over an overwhelming list of great things happening and scheduled to happen in our amazing borough. After hearing his commitment to affordable housing in the areas [...]