Category Archives: politics
Louis Theroux and the Black Supremacists (BBC)
Louis Theroux, intrepid reporter from the BBC, takes a long, plaintive stare at Black Power in Harlem in the early 2000′s (right around when Amadou Diallo was shot and killed by NYC police). Rev. Al Sharpton comes off looking rather good in this piece, especially when juxtaposed with those who think Louis XVI was actually [...]
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Queens Museum for a Day
Actually, it was more like an afternoon. The museum houses a wonderful scale model of the entire city presented at the 1964 World’s Fair. After the fair, “The Panorama of the City of New York” was used by Robert Moses in his citywide planning efforts. You can see his housing projects colored orange throughout the [...]
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Defending Latin Food Vendors?
Brian Lehrer of WNYC recently had locals discussing this topic. Click below to listen. The video is of Charles Schumer’s visit to the Red Hook ballfields. Visit the Save Soccer Tacos blog to help out.
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Bagel Shop Becomes Newest Victim of Atlantic Yards Dissent
Arena Bagels and Bialys has officially changed its name to… well, something else. I live directly above the shop, the sign for which immediately sent shivers through the neighborhood, spawning the great Brooklyn tea party… , no it didn’t. Anyway, for something that hasn’t quite gotten approved, the selection of the word “Arena” was certainly [...]
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Here’s to a Great Summer of Biking Ahead
Can you feel it? Can you feel the renaissance happening? Having already knocked out the 5-Boro Bike Tour(click here for one man’s account), I am seriously excited about riding around the city this year. I might even take in a Critical Mass event. I sincerely hope we can avoid any major accidents here in Brooklyn [...]
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Blogging and Community
(cross-posted on networkeffect.org) I truly do not know where John Tropea of Library Clips finds the time to unearth so much great stuff. If he is not sifting and categorizing the virtual waterfall of web 2.0 apps out there for us (I think there may be one for just about every singular function one can [...]
“Transit” – Giles Hendrix
An exploration of the temporary architecture in DUMBO that fights the old and transits the new. Audio is Wikipedia text-to-speech content about the neighborhood and its history.
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That’s a SPICY MEATBALLL!
Look at all that traffic! …Those wonderfully wide, luxurious lanes right through midtown Brooklyn. Kozmo Kramer would be proud. Here is a link to a Brooklyn waterfront development thread and Frank Gehry’s stadium plans for the Nets. The silver lining is that community groups are ever-vigilant in the fight to do it right – "Efforts [...]
Changing Tide
Man, has Brooklyn changed. I live in Park Slope and buildings are popping up all over. I have to admit… I kinda like it. I know, I know, the people, think of the people it displaced. But, this can also be about the burgeoning pride of a Borough that has stood in the shadow of [...]
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Driving Through Italy