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.
From a Brooklyn Paper article about the bagel breakdown:
“Barring a victory in court, the opponents’ main strategy right now is to block anything that gives even the appearance that Atlantic Yards is inevitable.”
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 perform via http – see my comment made to Steve Rubel about the rise of Twitter), he’s out there waist high in forward-thinking commentary. I salute you John and I do not know how I would stay on top of this myself were it not for your important and excellent postings.
According to Outside.in, a neighborhood blog aggregator, Brooklyn is the bloggiest neighborhood in the country. Whoot whoot!! We can all thank Bruce Ratner and his grandiose Atlantic Yards scheme to make as much money as possible at one time for that, but I digress.
Sitting with my neighbors during the Blogfest, I couldn’t help but feel something important was taking place. There was genuine appreciation among everyone putting effort into their blogs, and it just felt right to come together in celebration. Many laughs were shared and margaritas poured.
How’s that for the act of blogging building community? And does it go the other way around, too? I know getting together got me thinking about blogging more. I am sure others felt the same. Perhaps Outside.in should sponsor meetups in each neighborhood. Why waste all that neighborhood-reviving goodness?
I wish I could say that where I come from, one golf-ball sized scoop of blackberry ice cream does not equal three dollars. Sadly, courtesy of Louie G’s at Union St. and 5th Ave. in Brooklyn, I can’t.
Thanks, Louie for gouging the community on Summer’s greatest pleasure.
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.
