Brooklyn

Atlantic Antic

author: BAM : Brooklyn
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

Bushwick: You Could Cut Yourself on That Thing

author: upfromflames : Bushwick, Brooklyn
Thursday, March 29th, 2007

Once Was a Wasteland

author: upfromflames : Bushwick, Brooklyn
Thursday, March 1st, 2007

Atlantic Antic

author: BAM : Brooklyn

It was a sunny day with a blue sky , perfect weather for the 33rd annual Atlantic Antic street festival this past Sunday. Thousands of people roamed the 10 blocks, sampling the variety of food, and browsing hundreds of vending and informational booths. “This is the best street fair in New York,” said Lew Hoens, 33, as he sipped a plastic cup full of beer and listened to a jazz band play on one of the 10 stages. “It’s very relaxed, very community.” Most of the vending was artsy and handmade and the festival had a down-to-earth atmosphere....

Bushwick: You Could Cut Yourself on That Thing

author: upfromflames : Bushwick, Brooklyn

The absurd angle of this building at the corner of Dekalb and Myrtle--under the M line--is itself a measure of the extent to which the Bushwick real estate market has shot up to bizarre heights in the last few years. Traffic islands; who builds on triangular traffic islands in the city? This one stood empty for years, full of trash. But no longer. Someone is building some sort of business here now. Wow. Watch out, you might cut yourself. On the building; on the market.