Posted in Bath Beach, Bensonhurst, Bergen Beach, Brighton Beach, Brooklyn Heights, Brownsville, Bushwick, Canarsie, Carroll Gardens, Coney Island, Crown Heights, Cypress Hills, East Flatbush, Flatbush, Fort Greene, Gerritsen Beach, Gowanus, Gravesend, Greenpoint, Homecrest, Kensington, Literature, Navy Yard, New Lots, Ocean Hill, Paerdegat Basin, Park Slope, Poetry, Prospect Heights, Queens, Red Hook, Seagate, Sheepshead Bay, South Brooklyn, Sunset Park, Transportation, Vinegar Hill, Weeksville, Williamsburg, graffiti, hip-hop, labor, politics on Aug 5th, 2008
Swan’s signs of the vernacular: ya’ll don’t have to read ‘em but life is a lot funnier if you do. For now, let’s just say that somewhere in Kings County— it could be Vanderbilt Avenue, it could be Van Brunt Street, it could be Varkens Hook— the Brooklyn Department of Transportation (BDOT) has begun talking [...]
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Posted in Africa Talks, All-City, Bath Beach, Bay Ridge, Bed-Stuy, Boro Park, Brooklyn Heights, Brownsville, Bushwick, Canarsie, City Line, Coney Island, Crime, Cypress Hills, Drugs, East Flatbush, East New York, Flatlands, Gerritsen Beach, Gowanus, Highland Park, Homecrest, Kensington, Latino, Literature, New Lots, New Utrecht, Paerdegat Basin, Red Hook, Religion, Seagate, Transportation, graffiti, hip-hop, politics on Jul 2nd, 2008
WWIB Transportation Editor, Swan, explains: Ya’ll can check the record, we went for Barry early— who the hell wouldn’t have? Not the Mighty Sparrow! All three Clintons are venal, John Edwards was a stiff, Dennis Kucinich had a hot wife & no traction: please, let’s not relive the nightmare again so soon; gracias. Today, however, [...]
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Posted in Africa Talks, All-City, Bay Ridge, Boerum Hill, Bronx, Brownsville, Bushwick, Carroll Gardens, Clinton Hill, Cobble Hill, Crime, Dial J For Jewish, Downtown, Gowanus, Homecrest, Industrial, Irish, Latino, Literature, Our Italian Friends, Religion, South Brooklyn, Staten Island, Transportation, Williamsburg, graffiti, labor, politics on Jun 17th, 2008
Among the common misconceptions about New York is that it’s a very ‘liberal’ city. It’s not. New York is divided in almost every way, and the city’s characteristic vigor—its fluid mix of worldliness and provincialism at all levels of society—shouldn’t be mistaken for much besides the constant play of uncountable opposing forces. Among them is [...]
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Posted in Bath Beach, Dyker Heights, Gowanus, Homecrest, Latino, Queens, Rockaways, Sex, Subways, hip-hop on Nov 21st, 2007
Drunk in Arverne. Drunk in Bayside. Drunk in Corona. Drunk on Ditmas Ave. Drunk in Elmhurst. Drunk as fuck in Forest Hills. Goddamn did we get drunk in Glendale. Drunk in Hollis. Drunk again with the Indians in Jackson Heights. Drunk at the Kew Motor Inn. I’ve been getting drunk a lot in Lindenwood lately. [...]
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Posted in All-City, Boro Park, Bronx, Dial J For Jewish, Homecrest, Housing, Latino, Manhattan, Midwood, Music, Queens, Religion, Sports, Staten Island, Transportation, labor, politics on Oct 13th, 2007
By the time Mayor Michael Bloomberg stepped onto a stage crowded with supporters on election night in November 2005, the only question remaining about that day’s vote was the size of his victory. The communications tycoon had spent a staggering $80 million at that point, a casual splurge for a multibillionaire but one that crushed [...]
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