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Yes, There’s a Line Outside of Manhattan’s First Dairy Queen
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) New Yorkers will line up for cat cafes, and they’ll line up for James Franco, but will they line up for a fast-food joint that has 6,000+ locations around the world (including in...
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Spotted at the Strand earlier this evening! The old awning, which famously touted “18 miles of books,” is being replaced by this new one. “We’re putting on our best look for #bea2014,” the store...
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Plantworks Closes in East Village; Co-Working Space Opens in Bushwick
(Photo: Scott Lynch) After four decades in business, Plantworks closed for good yesterday in the East Village. [Bowery Boogie] Be Electric, a new video and photography workspace in Bushwick, opens...
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This Shack Will Serve You Lobster-Topped French Fries at 1 A.M.
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) A new food stand sells poutine that’s anything but routine: when it opens in Bushwick today, The Diggs will be topping fries with everything from lobster to smoked tempeh. Brian...
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Check Out Bushwick Collective’s First Indoor Show – and This TMNT Tribute
"Jerkangelo" by Jerkface (he got his street name from a presumably pissed-off ex-girlfriend) "Untitled" by Joe Lurato "The Real Duck Dynasty" by Zimad "Up on the Roof" by Chris Stain Jerkface checks...
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11 Put-Downs of the ‘Hipster Elite’ From This Fox News Host’s New Book
The subtitle of Greg Gutfeld’s latest book, Not Cool: The Hipster Elite and Their War on You, pretty much says it all: the libertarian host of Red Eye and The Five on Fox News believes that today’s...
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Rockaway Redux: Another Wave of New Stuff On the Beach
Roberta’s (Photo: Daniel Maurer) A couple weeks ago we gave you a rundown of new and returning food, transport and lodging options in Rockaway. With beach weekend #2 now upon us, here’s what else is...
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Don’t Tell This Artist to Smile When You Visit Her Studio This Weekend
(Photo: Kirsten O’Regan) Tatyana Fazlalizadeh is not what you would call strident—an obnoxious word too often (smirklingly) associated with women who care about gender equality. The artist responsible...
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Tonight at Bushwick’s Newest Gallery, High-Tech Art and Bottom-Shelf Beer
(Photo: Stream Gallery) Get ready for Michael Potvin’s next Bushwick project. The light installation and video artist behind the recently shuttered Steel Drums warehouse is opening Stream Gallery...
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This LES-Bushwick Designer Channels Anna Karenina and Lolita
Giordano at the studio with an item from her Fall 2014 collection. (Photo: Nicole Disser) Earlier this week, we sat down with bi-borough based fashion designer Samantha Giordano to talk about her line,...
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Writer Kim Addonizio Thinks Living on the Bowery is Like Having Her Brain...
(Photo: Elizabeth Sanderson) Book Expo America, the annual trade show for the analog information-delivery devices known as “books,” is in town through tomorrow, though it’s easy to miss if you don’t...
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Gentrification: The Zine!
(Excerpts from Human Geographies of Bushwick) (Excerpts from Human Geographies of Bushwick) (Excerpts from Human Geographies of Bushwick) (Excerpts from Human Geographies of Bushwick) (Excerpts from...
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Northside Tech Expo; Greenpoint’s Bird Pit-Stop
(Photo: Scott Lynch) On a first date, a Bushwick financial analyst allegedly hit, bit, and tried to strangle his suitor while defending the 9/11 attackers. [Gothamist] Celebrity kid and Instagram rebel...
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There Were Rockers and Stilt Walkers at the Bushwick Collective Block Party
The crowd Blackout Jerkface with stilted fan Stilts Lexi Bella Go! Push Pops Fan selfie with Iron Force (Photo: Scott Lynch) (Photos: Scott Lynch) (Photos: Scott Lynch) Meres One Eric Lee Bowman, who...
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There’s a Museum of Beautiful People, and We Took a Look
(Photo: Kirsten O’Regan) While all the beautiful people were headed to Bushwick to look at art, I was on my way to East First Street, to look at beautiful people as art. Nonsensical perhaps, but I was...
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At Bushwick’s Newest Outdoor Drinking Destination, Your Phone Will Never Die
(Photos: Daniel Maurer) (Photos: Daniel Maurer) (Photos: Daniel Maurer) (Photos: Daniel Maurer) (Photos: Daniel Maurer) (Photos: Daniel Maurer) Finally, Bushwick has a watering hole with personal USB...
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The LES Just Scored This Super Artsy Flood Protection
Rendering of the flip-down walls. In a big win for the Lower East Side, $335 million has been awarded to a barrier that will protect the Sandy-ravaged shores of the East River. Last June, Rebuild by...
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This Bike Repair Class Puts the ‘Trans’ in Transportation Alternatives
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) Not everyone learns how to fix a flat on their bike at age ten. But Rebbekha Schiller did, and she says it empowered her. “I used to try to run over things with my bike so I...
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Hey, Kids! Larry Clark and Harmony Korine Are Showing Their Work
Larry Clark (Photo: Tim Pioppo) Kids grows up so fast! Next month will be the 19th anniversary of the movie that scared the shit out of baby-boomer parents and made every teenager this side of Tulsa...
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Here’s Who Got Kim Jong-Un Haircuts at Bushwick Open Studios
L to R: Katie Grace McGowan and her subject. (Photo: Goran Butorac) If you saw the poster advertising “free Kim Jong-Un haircuts” at Bushwick Open Studios this past weekend, you probably thought: is...
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