February 2009
12 posts
Brooklyn Eating: Yuppie, also Political
Today the New York Times gets all geeked about the growing Brooklyn artisanal food movement. It’s sort of a greatest-hits recap of who’s been cooking what over the past few years, including Marlow & Sons, Mast Bros. Chocolate, The Brooklyn Kitchen, Sixpoint Craft Ales, Urban Rustic and others.
From the article:
These Brooklynites, most in their 20s and 30s, are hand-making...
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This is what McCarren Pool will Look Like
Well, some dirtier, more overcrowded approximation of that. But still. Gowanus Lounge has posted the full update from the NYC Parks Dept. and Rogers Marvel Architects. The consensus reaction seems to be apprehensive awesomeness. All the funding is still in place and it is projected to be open in two years.
I know the kids were upset about the end of the Pool Parties. But, c’mon....
New York City's economic decline is likely in its... →
Target, Alexander McQueen, and Discount...
In preparation for Alexander McQueen’s special collection for Target, the upmarket clothier and the discount retailer are launching a pop-up ‘market’ in the St. John’s Center. According to fashion blog Nitrolicious:
New Yorkers will be given the opportunity to shop the entire McQ for Target collection before it hits stores nationwide on March 4, 2009.
The Target McQ...
We're All Gonna Die: 100 Meters of Existence →
Photographer Simon Hogsberg created this 100 meter long image by shooting images from the same spot on a railroad bridge in Warschauer Strasse, Berlin over the course of 20 days in 2007. There are 178 people in the final picture, going about their normal lives in the most unexpectedly compelling of contexts.
It’s a beautiful snapshot of the quotidian and a nice execution of a simple but...
Cleanliness and Order by Boyd Rice and Daniel...
