Okay, so. I’m digging a little deeper on apartments in NYC, and I thought I might ask for help from anyone who might read this and have some familiarity with the area. First of all, Queens. I’ve been noticing some decent rent ranges around Astoria and Elmhurst, but how are those neighborhoods for someone new to the area?
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Photo of an NYC restaurant during the 1977 blackout. ”No Lights. No Food. But Lots of Liquor.”
Photo by Bryan Alpert, July 13th 1977.
I love this so much
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And to think that all this time, I thought the Brooklyn Herp came from Union Pool.
ugh uh.
The Gowanus Canal having gonohorrea is nothing now that news has come out that the Gowanus Canal cangive you cancer. According to the Brooklyn Paper, the EPA has confirmed that the waterway contains a whole bunch of cancer-causing chemicals and toxins (which is hardly surprising). This is not good news for humans, animals, or the environment.
The confirmation is part of the first phase of the (possibly decade-long) Superfund process, before the clean-up goes down. This morning, EPA rep Judith Enck said, “The contamination is widespread and may threaten people’s health, particularly if they eat fish or crabs from the canal or have repeated contact with the canal water or sediment. The level of contamination is so severe that I don’t feel comfortable saying that when we’re done, it will be fishable or swimmable.” Never Forget: fecal tsunami!
This could go two ways: either in 10 years we’ll have a revitalized urban waterway, or in the next couple of years the Gowanus Canal Goo will actually gain strength through toxins, become mobile, and eat us all (just like it ate through that plastic).
Yikes.
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I could see some Morgantown kids doing this.
(And for a more static approach to light sculptures, check out Bring to Light NYC. It happened in Greenpoint last weekend, it was New York’s first Nuit Blanche event, and it was completely mesmerizing.)
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» "He described himself as a 'Disabled, gay, Jewish, leftist, middle aged dwarf who ambulates with crutches', but Harry [Wieder] was much more."
If you think the first line is incredible, wait until you see his picture.
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Pizza?
In a CONE?
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are they serious?
