Bushwick Goes National
Like Williamsburg before it, the Bushwick brand is spreading beyond New York City’s borders. This weekend, The Philadelphia Inquirer brought news of the gritty but increasingly arty nabe to its readers in the City of Brotherly Love. “Over the last few years, the two-square-mile Brooklyn neighborhood has been attracting visionaries outpriced by neighboring Williamsburg or…
Like Williamsburg before it, the Bushwick brand is spreading beyond New York City’s borders. This weekend, The Philadelphia Inquirer brought news of the gritty but increasingly arty nabe to its readers in the City of Brotherly Love. “Over the last few years, the two-square-mile Brooklyn neighborhood has been attracting visionaries outpriced by neighboring Williamsburg or disillusioned by Chelsea’s artiste scene,” writes the paper. “Studios, galleries and spaces that defy categorization are appearing in former bodegas, 99-cent stores, and other unglamorous structures.” The ‘Wick manages to maintain its street cred with a killer quotation from Laura Braslow of non-profit Arts in Bushwick: “The Bushwick art scene is not about sipping wine and looking at white walls,” she said. A few of the recommended galleries include English Kills, Ad Hoc and Factory Fresh.
Art Grows in Bushwick [Philadelphia Inquirer]
I would go insane living in Park Slope, Rob, but I don’t go around insulting others who enjoy it. Though I would like to buy fresh wild salmon for $10 a pound at the Park Slope food coop.
hey wine lover,i think u need a big black dick in ur mouth to shut ur ignorant ass up
Lots of nonsense every day, dirty hipster
Wow – really sorry I missed this today. Lots of nonsense posted. Sounds like more then a few of you had a case of the Mondays!!
Sorry for the double post, and should have been n’est pas. Time to go to sleep.
Unfortunately, Pierre, we don’t live in a color blind or beige world. As you well know, we come in all different flavors and colors. This is a great thing, and makes us all interesting. It is also value neutral, in of itself. It’s only when we as societies, make one flavor or color superior to the others that we get in trouble. Part of who you are is French, at least that’s your persona here. Your Gallic heritage helps shape you, and contributes to who you are. To say you were just some guy named Peter would be to deny you a part of your self.
All I am saying is that neighborhoods also have identities. To me, it is the height of political correct blandness to ignore what is all around you, in order to focus on whatever you are doing. If I tell you my gallery is in Harlem, all that says is that it is somewhere within the established boundaries of that neighborhood. It has no inherent value judgement about the people in the neighborhood,or the neighborhood itself. If you, as a listener, make something, either good or bad, out of that, that’s on you. If I tell someone the address is on 145th and St. Nicholas, and leave out the fact that it is smack in the middle of Harlem, that says more about me. What’s wrong with saying Harlem? Is my omission because I am ashamed of Harlem, think you won’t show up because it is in Harlem, or am so evolved that I don’t notice it’s Harlem? I don’t think that many people are so evolved.
There is nothing wrong with mentioning a neighborhood, or a person’s ethnicity or heritage. You highlight your posts almost all the time, by throwing in French phrases, some of which are incomprehensible to non-French speaking readers. Some may find that terribly pretentious, others intriguing, others may have no opinion at all. Yet that establishes your identity to the Brownstone community, ne’st pas? That’s all I’m talking about.
Unfortunately, Pierre, we don’t live in a color blind or beige world. As you well know, we come in all different flavors and colors. This is a great thing, and makes us all interesting. It is also value neutral, in of itself. It’s only when we as societies, make one flavor or color superior to the others that we get in trouble. Part of who you are is French, at least that’s your persona here. Your Gallic heritage helps shape you, and contributes to who you are. To say you were just some guy named Peter would be to deny you a part of your self.
All I am saying is that neighborhoods also have identities. To me, it is the height of political correct blandness to ignore what is all around you, in order to focus on whatever you are doing. If I tell you my gallery is in Harlem, all that says is that it is somewhere within the established boundaries of that neighborhood. It has no inherent value judgement about the people in the neighborhood,or the neighborhood itself. If you, as a listener, make something, either good or bad, out of that, that’s on you. If I tell someone the address is on 145th and St. Nicholas, and leave out the fact that it is smack in the middle of Harlem, that says more about me. What’s wrong with saying Harlem? Is my omission because I am ashamed of Harlem, think you won’t show up because it is in Harlem, or am so evolved that I don’t notice it’s Harlem? I don’t think that many people are so evolved.
There is nothing wrong with mentioning a neighborhood, or a person’s ethnicity or heritage. You highlight your posts almost all the time, by throwing in French phrases, some of which are incomprehensible to non-French speaking readers. Some may find that terribly pretentious, others intriguing, others may have no opinion at all. Yet that establishes your identity to the Brownstone community, ne’st pas? That’s all I’m talking about.
“Here’s your ticket pack your bag: time for jumpin’ overboard…”
you know that dumb band Talking Heads.
those stupid fucks lived in the ghetto and were some art school idiots from Rhode Island and did nothing to help anyone and made absolute shitte music.