The nabe’s king of sidewalk art, Ellis G., is profiled in the Village Voice this week:
Village Voice: Runnin’ Scared: As he crouched down on the Cobble Hill sidewalk, Ellis Gallagher used a piece of chalk to outline an elegant shadow cast by a streetlight. The 34-year-old artist is known in Brooklyn for his chalk outlines [...]
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“The Man” Hassles Ellis G.
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Where the F**k is Trader Joe’s?
Ah! The steel drums, the calypso dancers… Marty! That was the dreamy scene SIX MONTHS ago when a friggin PARADE announced that Trader Joe’s would open at the corner of Atlantic and Court.. you know in that old bank building. Well here we sit and still — NOTHIN’! The folks at Racked, who [...]
Our Own Oscar Madison: Will Leitch
Nabe resident and author Will Leitch, known for being one of the sports nuts at Deadspin.com, has a new book out called God Save the Fan. He’s profiled in this week’s Brooklyn Paper:
Brooklyn Paper: His other home — where he works from — is Cobble Hill, where Leitch has lived for three and a [...]
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Cobble Hill Animal Psychic
Unless they’ve got the cure for cancer or a hot tip on today’s 8th Race at Aqueduct, we could care less what animals are thinking. Alas, the CHB braintrust is in the minority here and therefore we bring you Christine Agro, the Animal Psychic of Cobble Hill:
New York Times: Christine Agro’s career as a pet [...]
Former Neighbor Heath Ledger Dead
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NY Times City Room: The actor Heath Ledger was found dead this afternoon in an apartment building at 421 Broome Street in SoHo, according to the New York City police. Mr. Ledger was 28.
At 3:31 p.m., a masseuse arrived at Apartment 5A in the building for [...]
B’Paper: Marty Asks for Preschool Probe
Brooklyn Beep Marty Markowitz wants the worst preschool ever investigated by NY State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, the Brooklyn Paper reports:
Brooklyn Paper: Probe Hill Preschool…: Borough President Markowitz is asking state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to probe a shuttered preschool that may owe parents thousands of dollars in prepaid tuition.
The Brooklyn Children’s Academy Preschool was [...]
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No School for Jail
The Brooklyn Paper reports that there’s been an about face in the middle school-in-a-jail proposal for the Brooklyn House of Detention:
Brooklyn Paper: Jail Middle School…: The controversial proposal to put a public middle school in the soon-to-reopen Brooklyn House of Detention was killed on Monday amid outrage after the plan was first reported in The [...]
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Super Stories
This week’s edition of This American Life on NPR features stories about building superintendents. One of the chapters tells the tale of a New York City super who claimed to have a shady past in Brazil and who ends up being a key witness in a murder trial.
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Jail Middle School: Is Yassky Wacksy?
The Brooklyn Paper reports this week that City Councilman David Yassky (D- Brooklyn Heights) is supporting a plan to add a middle school to the Brooklyn House of Detention development plan:
Brooklyn Paper: Lock ‘Em Up: As a result, Corrections Commissioner Martin Horn told a group of local pols and community activists at a Jan. 2 [...]
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