Celebrating Community
The Sunset Park Landmarks Committee, an activist association of neighborhood preservationists, celebrated a major victory on June 18 when the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) responded to their six years of organized advocacy by voting unanimously to protect four historic residential sections of Sunset Park. The Sunset Park North, Sunset Park South, Central Sunset Park, and Sunset Park 50th Street historic […]
For many beer enthusiasts, the greatest adventures are bucolic escapes to farmhouse breweries in Vermont’s remote Northeast Kingdom or the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina, where, with monastic dedication, bearded bohemian hillbillies craft organic small-batch ales of such dignity and freshness that they seem almost healthful. But you need a car to get there. Fortunately, in February, Svendale […]
Every couple weeks, City Councilmember Brad Lander experiences a spasm of guilt over what Gowanus is going to look like in 10 years, and in order to relieve this sensation, he tweets a link to an article about the importance of increasing the housing supply as a means to combat rising rents in America’s cities. It may be Farhad Manjoo’s […]
July is upon us and there are a ton of concerts to get to this summer. Stop by Bene’s Record Shop to hear some Free Jazz Stylings or get into Jalopy to hear some fine roots and blues music. The free shows continue at Prospect Park Bandshell as part of the Celebrate Brooklyn summer festival: Mick Jenkins and Leikeli47 will […]