Wednesday Links

Rising Inline Skater Is Fatally Shot in Brooklyn [NY Times]
In Bushwick, Starving Artists No More [NY Times]
Senior Program Launches: Same Bus, Different Mission [NY Times]
The Day: Public Art, To What End? [The Local, NYT]
Brooklyn's "Hipster Grifter" Replies from Prison [NBC NY]
Weak Dollar, Low NY Property Prices Woo Foreigners [Reuters]
One in Five Kids Homeless at PS 636 [NY Daily News]
Legal Services NYC to Consolidate Brooklyn? [Brooklyn Eagle]
Claire Danes Doesn’t Go to Brooklyn a Lot [NY Mag]
Photo by adamlerner, Brownstoner Flickr pool

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The PS 636 story is heartening.

Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 8:44 AM

So is the weak dollar wooing Eurotrash buyers.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at October 14, 2009 9:05 AM

do you mean trashy-condo buyers?

Posted by: dittoburg at October 14, 2009 9:11 AM

Interesting questions raised about public art. The mural was well done- but I could see how it would make people uncomfortable. On the other hand, isn't art supposed to evoke a reaction?

Posted by: bxgrl at October 14, 2009 9:32 AM

Brownstoner, there was a great article about brooklyn's greenest nabes in the Daily News and you chose Claire Dane's instead?

Posted by: italiana71 at October 14, 2009 11:17 AM

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