East Williamsburg




July 23, 2008

Closing Bell: Bunking in the Burg

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Per Curbed, there's now an option for folks who are priced out of Williamsburg's Hotel Le Jolie: The New York Loft Hostel on Varet Street. The hostel offers accommodations for less than $30 a night in its dorm spaces, bunk bed and wi-fi included. A pool and jacuzzi are on the way.
'Live Like a Hipster King,' Bunk Beds Included [Curbed] GMAP
Live Like A Hipster King! [NY Shitty]
The New York Loft Hostel [Official Site]

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Categories: East Williamsburg, Hostels, Williamsburg

July 14, 2008

Eternal Sunshine of the East Williamsburg Kind

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Is French filmmaker Michel Gondry calling Brooklyn home nowadays? Peut-être. Last week a house on Orient Avenue in East Williamsburg changed hands for a little over a million bucks, and the buyer was ID'd in public records as Gondry. The buyer's address on the deed pointed back to a Beverly Hills management firm. Gondry was directing a Microsoft commercial in Brooklyn last week and has shot other stuff in the borough, most notably 2005's Block Party in Clinton Hill. According to an article in the Times from a couple years ago, Gondry moved to an East Village apartment in 2004.
Image from the Times, doctored with Property Shark photo.

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Categories: Celebrity, East Williamsburg, Williamsburg

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