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]
Thanks, CWB.
So your spouse is French? Nice!
And that means, Mrs. CWB, that you’re French.
Even nicer.
And thanks, too, CWB, for running a cocktail column on your website. Now that’s a contribution to culture (that even the French may appreciate).
NOP
Oh well DIBS — all is fair in love, right?
At least, as long as I get to define what falls under “love”.
Interesting article that just popped up on the NYTimes website:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/03/business/
worldbusiness/03yuan.html?hp
I’m first generation- my parents were immigrants. They came here out of desperation- as many illegals do. When they renovated- gut rehab- the building next door, the Mexicans worked the hardest and got the least help on the job. No masks during demolition and they had to carry big garbage bins filled with waste on their backs up a ladder to put in the dumpster. I called the boss on it and told him what an a**hole he was but I didn’t push it because it would have cost them their jobs.
I’m first generation- my parents were immigrants. They came here out of desperation- as many illegals do. When they renovated- gut rehab- the building next door, the Mexicans worked the hardest and got the least help on the job. No masks during demolition and they had to carry big garbage bins filled with waste on their backs up a ladder to put in the dumpster. I called the boss on it and told him what an a**hole he was but I didn’t push it because it would have cost them their jobs.
I just hope that Mr CWB isn’t taking unfair advantage of your illegal status and forcing you to do things that you wouldn’t want to do. Notice i said “unfair” advantage because some of it is certainly fair given the circumstances.
mopar, don’t worry — unfortunately racism is pretty International, nothing typically US about it…
And cw {sorry for the private message}… Well my dear, I will not be illegal at all, but winelover made it so appealing that I might have exagerated a little bit.
As usual, NOP rolls in with a calm and evenhanded take on things. Thanks. 🙂
If I had a choice between being an illegal immigrant or living in abject poverty for the rest of my life (among other terrible things) … I’d choose being an illegal immigrant. So I can hardly fault those who are here illegally for making the same choice.
And for the record, though certain weird holes in our government’s (crappy) immigration laws will make her status here questionable for a few weeks between when her job ends and when her permanent residency status comes through, my wife didn’t come to the country illegally. So my feelings on illegal immigrants are unrelated to the fact that I married a French girl.
Wow. All I can think about what happened in this thread is wow. Winelover…that was truly disgusting. I think you’ve been hanging out with PropJoe too much.