The Dumbo Improvement District posted their 2007 initiatives on their website. Although only in their first year in operation, they have a lot of projects planned and have listed seven of their newest projects. They include:
A Re-imagined Pearl Street Triangle
Overhaul of the Brooklyn Bridge Pedestrian ...
Posted 3.4.2007 6:24pm (2 years ago)
Even though we haven't heard a new Andrew W.K. song since that party hard tune back in the day, he's always managed to pop up with new projects here and there. Last week we mentioned his performance at PIT, and it seems as though he'll be returning there in March. From their website: "Andrew WK: The ...
Posted 2.21.2007 10:53am (2 years ago)
This photo from the turn of the century shows a much different promenade in Brooklyn Heights. Until they were demolished in 1946 to make way for the expressway, this arched viaduct, greenhouse and buttressed wall were accessible by the stone stairways that led down from the mansions above to the ferry ...
Posted 2.21.2007 10:53am (2 years ago)
Two weeks ago Times restaurant critic Frank Bruni reviewed Kobe Club, the newest highly-contrived chowhouse from restaurateur/felon/Rocco DiSpirito co-star Jeffrey Chodorow. The Brunster did not find favor with the place, granting it zero stars and calling noting that "it presents too many insipid or ...
Posted 2.21.2007 8:53am (2 years ago)
Daniel Hoy at careerone.com.au runs through a few do’s and do not’s for giving your boss the slip.
ALWAYS advise a supervisor before telling other staff members.
IF YOU are nervous, speak to your HR department, friends or family, not colleagues.
ASK your manager how they would like you ...
Posted 2.20.2007 8:28am (2 years ago)
Google Maps Mania says it's the "ultimate travel mashup". The NY Times Travel section has integrated its Travel guide pages, with all its hotels and restaurants, with Google Maps to create guide for different cities. The map above is the New York City Guide, which is certainly useful, if not definitive.
Check ...
Posted 2.20.2007 3:02pm (2 years ago)
The e-mail of the week:Curbed people. Yes, it's very early in Chicago and I've already been at work for more than an hour. And I did drink a bit last night. But I don't think I'm seeing things when I tell you that the toilet in this listing's floorplan appears to be sporting an evil grin. I've looked ...
Posted 2.15.2007 9:10am (2 years ago)
Xeni Jardin:
A new high for kittendom, or a new low for BoingBoing. Either way -- that cat can play: Video Link, and here's the website from whence it came. Her owners in Philadelphia, PA, explain: "Nora began playing the piano on her own. She plays even when she is alone in the room. She really ...
Posted 2.14.2007 6:20pm (2 years ago)
Meet Ryan Tschetter, aka "Ryan the Manny." He's just another Minnesota native and current Williamsburg resident trying to make his way in the world—in his case, taking care of the hood's adorable tykes for $12 an hour. True, that may seem a paltry sum. But who can put the right price on the guy ...
Posted 2.13.2007 4:38pm (2 years ago)
Cory Doctorow:
Peter sez, "The classic animated film The Last Unicorn is coming out in a new remastered DVD on Feb 6th. You've reported in the past about Peter S. Beagle's difficulties in getting his due from the Granada Media, so I thought you might like to link to a place where BoingBoing readers ...
Posted 2.4.2007 1:38pm (2 years ago)
It doesn’t matter if you are a news reporter, a blogger, or just a regular guy who want to find the trends around the Internet, you want to be productive and use as little time as possible to find what’s popular and new.
For me, I want to stay on top of technology and software related [...]
Posted 1.25.2007 8:30am (2 years ago)
These days, it seems as though Williamsburg, Brooklyn is the Halley's comet of cool: truly something to behold, though quickly fleeting. But cool doesn't return every 75 years (just
Posted 1.25.2007 2:35pm (2 years ago)
Rebar resides upstairs in Retreat, a Dumbo ?gathering space? that advertises its ?5,000 square feet? as more of a dare than a boast. What to do with all
Posted 1.27.2007 8:53pm (2 years ago)
Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: "loose horses" in Queens, a stabbing in Soho, and a fatal person struck by train at 86th on the 4/5/6.
No surprise: the richer a neighborhood is, the more landmarks ge
Posted 1.25.2007 10:55pm (2 years ago)
I get the feeling these shots of Paris Hilton flashing her butt cheeks at Tao are extremely old, but I don't remember seeing them before so I'm throwing them up anyway. Although the only way for Paris Hilton to be shocking these days would be if she was photographed reading a book that wasn't Highlights. ...
Posted 10.2.2006 2:32pm (2 years ago)
When YouTube first launched we were like, "This is cool and everything, but how do we know what's worthwhile? We sure wish someone like Carson Daly would come along and just show us the best web videos available."
OMG! Dreams really do come true!
Carson Daly...is behind The Daily Reel...The site's ...
Posted 8.31.2006 12:10pm (2 years ago)
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