Celebrating Community
The long-planned, top-driven Gowanus rezoning plan is reaching climax this year, as a large group of local, term limited politicians are set to walk out the door. As Gowanus historian Joseph Alexiou once proclaimed a bit ironically at the Brooklyn Historical Society, the story of New York is the story of real estate. Probably inevitable after the communities of Park […]
There will be six massive last-mile warehouses open in Red Hook by 2022, totaling more than 3 million square feet. These warehouses include Amazon, UPS and Fedex facilities and right now the plan is for them to bring tons of trucks in and out of Red Hook every day. The designated truck route runs down Van Brunt Street, which would […]
What’s nowadays mostly marking the return to the so-called normality in Europe after the outbreak is the UEFA European Football Championship, a tournament played every four years. The tournament was scheduled for last year, but…. That is why the championship is still called EURO2020 despite happening this year. The structure of the whole event sees 24 national teams competing match-by-match […]
I met the rapper Intikana through a series of mutual connections; some from a New York based Taíno community and some from musicians we both know. Born and raised in the Bronx, Intikana went to P.S. 76, M.S. 135, then to Dewitt Clinton High School. As a professional recording artist, Intikana has collaborated with legends such as Dead Prez, Keith […]