July 2012
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Gowanus - a poem
“A poem with music and video. A man rediscovers his creative sources in exploring and reflecting on the Gowanus area of Brooklyn. Poem by WIlliam Considine, music by Cosmo D. Video of the Gowanus Canal.” (info from youtube)
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Gowanus Vintage Store!
Now that we’re older what we grew up with… is thought of as vintage!”
That’s what Greg Paquette tells us in his new ‘vintage’ store called The Sporting Life in Gowanus, Brooklyn. In the store, which opened last month, you won’t find pieces from the 1960s like what Don Draper wears on Madmen or old-timey items worn during prohibition like on Boardwalk...
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'Dale Radio' boats down the Gowanus Canal
Dale, host of Dale Radio, jumps in a boat and paddles his way down the Gowanus Canal with artist Marie Lorenz and actress Jenny Harder.
Check out the Dale Radio episode related to this video here.
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Batman Theme by Pomplamoose
Damn this is so cool! Why must these people continue to entertain us so much?!
This video is Stop Motioning into our video game hearts!
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Lucey's Lounge: Late Summer Cocktails
Lucey’s Lounge has begun producing cocktail videos that features classic and new versions of tasty mixed drinks. In this episode Henry, co-owner of Lucey’s Lunge, talks late summer tropical cocktails…the Hurricane and the Lime In The Coconut. Plus, they introduce one of their own called the Painkiller, which is a take on the Piña colada! mmmh yummy!
If you having been to...
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Gowanus Shuffle (board): a Brooklyn Street Divided
Union Street Brooklyn, NY (shot from 3rd Ave. facing Nevins St)
It’s morning in Gowanus, Brooklyn…and along Union Street between 3rd Avenue and Nevins, the South Brooklyn Casket Company begins rolling out the homes for the recently deceased; Juice Haven pulls up their gates for the morning rush; cyclist zip by, coming and going from Carroll Gardens and Park slope, some stopping at...
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New Gowanus Tattoo Shop
Wow so excited we can’t contain ourselves!!!
Right next door to the legendary 2 Toms restaurant will be a tattoo shop called Triple Diamond Tattoo. After a few weeks of construction the rumors about the places’arrival was made official by the sign.
The website for Triple Diamond indicates they will open summer 2012…which we assume means very very soon with the sign and all....
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The Culver Viaduct - Katie Raffa
Katie Raffa transposes the ride over Gowanus, Brooklyn from one of the highest tracks in the subway system in a unique dual video exhibit entitled “Untitled 01 - The Culver Viaduct”. We’ve taken this ride many time and it has never been illustrated in such an artful way.
Artist Statement (taken from vimeo video posting)
“Using art as my way to explore New York City and...
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New Images From Dustin Cohen
Dustin Cohen, the creator of the Made In Brooklyn film series, is back with some bitchin’ photos for American Way magazine. For the mag he captures the image of theoretical physicist, Discover Channel celeb, and seemly all around nice guy, Dr. Michio Kaku. The images make science(tist), look sexy!
More image from Dustin Cohen, including Melania Trump for Elle Magazine, can be found...
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Meet the "Superhumans" - Paralympic Athletes
Sure, athletes can be badass…but even the strongest of athletes pale in comparison to the mental and physical power needed to compete in the Paralympic Games. Check out this spot for the London 2012 Paralympic Games, which shows those that are “Superhuman”:
Truly Superhuman!
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This reminds us of the Canadian ad Campaign that shows the equally as awesome athletes from the...
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Green Roof in Gowanus
Frieda Lim, a Gowanus resident, creates a rooftop garden with a sub-irrigated planter system. This planter technology is said to cut down on soil contamination…our guess is because the top soil, which receives the contamination from the air, never receives water which would send the harmful in the chemicals from the top soil into the plants roots.
Channel 12 has the report here.
PS 133...
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Capturing the Storm Over Brooklyn
John Huntington grabs a time-lapse of yesterdays’ storm in this video titled: “Severe-Warned Thunderstorm Over Brooklyn”.
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Inside New York: Root Hill Cafe
Inside New York checks out local Coffee shop that borders Gowanus and Park Slope on 4th Avenue at Carroll…Root Hill Cafe.
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Conserving the Gowanus Canal
Eymund Diegel, of the Public Laboratories, fiddles with his DIY aerial mapping device. He’s got some tape, a camera, a kite, and a ‘hello kitty’ hairband. He’s about to send his mismatch aerial camera high above the Gowanus to take photos like these. It’s another day in the life of a scientist, but he like so many others are working on unimaginable projects. This...
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New York becomes an amusement park
Black Sheep Films merges New York City attractions including the Empire State Building, the Brooklyn Bridge, and time square with rides from Brooklyn’s Luna Park. The result is a fun “amusing” video to promote the Coney Island destination. Check it out…
Check out more videos of Luna Park merged with NYC on Black Sheep Film’s website.
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Birds Eye View From A Giant Red Balloon
So last weekend you were probably bee boppin around Gowanus and might have seen a big red balloon floating in the sky near the Canal. As usual whenever you see a big red balloon you thought two things:
1) 99 Luftballons (99 Red Balloons) - the song by that band you can never remember the name of!
and…
2) Le ballon rouge (The Red Ballon) - the 1956 movie by Albert Lamorisse that you fell...
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Lightouts - The Big Picture
Lightouts, the Gowanus based pop rock duo, have put out a new singles disk. The disk includes: The Big Picture, Stray Boy, and Push (The Cure Cover). The Big Picture has climbed to #12 on We Are Hunted an emerging music artist website. With this release the boys are continuing to create a fresh poppy sound with solid guitar riffs. Of course they are still keeping with their obsession/love of the...
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"To the Stars on the Wings of an Eel" at the...
“This site specific installation was made for “To the Stars on the Wings of an Eel”, a group show at the Gowanus Ballroom that explored the urban unconscious of the Gowanus and the surrounding areas. gowanusballroom.com/ The show included art world luminaries like Tom Otterness, Kiki Smith, Swoon, Duke Riley, Ray Smith, Dustin Yellin and more.
26’ x 9’, rear...
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Gowanus Spaceman
Here in Gowanus, Ted Southern, an artist & designer, and Nikolay Moiseev, a Russian mechanical engineer, play with odd looking plastic suits. The funky plastic duds aren’t for scuba-ing in the Gowanus Canal, but for playing in the great beyond…space. Together Ted and Nikolay are Final Frontier Design a startup company that hopes to make the spacesuit for the new commercial...
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Make Dinosaurs With Your Own Hands - Handsaws,...
You know what’s “cool”…
1) Dinosaurs! -
These long dead animals have been the joy of every childhood since their discovery. We can’t image what it was like to have been the first to receive a plastic T-Rex toy after the world learned monsters were real! We do remember that we use to have a toy that was all bones and these bones could be put together to make a...
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Inside The Phoenix 14: Bart Hutton
For the 14th Podcast Episode of Inside the Phoenix Warren Wade Anderson interviews Design Fabricator Bart Hutton owner of Mechanism, LLC in Red Hook.
