Monthly Archives: July 2012

Number Four

Posted on July 31, 2012 | Leave a comment

View of Brooklyn & Manhattan from the roof of building #4 in the revitalized Brooklyn Navy Yard.

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Tagged Brooklyn Navy Yard, Navy Yard

Viewfinder

Posted on July 30, 2012 | 2 Comments

From N. 5th Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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Posted in Street Art, Williamsburg

Tagged hazard, hazmat, mirror, portrait

After getting married last week, my wife & I decided to spend a brief honeymoon at the new Wythe Hotel in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, even though we live less than a mile away. It was a very nice experience, but what really caught my eye was Dan Funderburgh‘s beautiful wallpaper that was made specifically for this location, using iconic images from North Brooklyn, like the ~~Greek~~Russian Orthodox Church, the red fire call posts, and graffitied post office boxes. Check out the detail in these vignettes. Very cool.

* My use of “hipster” is non-deragatory

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Posted in Art, Williamsburg

Tagged bicycle, blue, Dan Funderburgh, Greek Orthodox Church, Hipster, milk crate, papoer, wall, wallpaper, water tower, white, Wythe Hotel

Pitter Patter

Posted on July 22, 2012 | 2 Comments

Dear Readers,

All apologies for not having a fresh new post for a week. It’s been an insane few days. But today is the big day, the day I marry my true love. Just a note to say that I will return with many good posts once i return to the reality of the Brooklyn Imbecile. In the mean time, please enjoy this very simple song that means so much to me and my bride to be and will be a part of our ceremony this evening, today, July 22, 2012.

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Tagged wedding day

Dirt Road Town

Posted on July 20, 2012 | Leave a comment

From Nassau Avenue, Brooklyn.

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Posted in Greenpoint

Tagged construction, Nassau Avenue

Holy Sign

Posted on July 8, 2012 | 2 Comments

I love big old commercial signs, especially ones that create frames for trees and sky like this one on Bayard Street on the Northside of Brooklyn.

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Posted in Greenpoint, Junk Street

Tagged Bayard Street, handpainted, handpainted signs, metal signs, old signs, sky, trees

Caged Creepers

Posted on July 5, 2012 | 1 Comment

The same creepy stock photography models stare out from a fenced over window on McGuinness Blvd in the street level of the residential building, The Oakland. It’s a nice building for a new condo, but their store fronts never found a business to take a chance at this location. It’s been years.

(Kill Mommy!!)

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Posted in Greenpoint, People

Tagged caged, creepers, creepy, dentist, doctor, Greenpoint, models, stock models, stock photography, The Oakland

Happy 4th of July from Wacky Greenpoint

Posted on July 4, 2012 | Leave a comment

To the All-American Chinese marathoner guy who has the mini-Twin Towers tribute on his Nassau Avenue building and today has a battery-powered speaker playing patriotic music, smiling and flashing peace signs in McGolrick Park, I say, “God bless America and Happy Extra Wacky Day in Greenpoint, Brooklyn!! There were two separate, distinct drunk Polish screamers at the exact same moment I saw this dude in action. Go America!!