Stepping off the Halsey Street J stop won't land you in the most fashionable area of Brooklyn.
They crowd around tables in bars with rustic interiors, sipping craft beer while discussing woodworking, the oppressiveness of consumerist culture, Radiolab, and craft beer.
How Brooklyn's Morgantown transformed from an industrial zone to a hotbed of culture.
For over 100 years, people have continuously traveled to this building at the tip of Greenpoint (Brooklyn) to make finished products from when the first building was completed to present day.
You might recognize Improv Everywhere from the annual No Pants Subway Ride or frozen Grand Central. Maybe you've participated in the MP3 Experiment.
Using the power of Photoshop to destabilize our notions of city and design.
Did you know that in 1930, 1,800 trolleys served Brooklyn alone? Photographer Christoffer Delsinger (who discovered the double rainbow Bushwick airplane!) went to check out the abandoned trolleys in Red Hook, a remnant of a more recent past than you might imagine.
I'm happy to report that the love locks on the Pont des Arts have made a comeback, despite the city's decision to mass remove them during the week of May 9th, 2010.
These bikes are real (although upon investigation, many ARE missing). The bikes, painted white and chained to street furniture, serve as a memorial to those that have died in cycling accidents in those locations. In June, the city's Sanitation Department announced a plan to remove bikes deemed "derelict" (with missing parts), and even went as far to call them "eyesores."
On June 13th, we adventured to The Putting Lot in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Here is what we found!