By Michael Randazzo With their respective swearing-in ceremonies on New Year’s Day at City Hall, two Brooklyn politicos ascended to the peak of New York City government: Mayor Bill de Blasio, who hails from Park Slope, and Public Advocate Letitia James, who lives in Clinton Hill, a community she represented on the City Council for […]
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Well, the next four years will be interesting. Here’s what some of the Twitterati had to say:
January 1, 2014Here are the best photos from Brooklyn this week:
December 31, 2013Plymouth Church is known for its pre-eminent role, under the leadership of Henry Ward Beecher, in the anti-slavery movement before the Civil War. While the Emancipation Proclamation declared the slaves free, and the Thirteenth Amendment abolished the “peculiar institution,” slavery still exists in the United States, and, on a larger scale, elsewhere in the world. […]
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Social media response to the “bum rushing” at Kings Plaza this week:
December 28, 2013While some cynics pondered the political nature of Chiara deBlasio’s Christmas Eve announcement of her challenges with depression and substance abuse, the reaction on Twitter has been overwhelmingly supportive and positive.
Here’s the Tale of the Tweets:
December 26, 2013Whole Foods opened its long anticipated store at 3rd Street and 3rd Avenue in Gowanus on Tuesday (12/17). As expected, people went a little crazy over it.
Have you visited yet?
The Tale of the Tweets after the jump.
December 21, 2013These are the five best pics from Brooklyn this week:
December 21, 2013When I go for walks, I usually take my iPod set in the “shuffle” mode. Because of my eclectic interests in music, this sometimes leads to odd concatenations, as on a recent walk during which the Sinfonia from Verdi’s Nabucco was followed immediately by…
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Sports guy Michael Randazzo is courtside with a report about college hoops. This week Brooklyn hoops fans experienced heart attack inducing thrills on consecutive nights, as both LIU Brooklyn and St. Francis College had players hit for game-winning three pointers at the buzzer. On Wednesday night at LIU’s Steinberg Wellness Center, Blackbird junior guard Gerrell […]
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