A wayward dolphin found its way into the Gowanus Canal this afternoon. The internet went wild with anticipation and excitement around it’s potential rescue. However a happy ending was not in the cards for the sea mammal we nicknamed “Vito”.
The Tale of the Tweets after the jump.
January 25, 2013Marian Sutro, half French, half English, and raised in Geneva where her father was a diplomat, is living in…
January 25, 2013The Landmarks Preservation Commission voted unanimously to deny an application to legalize changes made to the interior of the former Gage and Tollner Restaurant at 372 Fulton Street. The landmarked interior, which has housed a discount jewelry store since 2010 (formerly Arby’s and TGI Friday’s) has already faced mounting fines because it masked the interior […]
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Two cultural spaces are opening at 47 Bergen Street in Cobble Hill, next door to the Invisible Dog gallery: Recession Art, an affordable art gallery and store; and the Beam Center, a non-profit learning and youth arts development organization. Both organizations have held shows and events in the Invisible Dog space before, and will collaborate […]
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New York Times restaurant critic Pete Wells, who wrote the brilliant/infamous takedown of Flavortown -TV food star Guy Fieri’s Times Square restaurant – takes on Boerum Hill’s Krescendo today. In a good way. Wells gives the eatery – which teams up San Francisco culinary luminaries Elizabeth Faulkner, Nancy Puglisi and cocktail expert Darren Crawford – […]
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Brooklyn Heights’ writer & author John Kenney’s debut novel “Truth in Advertising” was released this week by A-list publisher Simon and Schuster. The book explores the fictional life of a modern day ad pro—after Kenney worked as a copywriter in NYC for 17 years and as a New Yorker magazine contributor since 1999. It was […]
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Listen to Episode 1: Spiritualized Download from iTunes here In This Episode: JUStEN Time: We hear from Todd who recalls his days of playing with a very popular Christian rock band. This is complicated by the fact that Todd is decidedly not Christian. A Holy Ghost: Matty Blake shares his personal tale of how he […]
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The Brooklyn Nets pulled out a win last night in their final meeting with cross-river rivals the NY Knicks at MSG. The Internets as always lit up:
January 22, 2013Fairway Market, who announced earlier this month that their Red Hook store damaged by superstorm Sandy would be re-opening…
January 21, 2013The Carrie Diaries, the CW’s “pre-quel” to the seminal HBO series Sex in the City is filming all over Brooklyn Heights today – most notably the area around Clark and Hicks Street. If you see any exciting action tweet us your pics – @bkheightsblog. We’re especially jazzed about this show at BHB since Fink family […]
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