Monthly Archives: August 2010

Municipal Art Society Walking Tour of Bed-Stuy This Weekend

Posted on August 5, 2010 by The Changeling

[ August 8, 2010; 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="448" caption="Alhambra Apartments"][/caption]

On Sunday, August 8th the Municipal Art Society will conduct a walking tour of Bedford-Stuyvesant. The tour will start at 10:00 a.m. Meet outside the turnstiles of the Franklin Ave. subway station at the S.W. corner of Fulton and Franklin Streets. The cost is $15 ($10 for MAS members).

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Pesticide Spraying in Bed-Stuy

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Alexa11221

This info is from the Department of Health & Mental Hygiene’s advisory email. I couldn’t find any additional info on the web site.
PESTICIDE SPRAYING – Bedford-Stuyvesant, Bushwick and East Williamsburg
Thurs. Aug. 5 btw the hours of 8:15pm – 6am the following morning, weather
permitting
The NYC Health Dept. plans to spray pesticide Anvil 10+10 to reduce the
number [...]

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Bed-Stuy in the News

Posted on August 2, 2010 by The Changeling

In case you missed it, the Daily News did a nice piece on the hood!

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Encounters on Fulton

Posted on August 2, 2010 by Alexa11221

People always complain about Fulton Street, so I took some pics of a few things I like about it:
Awesome cheap skirts imported from who knows where.
Colorful striped shirts for male shoppers, too.
This brand-new building at 1365 Fulton (New York Ave) has gorgeous plantings on each balcony, coordinated with planters on the roof and at the [...]

Posted in Architecture, Bed-Stuy, Bedford Stuyvesant, Fashion, Gentrification, Shopping, The Sights & Sounds of Bed-Stuy | Tagged | 3 Comments