Category Archives: The Sights & Sounds of Bed-Stuy

A Creative Cry For Help

Posted on August 9, 2010 by The Progressive Southside

Desperate times calls for creative measures.   Tracymac621@gmail.com scribed the following message on a Stuyvesant Avenue brownstone stoop:

UNEMPLOYED EVENT PLANNER WITH FASHION EXPERIENCE
IF YOU ARE SOMEBODY OR YOU KNOW SOMEBODY OR
YOU KNOW SOMEBODY WHO KNOWS SOMEBODY
PLEASE E-MAIL TRACYMAC621@GMAIL.COM.Any professionals looking to hire an event planner?  Contract tracymac621@gmail.com!
 

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Two Girls, An Old Man and A Stoop Sale!

Posted on August 7, 2010 by The Progressive Southside

[ August 8, 2010; 12:00 pm; 12:00 pm; ]

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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).

From the [...]

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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

Tin City Drug & General Store Grand Opening

Posted on July 26, 2010 by The Progressive Southside

On a personal note, Tin City Drug & General Store (366 Lewis Avenue, between Macon and Halsey Streets) was packed during the free scoop giveaway, so I came back later in the day.  I took some pictures of the interior for those of you who didn’t make it or just wanted to see what the [...]

Posted in Bed-Stuy, Bedford Stuyvesant, Food, New Businesses, Party!, The Sights & Sounds of Bed-Stuy | Tagged , | 13 Comments

Tin City’s GRAND OPENING This Sunday 7/25 – FREE Ice Cream Scoops From 11AM-2PM!

Posted on July 22, 2010 by The Progressive Southside

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!  With a high temperature of 90 and high humidity expected this Sunday, the place to be from 11AM to 2PM is at the grand opening of Tin City Drug & General Store (366 Lewis Avenue, between Macon and Halsey Streets).
It's a family affair! Business [...]

Posted in Bed-Stuy, Bedford Stuyvesant, Food, New Businesses, The Sights & Sounds of Bed-Stuy | Tagged , | 15 Comments

Midnight Production Crew at Bread Stuy

Posted on July 21, 2010 by The Progressive Southside

There was an after-hours shoot happening at Bread Stuy (401 Lewis Avenue, between MacDonough and Decatur Streets) late Sunday night.   Looks like they were intensively working on getting interior shots.   Does anyone know what the production was all about?

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Fulton Flea Market’s Awning

Posted on July 15, 2010 by The Progressive Southside

Did anyone notice when the Fulton Flea Market (1425 Fulton Street at Brooklyn Avenue) awning was erected?   It’s been up for almost a month now.  The market was signless for quite awhile prior.  Is it possible the owners were thinking there would be some competition with the recent debut of The Market at Bedford Village, [...]

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Bed-Stuy Block Party Summer

Posted on July 14, 2010 by The Progressive Southside

Music, fashion, food, and fun.  Block parties are a summer pastime in Bed-Stuy.  Block parties and Bed-Stuy go hand in hand.  It says summer is truly here!
Among those blocks that partied this past weekend:
- MacDonough Street, between Ralph and Patchen Avenues
- Decatur Street, between Lewis and Stuyvesant Avenues
- Stuyvesant Avenue, between Hancock Street and Jefferson [...]

Posted in For Kids, For Parents, Party!, The Sights & Sounds of Bed-Stuy | Tagged | 6 Comments