Tag Archives: Week 26 – Bushwick

Bushwick in photos

Posted on 13 October 2012 by
The END of De Sales Place, with a cemetery behind.

This gallery contains 26 photos.

Funny to think that a week ago I was wearing a short-sleeved shirt and complaining because my hands were cold on the ride home. Today, I’m wearing a jacket and gloves.

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Biking the back streets of Bushwick

Posted on 9 October 2012 by

I’ve been squeezed for time in general lately, so I’ve had to fit my neighborhood visits in when I can. Coupled with the progressively earlier sunsets of autumn, this has sometimes led to artificial deadlines. I visited Bushwick on Saturday … Continue reading →

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Bushwick, Suydam House, and the mark of the Hessians

Posted on 3 October 2012 by

“The Town of Bushwick, having been swallowed up in the great city [of Brooklyn, in 1855], a nice functionary of the City Hall, on assuming charge of its Old Dutch Records, contemptuously thrust them into his waste-paper sacks and sent … Continue reading →

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Week twenty-six: Bushwick

Posted on 27 September 2012 by

My friend Ali wanted to visit the main branch of the Brooklyn Public Library to find a rare philosophical book, so we met up. Sometimes I forget the library has stuff beyond the realm of the Brooklyn Collection.

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