Photos by Eric Wolman
Night Racing for Pride and a Little Cash [NYT]
Homes Sales Up In Bklyn & Queens, Only Bklyn Gets Price Bump [BusinessInsider]
Archives for July 2010
The Daily Photo + Links
Photo by Carrie Beckmann
Vive la France on Bastille Day [BklynPapers]
Judge stalls Williamsburg’s B’way Triangle housing plan [DailyNews]
London to the ‘Burg … Madison Square Gaga
Lady Gaga is one of those ground-breaking new artists who comes around only once in a blue moon. On Friday, The Gaga played a sold-out show at Madison Square Garden, where thousands of young Lady Gaga-esque creatures, whom, she herself calls “her little monsters,” showed up decked out like their idol in all manner of outfits, including latex cat suits, coke cans as hair accessories and of course, giant eyewear.
I am sure that you have heard her music, but just in case you have been living in a cave for the past two years The Gaga has set new rules for the electro-pop genre; instead of being the product, she’s in control, controlling everything from dances, lyrics, costumes, sets and even production herself. Which sometimes leaves her with very little money. She has taken what was out there, spun it on its head and lit it on fire with hairspray (much like her early performance acts in downtown New York). She is an inspiration to my generation.
Coming from the Upper West Side, she is a true New Yorker ,but always felt as if she didn’t belong; she was considered (and considers herself still) a freak when she was in high school. Obsessed with the likes of David Bowie and things over-glam that drove her to her crazy coke infested days of being a performance artist. Since then she has gone on to write songs for The Pussy Cat Dolls and Britney, but it was Just Dance that put her on her galactic path, releasing The Fame, The Fame Monster, and now set to release her third album in December – as well as touring straight through ’til next year. It is safe to say this girl doesn’t stop.
Loft Law Signed by Governor Patterson
On June 21 Governor Patterson signed the “New Loft Law” into law, and it is generally considered a victory and a testament to the tireless work of Assemblyman Vito Lopez, who sponsored the bill in what is now its third iteration in nearly 30 years. I commend the passage of this law most highly, and for reasons that go beyond the common sense fairness it extends to artists who live and work in industrial buildings.
Following my remarks here is a summary from Smack Mellon gallery of the loft law.
The Bagel Store, a New York Tradition
For Scott Rossillo, a bagel is a lot more than a piece of bread with a hole in it. The big-voiced, fast-talking Brooklynite and owner of The Bagel Store sees his creations as preserving a true New York tradition.
That’s because Rossillo is what he calls “a bagel purist.” The ingredients, techniques, and equipment behind every Bagel Store bagel are all rigorously faithful to the lessons he learned during his bagel-baking apprenticeship.
“The people who taught me had been in the business 40 years,” Rossillo says, remembering his days at Bake City Bagels in Gravesend, his childhood neighborhood hangout, and later where got his first job. “The people who taught them had already been in the business 45 years!” That’s a bagel-making tradition Rossillo can trace directly back to the immigrant communities of Manhattan’s Lower East Side. “People who grew up in New York in the 30’s, 40’s, and 50’s, they know what a bagel is supposed to taste like.”
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