Thursday lunchtime linkage
What's behind the NYPL's $300 million renovation? [The Nation] New York isn't rude, you jerk. You are [The Anachronist] Football…
Get crazy, baby! The Atlantic Antic is almost here
Everyone loves a street fair. Except for grumpy jerks that is, but since when do we take their opinions seriously?…
Tonight, kick off Labor Day weekend with free tattoos, hot dogs courtesy of Sailor Jerry
So, Labor Day weekend. Technically it's only supposed to be a three day weekend. But screw that, man, we're young…
Want BK on the wall? Get yer Brooklyn poster right here
[sponsored_by name="Brooklyn Poster" url="http://brooklynposter.com/" logo="http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0257/7487/t/3/assets/logo.png?312" byline="The defining image of Brooklyn is here."] Remember Saul Steinberg's 1976 New Yorker cover, "View of the…
Remember the March on Washington through the eyes of the Huxtables
Fifty years ago today, Martin Luther King, Jr. gave one of, if not the most, iconic speeches in American history.…
Just two days left to apply to your dream job: personal assistant to lunatic screenwriter
True story: After I quit my first job here, one that had me on the track to be flack for…
Let’s rename St. James and Fulton ‘Christopher Wallace Way’
Biggie Smalls was many things in life: mayoral candidate, rap slayer, hooker layer. He's also STILL in the conversation as…
Wednesday lunchtime linkage
Brooklynites are down with the police state [BK Mag] A doc on Action Park, the most dangerous amusement park of…
Art CSA exists, if you want cheap art to for your place
Let's be real here: you need some new art in your apartment. That picture of "The Kiss" you have hanging…
It’s sure to get hairy at the sixth annual Coney Island Beard and Mustache Competiton
If you've spent the whole summer with a beard or mustache or any facial hair really, you have our respect.…