Author Archives: Lisa M. Collins
Colonie Craze on Atlantic
Definitively fresh, local, and already buzzing
A Mag Like Us, in Paris
Visit Paris without going at this online magazine. It is a lot of fun.
Salty Mess Video
Columbia Street salt pile causing more fury.
Life Sentence Sought
For Boerum Hillian who pushed cop to his death
Local blog: Brooklyn Weed Plantations around Gowanus from 1950s
Local blog reveals Brooklyn Weed Plantations around Gowanus
Volleyball & New Grass at Pier 6
Picnic area and raised seating with concessions to open
Slate’s Jack Shafer Analyses Times’ Digital Pay Wall
Shafer gives a sometimes funny analysis of the New York Times’ announcement (long in the waiting) that it would charge for online access to it’s
Parent/Child Classes
At Brooklyn Waldorf School in Ft. Greene.
The Little Library That Could
Libraries in NYC schools are endangered. Carroll Gardens PS 32 Elementary didn't have one. So a teacher and volunteers raised $500,000.
Moroccan Beauty Event
Saturday, mini facials, eyebrow threading, test products...
Jewelry for Japan
Proceeds go to Red Cross Fund.
Gentrification Continues
Rent-controlled Cobble Hill building goes condo.
Interview with Papel, custom paperie, on Court
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Bloomberg’s Longterm Plan for Waterfront
Times looks at Bloomberg’s longterm plan for the Brooklyn waterfront.
Youngest SatNightLive Writer Moves to Cobble Hill
The New York Observer has pics of Simon Rich’s new pad on Warren Place. Rich is the son of Frank Rich, and is moving to