Rosie Gray

The Gowanus Canal in south Brooklyn has breached its banks and...

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 20:49:00 -0400

The Gowanus Canal in south Brooklyn has breached its banks and is crawling all the way up to the next block, where I live on Bond and Carroll.

Most of the streets surrounding the canal are flooded at this point with Gowanus water, which, as I wrote about earlier today, is notoriously gross and full of chemicals, heavy metals, and sewage.

As of 8:30 p.m., the water has gotten all the way across Bond Street to my house. Outside the window, there looks to be about six inches to a foot of water at the base of the house — farther toward the canal it’s deeper. (That last photo is the view out the window toward the canal.)

The wind, obviously, is also an issue. One of my neighbors told me he saw two teenagers get struck by a piece of flying metal scaffolding while crossing the Carroll Street bridge about two hours ago.

you,too can get Callista Gingrich’s hair. (photo via Jack...

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:51:58 -0500

you,too can get Callista Gingrich’s hair. (photo via Jack Moore)

i swear i don’t do this kind of thing a lot but i am...

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:03:35 -0500

i swear i don’t do this kind of thing a lot but i am REALLY EXCITED about my new baby niece Vivian!

villagevoice: Fauxcotti Park: OWS Visits Law & Order:...

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 12:43:51 -0500

villagevoice:

Fauxcotti Park: OWS Visits Law & Order: SVU’s Mock Zuccotti Park

Too soon?

"The area in Brooklyn that I have the privilege of representing is the backyard of the machine boss. What we proved in Brooklyn is that by knocking on every door, talking to our neighbors and capitalizing on the power of our vote, we could upset the machine."

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:47:49 -0500

"The area in Brooklyn that I have the privilege of representing is the backyard of the machine boss. What we proved in Brooklyn is that by knocking on every door, talking to our neighbors and capitalizing on the power of our vote, we could upset the machine." :

some cool stuff is afoot, via New Kings Democrats people.

nyulocal: Hayden dining hall’s “spa water” station. Of...

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:44:57 -0500

nyulocal:

Hayden dining hall’s “spa water” station. Of course.

DUDE

lisafrankparty: Calling all Lisa Frank fans- her website just...

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:55:55 -0500

lisafrankparty:

Calling all Lisa Frank fans- her website just put up new tshirts, weird shorts, and this hideous polar fleece. GO GET SOMETHING NOW- Treat yo’ self.

this is heinous and i need it.

"You win, Rain."

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:41:28 -0500

“You win, Rain.”

- My mascara. (via anniewerner)

My hair said the same thing earlier.

theboywhocriedart: true fear

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 19:17:29 -0500

theboywhocriedart:

true fear

"Organized labor needs to be called out for using what are at best stale, uncreative tactics, and at worst, unintended or covert attempts to drain the life out of a newly emerging social movement that has the potential to be far more powerful than they are."

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:38:00 -0500

"Organized labor needs to be called out for using what are at best stale, uncreative tactics, and at worst, unintended or covert attempts to drain the life out of a newly emerging social movement that has the potential to be far more powerful than they are.":

that’s a quote from an OWS student activist w/r/t labor unions, in my latest print story for the village voice.

I got my hands on some photos from inside the facility where the...

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:12:39 -0500

I got my hands on some photos from inside the facility where the city is keeping OWS stuff (press isn’t allowed inside). It looks pretty gross in there!

theniftyfifties: A 1950s Teddy Girl photographed by Ken...

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:26:24 -0500

theniftyfifties:

A 1950s Teddy Girl photographed by Ken Russell.

C.S. Muncy photojournalism’ed me today.

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:10:38 -0500

C.S. Muncy photojournalism’ed me today.

awwccupywallstreet: Charlie attends Occupy Falmouth on Cape...

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:26:05 -0500

awwccupywallstreet:

Charlie attends Occupy Falmouth on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Saturday November 12.

Submitted by Nancy K.

Falmouth is my hometown! look at this cute activist doggie! love it.

villagevoice: So, Occupy Wall Street got raided last night and...

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:47:27 -0500

villagevoice:

So, Occupy Wall Street got raided last night and it looks like Graham Rayman knew about it before anyone else — he had a copy of the NYPD mobilization order last night at 7:45 that called for 432 cops to head to the scene.

Rosie Gray was there and has a full recap. We’ve also got photos from the eviction and an explanation from Mayor Bloomberg that this was his decision and his decision only.

THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES OWS

seriously though this has been wild.

someone get me this please

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:54:59 -0500

someone get me this please

Friendly Cult Looking For Recruits at Occupy Wall Street!

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:53:32 -0500

Friendly Cult Looking For Recruits at Occupy Wall Street! :

villagevoice:

Rosie Gray was brave enough to “get in the van”, so to speak, and learned there’s a cult at OWS! She says “Upon entering the cozy wood-paneled bus, an older couple presented the Voice with a plate of brownies. We took one. (No, it wasn’t a pot brownie.) There were about a dozen people on the bus, which looked like someone’s rec room mixed with Frodo’s house. A man named Emmett with a headband and tattooed arms came and sat beside us on one of the soft cushy seats and handed us a cup of tea. (It wasn’t mushroom tea.)”

Read more about the cult here

sigh.

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:55:24 -0500

sigh.

"In some respects, NYU is the poster child for the excesses of 21st-century student debt in America...."

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:32:47 -0500

“

In some respects, NYU is the poster child for the excesses of 21st-century student debt in America. Although most NYU undergraduates haven’t borrowed as much as Lyndsey (who owes $165,000 and will end up paying $350,000 because of interest), the average student is still a whopping $35,000 in debt when they graduate, a figure $11,000 higher than the national average. In fact, NYU creates more student debt than any other nonprofit college or university in the country. The only schools putting students into more debt are the kind of for-profit diploma mills currently being investigated by the United States Senate.

But at the same time, NYU’s status as an iconic and prolific generator of student debt is an awkward fit with the populist outrage of national education funding activists and Occupy Wall Street protesters. Prospective NYU students have less-expensive options, and NYU isn’t exactly positioning itself as an affordable institution for the masses. In fact, its tuition is so high and its financial aid so low precisely because the university is on a multi-decade spending spree, attempting to launch itself into the highest tiers of elite universities with a state-of-the-art campus and top-notch faculty.

”

- this week’s cover story deals with a subject very relevant to my interests: NYU.

this is Pearl, my parents’ new puppy.

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:34:44 -0400

this is Pearl, my parents’ new puppy.

Rosie Gray

The Gowanus Canal in south Brooklyn has breached its banks and...

you,too can get Callista Gingrich’s hair. (photo via Jack...

i swear i don’t do this kind of thing a lot but i am...

villagevoice: Fauxcotti Park: OWS Visits Law & Order:...

Fauxcotti Park: OWS Visits Law & Order: SVU’s Mock Zuccotti Park

"The area in Brooklyn that I have the privilege of representing is the backyard of the machine boss. What we proved in Brooklyn is that by knocking on every door, talking to our neighbors and capitalizing on the power of our vote, we could upset the machine."

nyulocal: Hayden dining hall’s “spa water” station. Of...

lisafrankparty: Calling all Lisa Frank fans- her website just...

"You win, Rain."

theboywhocriedart: true fear

"Organized labor needs to be called out for using what are at best stale, uncreative tactics, and at worst, unintended or covert attempts to drain the life out of a newly emerging social movement that has the potential to be far more powerful than they are."

I got my hands on some photos from inside the facility where the...

theniftyfifties: A 1950s Teddy Girl photographed by Ken...

C.S. Muncy photojournalism’ed me today.

awwccupywallstreet: Charlie attends Occupy Falmouth on Cape...

villagevoice: So, Occupy Wall Street got raided last night and...

someone get me this please

Friendly Cult Looking For Recruits at Occupy Wall Street!

sigh.

"In some respects, NYU is the poster child for the excesses of 21st-century student debt in America...."

this is Pearl, my parents’ new puppy.