Brooklyn After the Tornado: Sitting on Willoughby
by Joi-Marie McKenzie and Joe Proudman A group of Pratt students stare wide eyed at a black Mazda with its roof caved in and shattered windows. A large tree branch rests around every side of [...]
Archive | September, 2010
Brooklyn After The Tornado : On Washington Avenue
Sunday, September 19, 2010
by Joi-Marie McKenzie and Joe Proudman Twenty-four hours after a tornado swept through Brooklyn, longtime Clinton Hill resident James Randall is picking up the pieces. The tree that once stood in front of his house [...]
The Storm’s Path
Friday, September 17, 2010
Take a look here for a New York Times interactive feature that shows just where most of Thursday’s storm damage occurred.
In Bed-Stuy Tennis Club, Kids Get a Taste for an Elite Sport
Friday, September 17, 2010
By Beth Morrissey Holding his borrowed tennis racket high above his head, 10-year-old Carlos Morales runs toward the chain link fence that serves as a tennis net. He swings at the incoming ball, and misses. [...]
More Reader Photos of the Storm
Friday, September 17, 2010
The New York Times has set up an interactive graphic of reader photos here.
Brooklyn Artists Find Homes in Condemned Conn. Cottages
Friday, September 17, 2010
Traveling from Brooklyn, 15 Brooklyn artists rode in trucks and on trains to Long Beach West to convert run-down cottages into art space. The structures in the small cottage town are scheduled to be torn [...]
Local Brooklyn Resident Tells Madonna What He Thinks
Friday, September 17, 2010
Particularly, to “F you,” according to New York Magazine. Madonna is in Brooklyn shooting her directing debut, W.E.
National Weather Service Jury Still Out — So, Was it a Tornado?
Friday, September 17, 2010
The New York Times has posted a collection of reader-submitted videos and photos of the storm here. The Long Island Railroad appears mostly on track, and only one school, John Bowne High School in Queens, [...]
Mad Dash for Nosh
Thursday, September 16, 2010
by Michael Keller You’ve never seen so many hands reaching for matzo balls. And then there’s the Kugel: Broccoli Kugel, Butternut squash Kugel, Spinach Kugel, Sweet Noodle Kugel, Apple Cherry Kugel, Apple Blueberry Kugel, Champagne [...]
YouTube Video of Possible Tornado
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Click here to for raw YouTube footage of the storm that toppled trees and stopped traffic in Brooklyn Thursday afternoon. The National Weather Service is analyzing data to determine whether the storm, which had wind [...]
Sunday, September 19, 2010
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