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Originally uploaded by Girlfromparkslope.

Oiseau writes in the Prospect Heights Message Boards: “…I ended up riding over the Brooklyn Bridge with the cars. It was the only way to ride over that bridge, other wise you had to walk it.”

“I yelled at Marty to get some bike lane police, and then turned around because my derailer cable broke and Bicycle Station was open real early and fixed it quickly, amazingly, because I was about to give up…”

“Then I found some abandoned pregnant cat on Dean St., and couldn’t take it to the animal shelter, not that that is a good thing, but at least it’s warm, but with the traffic and all, I just gave it some food.”

“And you?”

Prospect Heights Message Boards

Is the Strike Illegal?

Originally uploaded by dailyheights.com.

The word “illegal” has been thrown around pretty loosely, and over and over again, at every opportunity, in the media. And now, by the anti-strike crowd (by now, that crowd numbers approximately 99% of Brooklynites, MTA employees excluded). One of the other “messages” that keeps surfacing in the local media is the claim that the international TWU had advised the NY branch NOT to strike. It would be nice to verify these claims, but like pretty much everybody else, we spent an extra 5 hours today negotiating traffic and logistic hassles brought on just in time for Christmas (at least UPS is still delivering).

Oh, hey… there are about 50,000 comments on this in the Prospect Heights and Park Slope message boards… let’s take a look:

IT’S ON – TWU STRIKES!! (Chaos ensues in more than 100 comments on the Prospect Heights Board)

WAR STORIES: How did you get there?? (Prospect Heights Board)

PRACTICAL! HELPFUL! Get a ride, offer a ride, right here on the message boards! (Prospect Heights Board)

I would TOTALLY start an illegal taxi service… if I had a car.

Will “Slugging” be the next NYC commuter trend? (PH Board)

Let’s discuss transit strike plans and then go completely off-topic into an argument about race and education (Park Slope Board)

Scrooge

Originally uploaded by ianqui.

… “On the 12th day of Christmas, Bruce Ratner took from me/
12 months of taxes/
11 blocks of sidewalks/
10 acres peopled/
nine cultures mixing/
eight unclogged …

Read it: BrooklynPapers.com

EmilyM writes in the Prospect Heights Message Boards: “Stephen Colbert has been doing a 434-part* series on the congressional districts and last night, while we were all at Festivus, he did ours! He talked about Eastern Parkway, the Caribbean Day Parade, and interviewed Major Owens. It was pretty funny.”

Catch it before it drops off the front page of the Colbert Report (click here for links and more info).

dan.h and friends, bewitched

Originally uploaded by bradamant.

alafairnadia writes: “yay festivus! … we got: newbies; stacey as festivus elf (and is getting free drinks next happy hour…); random airings of grievances; feats of strength. we lacked a pole. we had veg. burgers.
Prospect Heights Message Boards

Guest writes: “A manhole cover blew on 5th ave. They started off ABC 6:00 news with this ‘breaking news’.”

Pitu adds: “Channel 7 is reporting … two buildings evacuated for carbon monoxide on Fifth Ave near Flatbush … ”

Details: Prospect Heights Message Boards

PHOTO: Originally uploaded by the known universe.

In Memory of Rojo

Originally uploaded by dailyheights.com.

You’ve probably walked past this one (guess where):

Rojo Soupios
died
March 3, 1996
Peace for our beautiful baby boy.
We love you, Angel.
Forever.

Anagram?

Originally uploaded by urbanstrategist.

This was a really puzzling anagram in the Flatbush Pavilion series and it’s still causing us some consternation. Certainly not as amusing as “Elvis Lives” b/w that thing about the new fan running away grinning… uh… somebody remind us what it said, please?

So is this one of the Mooney’s Crew, or the lone gunman father-of-two from Park Slope?

Thanks to urbanstrategist for adding this to the Prospect Heights Photo Pool.

Shop_Wash_Ave

Originally uploaded by dailyheights.com.

lovemynabe writes in the Prospect Heights Message Boards: “I’d guess within the next five years Prospect Heights will be fully gentrified. It’s inevitable. Gentrification is good for any neighborhood because it brings new people, investment and energy into an area – it gives the neighborhood life. The question is will we local residents be those investors, or will we allow outside investors to seize the opportunities that are literally lying at our feet?”

EasternPkwy adds: “More so on Wash than on Vandy, the size of the available retail space is a hindrance. It is very reminiscent of 5th Ave in this quality: small, narrow, deep spaces that require a great deal of commitment from the consumer to penetrate from the street front. Not enough square footage to either display merchandise or provide seating. Plus the hill actually cuts into windowshopping, believe it or not – can you think of any NYC shopping districts that have big height changes in them?”

All this and more: Prospect Heights Message Boards

Walk Don’t Destroy

Originally uploaded by dailyheights.com.

Oiseau sent this photo:

“I didn’t march but I donated. I took these four from my window when I heard the band playing the Monty Python theme.”

Discuss: Prospect Heights Message Boards