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Had to check if this place was still there as I began writing this because realistically it should be gone; it makes no sense that it’s still around. Used to play hookie from high school and chose to come here for some reason. Unfortunately there’s no longer an Alternative Thinking section that I think a lot of you sickos would be into; David Icke etc. Let’s be honest: public space is dwindling and the polis has to get creative. This place will probably be something else soon so go loiter in it now. The Starbucks on the 3rd floor is a great place to grind.
Aug 11, 2022
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🗞so I don’t have to commit to a book and also can get off my phone.
I found:
-9th st espresso -elsewhere espresso
Where else may I find this???
I found:
-9th st espresso -elsewhere espresso
Where else may I find this???
Feb 12, 2024
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Not sterile whatsoever and has a nice outdoor space to read/work/exist as well as a minimal cafe area inside that feels comfy cozy 90s. On Sunset/Logan in Echo Park.
Apr 7, 2024
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🧙This is a semi-secluded place in Prospect Park. Kind of like a secret garden energy. Very special place. I used to go here in high school with friends who lived in the area mostly to smoke weed. A lot of weed-smoking in the city has to do with trying to access some kind of pastoral fantasy in this wacky town. This is exactly that embodied. It’s like a pond overgrown with various plants, and then a strange little lawn adjacent to it, where a lot of dubious characters sort of skitter around in and out of view; it makes it all the more trippy. Still go here when I need a minute. I don’t smoke that much weed any more.
Aug 11, 2022
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🏃Whenever I tell my father that I’ve been running around the city he likes to ask me “what are you running from?” He’s totally right. One should consider the deeper implications of their chosen exercise. I’m prone to escapism, and flight from discomfort, and running is like a transfiguration of that impulse. The goal is to get to the point where you feel like you’re running at something or someone instead of from. Hear me out: it’s free, it promotes longevity, it rids one of the wiggles, and it’s like a tour of the city in 2x speed. I encourage running in the street and dodging people and cars.
Aug 11, 2022
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🗑No, not the name of some bar or shop. Just a feeling. Sometimes I go to Ridgewood or Bushwick to meet up with friends who live out there as an excuse to clear my head and try something different from the downtown morass. Of course this is just a different mess. But seriously, do any of you go out to Bushwick? I know it gets a lot of flack, but it’s really a strange, ambient and lawless place. In the summer garbage cooks out on the sidewalk in front of newish gentrification hives; empty lots full of tall grass and careening vines; the train rumbles above head on Myrtle, unmoved. Can’t tell if people are going to be dangerous or not; if trust-funded or not. Like some bizarro Hopper painting.
Aug 11, 2022