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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. Itās 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 donāt smoke that much weed any more.
Aug 11, 2022
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š„One of my favorite places thatās somehow still within the city limits. Beautiful any time of year, even when things arenāt in bloom, given the views of the Palisades across the Hudson. You can linger as long as you want so I love to bring a picnic lunch and a book and camp out all day when I go up. The tiny greenhouses, I daresay, have far better variety than either of the city botanical gardens (currently a ton of orchids on) and for the low price of $10. Just an excellent place that no one seems to know about.
Mar 4, 2024
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šNo, 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 itās 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. Canāt tell if people are going to be dangerous or not; if trust-funded or not. Like some bizarro Hopper painting.
Aug 11, 2022
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A god-damn majestic oasis. Itās a privately owned public park with a 25 foot waterfall. Go get a bagel or three (not a bagel sandwich, thatās a whole other post) from Ess-a-bagel and chomp on āem in the cool shade while you watch people bliss out staring at the waterfall.
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šWhenever I tell my father that Iāve been running around the city he likes to ask me āwhat are you running from?ā Heās totally right. One should consider the deeper implications of their chosen exercise. Iām 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 youāre running at something or someone instead of from. Hear me out: itās free, it promotes longevity, it rids one of the wiggles, and itās 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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šNo, 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 itās 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. Canāt tell if people are going to be dangerous or not; if trust-funded or not. Like some bizarro Hopper painting.
Aug 11, 2022
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šThis is something the whole family can enjoy. While Iām not really a fan of Rob Smithsonās art (think the spiral jetty film is better than the actual thing, kind of a silly looking creation no?) his writing is really great, sort of reeks of auto-didact vibes but thereās a contagious curiosity to all the shit even if youāre not certain on what heās talking about. A really fierce intelligence with regards to the imbrication of the anthropocentric landscape, language, and industrial conditions writ large. Itās also just fun. On a sappier level I like reading this stuff because it reminds me to approach everything as a novice. The phrase āruins in reverseā from A Tour of the Monuments of Passaic, New Jersey (1967) has haunted me for a while now.
Aug 11, 2022