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Photo by MK Metz

'New Gods Through Science' in DUMBO

The Dumbo Arts Center sent us the following public service announcement:

DAC is presenting the Charismatic Rally, to be presented by artist, Michael Weber and the Corporation for Public Good. The gallery event will promote the Interactive Social Contract, an experimental new form of government, philosophy and religion, developed to achieve the Biologically Ideal Social Form.*

WATCH as seven Charismats battle to become the supreme demagogue of the Interactive Social Contract, HEAR as they espouse the inherent truths revealed in the ISC, FEEL the excitement of having your own greatest desires for humanity repeated back to you in a new process called "Mass Feedback Hypnosis".

The Interactive Social Contract is a web application, which automatically describes the Biologically Ideal Social Form via public input and voting. You can be sure your own opinions are adequately represented by participating at VOTOTRON.com ** before coming to the rally.

Come one, come all! Submit today, and avoid being amongst the first against the wall when the revolution comes!

*The Interactive social contract will address all of humanity's natural habits and develop up to date social norms based on people's input, automatically creating the Biologically Ideal Social Form.

January 19, 2008

Free Beer & Governmental Construction: 8 - 9 pm 
Battle of the Charismats: 9 - 10:30 pm DJ from 10:30 pm

FEATURING:
Dr. Feel Questionable
Christopher X Brodeur
John F O'Donnell
Suenteus Po (ninja)
The Citizen
Dr. Coop
Jessica Delfino

Referee Boss Lady

Sound by Deep Sound Diver

RELAX!! RELAX!!

Feeling a little stressed out lately?

Maybe you need some relaxation therapy. New York Magazine has put together a Peace + Quiet section, with advice from fellow New Yorkers on how to cope, where to chill, how to relax those hard-to-reach body parts, how to decorate your office cube for peace and serenity, where to try out a free yoga class -- and how to achieve that perfectly pronounced "om."

Peace (Or at Least Quiet) New York Magazine

Remembering the Dead at a Dangerous Brooklyn Intersection -- Tillary and Adams Street

A sign has been installed to honor the memory of Ron Mortensen, run down by a car on Tillary and Adams Streets at the entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge.

The sign was put up on the east side of the Adams Street intersection as part of the third annual Memorial Ride and Walk for People Killed by Cars. Loved ones attached a copy (shown above) to the lamppost that has served as a memorial to Mr. Mortensen since the April 13 accident.

Mortensen tried to make it across the dangerous intersection but tripped over his own sneakers.

- A Name on a Lamppost
- Another Tragic Death on Brooklyn Streets
- Another Accident at Tillary and Adams Streets

Markowitz Gets a Free Parking Pass, and More Brooklyn in Brief, Wednesday

- Borough President Marty and his staffers are still parking on the pedestrian plaza next to borough hall - but now it's officially legal. This ticks off permit abuse advocates no end. NY Daily News as picked up from the Uncivil Servants blog.

- De Blasio calls for downzoning of Carroll Gardens. Brooklyn Streets, Carroll Gardens

- Update on Carroll Gardens development issues. Brownstoner

- Changes in G train service. Gowanus Lounge

- More about the rampant credit card fraud going in in parts of Brownstone Brooklyn. Gowanus Lounge

- Brooklyn Heights movie theater to expand (a wine bar!). Brooklyn Eagle

Brooklyn 2012 Video, in Celebration of Citypoint

In light of the newest renderings of the Citypoint development to be located at the present site of the Fulton Mall , we thought it'd be fun to watch the Brooklyn 2012 video again.

Demolition has already begun on the parking garage of The Gallery at Fulton Mall to make way for the mammoth (expected to be taller than the Williamsburg Bank Building -- but GREEN! -- high-rise development.

Previous stories about the redevelopment of the Albee Square Mall site here.

No Pants! Video of Saturday's No Pants Subway Ride

As reported, more than 900 New Yorkers hit the subways sans pants Saturday as part of Improv Everywhere's grand wackness. Here's an AP video clip of the hilarity.

- No Pants! Subway Ride Saturday McBrooklyn

More Details About the Five Big Parcels Between Atlantic Ave. and Pacific Street in Brooklyn

More details arise about the Valentine's Day auction of five contiguous parcels between Atlantic and Pacific Streets (between Smith Street and Boerum Place).

The five back-to-back properties are at 262 and 280 Atlantic Ave. and 253, 257 and 259 Pacific St. On the Atlantic Avenue side, the Brooklyn House of Detention will be facing Parcel A, shown in the top photo. On the Pacific side, Parcel E abuts Pacifico restaurant.

Linda Collins of the Brooklyn Eagle reported in March 2006 that these very same properties were on the market as a package deal. The asking price at the time was $24 million.

One of the interesting nuggets reported by the Eagle concerned a 2003 approved permit application to construct a seven-story, 53,000-square-foot, extended-stay hotel with 46 residential units and commercial space on the first floor, at the site of Parcel A.

The Boerum Hill Association, the Atlantic Avenue Local Development Association and the Atlantic Avenue Betterment Association (along with Council Member David Yasskey) all "voiced their concerns about this hotel development," the Eagle reported in April of 2007. A public hearing before the city’s Board of Standards and Appeals on a variance to allow construction of the hotel was postponed. But the Web site of auction house Sheldon Good & Co. lists "Extended Stay Hotel" as one of the possible uses of the parcels.

In a separate development, right next to Parcel A, on the Boerum Place corner where the Mobile gas station once stood, a seven story residential building with 59 units is planned.

- Real Estate Auction: Sheldon Good & Co.

- Atlantic Avenue Development Site Going, Going ... Brownstoner

- Under Siege III: Breaking on Boerum: Brooklyn Streets, Carroll Gardens

- 5 Atlantic Avenue Development Sites on Market for $24 Million: Brooklyn Eagle

- Yassky, Neighborhood Groups Continue Battling Atlantic Avenue Hotel Plan: Brooklyn Eagle

Photos by MK Metz

DOT: No Mercy for Brooklyn's Elderly and Sick

An elderly man, trying to pick his sick wife up after a dialysis treatment, was ticketing and fined for double parking in front of the medical center in Brooklyn.

No Pants! Subway Ride Saturday

All are invited to participate in the 7th Annual No Pants! Subway Ride. The event will take place at 3:00 PM on Saturday, January 12.

The main requirements:

1) Willing to take pants off on subway;
2) Able to keep a straight face about it.

For full details, see Improv Everywhere (they cause scenes).

UPDATE: Improv Everywhere reports that there were 900 participants in the No Pants Subway Ride. The crowd was so large that they spread out over three subway lines, using the 6, R, and 2 trains. Reports from the field are pouring in, so check out the site here.

UPDATE 2: See the video here.