Bringing Fort Greene and Clinton Hill Together
Posted on 21. Jan, 2010 by Marcos Salazar in Agents of Change
The Fort Greene Association On the “About” section of The Fort Greene Association’s website, the first paragraph begins with, “The Fort Greene Association is an inclusive organization, concerned about the needs of all residents.” To anyone who attended the Fort Greene Association holiday party in December, this inclusiveness was quickly apparent. As you walked through [...]
Richard Burlage of Adelphi Street
Posted on 09. Aug, 2009 by DK Holland in Hill Heros
THE FIRST PERSON I met when I bought my home on Adelphi between Lafayette and DeKalb in 1986 was undoubtedly Richard Burlage. He was probably sweeping the street: not the sidewalk, the street. Or joyfully climbing a street tree to prune it (a tree he planted in case the Parks Department is reading this). Richard [...]
Body by Brooklyn
Posted on 09. Aug, 2009 by Kate Hanley in Body and Mind
LYING ON A DECK CHAIR by the hot tub, sipping a cocktail and plotting your next hydrotherapy treatment, you’d never know that traffic on the BQE was whizzing by three stories above your head. Everything about Body by Brooklyn, a 10,000 square foot spa on the ground floor of the converted chocolate factory on the [...]
When I Find Myself in Times of Trouble
Posted on 09. Aug, 2009 by Rev. David Dyson in Heart and Soul
CONGREGATIONS come in all shapes and sizes, especially in Brooklyn. One thing they all have in common is the sacred duty to stand by their communities in times of trouble. This has been true since the days of the Underground Railroad, the Great Depression, all the way up to the Sanctuary Movement of the 1980′s. “Sanctuary” (what many congregations call their main room), actually means a place of refuge and protection, a place of encouragement and hope. In these days of heightened stress and anxiety, congregations seek to provide spiritual strength in a weak economy and tangible help whenever they can.
Food: Getting Back to Basics
Posted on 09. Aug, 2009 by Selma Jackson in Body and Mind
IT NO LONGER MATTERS what your income bracket is, the price of food has escalated so significantly that everyone is looking for ways to reduce costs: changing eating habits; finding alternative food sources and even starting food programs. There are two new programs and one existing program that are right in our midst; all we [...]
Where to WiFi
Posted on 09. Aug, 2009 by DK Holland in Past Articles
IF YOU’RE LOOKING TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE, commune with your neighbors, and get some work done, (or read the full issue of The Hill!), there’s no shortage of places in the neighborhood to enjoy wireless access to the Internet. At these cafés, diners, and restaurants, you’ll find freelancers working furiously, moms checking email while babies nap in their strollers, entrepreneurs holding meetings, and friends gabbing over lattes and laptops. With so many options to choose from (and there are likely more: if your favorite spot isn’t listed here, write us a letter and we’ll add it to the version on our website), you could hit a new spot every day for more than two weeks with no repeats. So go forth and Facebook.
The Hill Goes Digital
Posted on 09. Aug, 2009 by DK Holland in Past Articles
WHEN TIMES OF TROUBLE CAME TO THE HILL back in January 2009, we were well into developing the print issue. Ironically it was designed to help our neighbors who we figured were struggling with the recession. Then it dawned on us that we had our own very real struggle: we were feeding a dinosaur, a [...]
