Bridgewalkers: A New Series

There’s something addictive about walking over the Williamsburg Bridge. There must be, as every day, so many of your fellow neighborhoodies walk the 1.4-mile walk, a hundred feet in the air. The industrial latticework of red fading into Pepto Bismol may not be one of architecture’s greatest aesthetic accomplishments, but its quirkiness makes for a fitting and functional connection between Williamsburg’s laid-back land of artists and the bustling downtown resources of lower Manhattan. It’s also grounding and refreshingly tactical, an optimal place for clearing/organizing your mind.

We’re taking the opportunity to interview people on the bridge to find out what exactly makes the trek over the water so appealing. So if I throw myself in front of your bike one day, please consider stopping to answer some questions, or at least try not to run me over. Check out the first installment just below this post, and let us know when and why you walk the bridge.

An Ironic Earthday Celebration

Earth Day has always been synonymous with cleaning road side debris, the “Leave No Trace Movement” and the mantra “reduce-reuse-recycle.” Despite its good intentions, the Go Green! Greenpoint! Earth Day Festival, held last Sunday afternoon in McCarren Park by the New York Department of Parks and Recreation, seemed to forget some of its roots. …read more