The 2005 NY Press Summer Guide

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The 2005 NY Press Summer Guide

Here's a sampling of the 2005 NY Press Summer Guide...

Best brooklyn nature trip

"Please stand up. Running late one day from Carroll Gardens to Park Slope, we stumbled on a truly romantic wooden bridge spanning the Canal on Carroll between Bond and Third. We had always assumed (in best hipster-asshole fashion) there was nothing between the two neighborhoods. Though we'd glimpsed the Canal from the Smith & 9th F/G stop before, this was a revelation, replete with the childhood frisson of discovering the sewage-treatment plant's secret entrance. Further investigation revealed that the Canal was formed in the 19th century out of a bunch of creeks, went on to facilitate Brooklyn's heavy industry, and was eventually rendered obsolete by the BQE..."

Best free concert series for deviled eggs and a box of wine

Celebrate Brooklyn

"Life is good. At most outdoor concerts, we catch more elbows than notes and see more haircuts than bands. Then there's the ever present danger of spilling our $7 Bud—or having a dollar's worth of someone else's land on our lap. So taking in a night of music on the sprawling knoll of Prospect Park is a welcome change of pace. The atmosphere is relaxed and the crowd ranges from scenester to oldster, all sitting on blankets in front their pic-a-nic baskets. People pass around sleeves of crackers, chunks of Gouda and, because cans and bottles are banned, that trusty box of Franzia table red...."

Best Reason to Visit Coney Island ASAP

Because it's your last chance

"Sad. At the end of the summer, thanks to some shortsighted city planners and no-sighted developers, everything you love about gritty old Coney Island is going to be swept away. A few token landmarks may be spared for the sake of postcard sales—the Cyclone, the Wonder Wheel—but you can say goodbye to the souvenir shops that rent beach chairs, the fried clam stands, the Boardwalk Nathan's and—god help us all—Ruby's Bar. And with them the characters who made Coney what it is—namely, one of the last bastions of rabid individuality left in New York."

I could of sworn they were gonna say because of the Village Voice's annual Siren Festival.

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Posted on May 27, 2005 9:48 AM