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Only without the benefit of increased mass transit services.

This would have been a little more effective last week, when every construction site in the city was rushing to meet a 421-a deadline.

The “downtown” music scene is slowly shifting across the East River, and much of the activity is happening in Williamsburg (with the Southside once again leading the way). The Knitting Factory – a Tribeca mainstay back to the ’80s – is moving into the space recently occupied by Luna Lounge (itself a Manhattan transplant). Elsewhere,

multiplicity defines much of what is happening in Brooklyn, whether it’s at a Bushwick loft or Williamsburg bars such as Monkey Town or Zebulon, or in Park Slope at Barbes or the Tea Lounge. Such neighborhood focal points juggle jazz with experimental or world music, chamber strings or bluegrass, selling beer all the while to make the rent.

And not in Williamsburg, the Issue Project Room (now in Gowanus) is slated to take over the ground floor space at 110 Livingston.

I mentioned back in February that Isaac Abraham would be entering the very crowded race for Yassky’s 33rd Council seat. I missed posting on Abraham’s official announcement this past week, but now the Voice has an somewhat extended profile of the latest official entrant into the race.

Food in the Garden Spot, from the Times. I will admit that I’ve only ever been to Lomzynianka.

Via Daring Fireball, Jerry Seinfeld had this to say about George Carlin:

His performing voice, even laced with profanity, always sounded as if he were trying to amuse a child. It was like the naughtiest, most fun grown-up you ever met was reading you a bedtime story.

One of the great unexpected pleasures of fatherhood has been learning that George Carlin is the narrator for all of the Thomas the Tank Engine videos. Makes them a hell of a lot more fun to watch.

(I guess Seinfeld doesn’t watch Thomas with his kid; nor Gruber for that matter.)

We have the best tap water in the world. Drink it.

[And don’t panic, its a very limited recall – about 150 gallon bottles of Nestlé water sold at ShopRite only. But still, drink tap water.]

Of course Williamsburg figures prominently.

Allegations that a testing company isn’t necessarily doing the testing to determine the structural integrity of all that concrete being poured in the city. Does anyone else get the feeling that every link in the construction chain is broken?

He was here a minute ago.