Park Slope poet Lynn Aarti Chandhok reads "Confetti, Ticker-tape" from her book The View From Zero Bridge. Along with Wislawa Szymborska's "Photograph from September 11", this is, in my personal estimation, the most powerful poem about 9/11.
Thanks again to the Community Bookstore and Catherine Bohne for making this video recitation possible.
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Monday, May 19, 2008
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Asbestos Unnerves Carroll Gardens
Is asbestos the real reason that G and F train service has been disrupted this weekend? The Gowanus Lounge has a blistering exposé today about the MTA's sudden (and shoddy) removal of asbestos from the Carroll Street F/G subway stop.
I understand that there are many instances where the City chooses not to unduly unnerve its residents, but deliberately downplaying very real dangers under the pretense of "track work" is indefensible.
Brooklynites are tough. We'd rather hear a hard truth than a whitewashed lie. The MTA should treat us better than former EPA chief Christine Todd Whitman did after 9/11.
I understand that there are many instances where the City chooses not to unduly unnerve its residents, but deliberately downplaying very real dangers under the pretense of "track work" is indefensible.
Brooklynites are tough. We'd rather hear a hard truth than a whitewashed lie. The MTA should treat us better than former EPA chief Christine Todd Whitman did after 9/11.
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