via Queens West Villager
Salvaging the Art of Recycling
Materials for the Arts – the city's largest non-profit municipal reuse program – offers artists thousands of items that otherwise would have been headed for the trash.
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Board Game Store Roles the Dice
Brooklyn's Twenty Sided Store sells board games, but dedicates much of its space to tables for gaming events.
via The Villager
Soho Cake Boss is a Mover and Baker
Ron Ben-Israel is set to return for a new season of the Food Network's "Sweet Genius."
Taking Sides in Triangle Park Fight
A triangle-shaped lot across from the former St. Vincent's Hospital has become a new battleground in the debate over the property's future.
via DNAinfo.com
Dog Waste Could Brighten Parks
An NYU student is applying for grant to put machines into dog parks that would turn animal waste into energy to power lamps.
via New York Daily News
Neighborhood Plagued by Dirty Parks
Parks in a swath of Brooklyn that includes Canarsie and Flatlands have earned the city's lowest cleanliness marks for the last three years, records show.
via The Lo-Down
East Village Stars in Video Games
As a video game designer, East Village-native Dave Gilbert creates brand ne…
via New York Daily News
Concern Over Lead-Tainted Medicines
Officials blame banned supplements popular with South Asian immigrants for two recent non-fatal lead poisoning cases. But experts fear the problem could be more widespread.