The Down-Low: Ash-Scattering Opera House Tour And Other Stories You Shouldn’t Miss
The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. And a bit of ephemera, too.
–Man Who Scattered Friend’s Ashes Into Met Opera Orchestra Pit Says He’s Done It Before. [Gothamist]
–The Shawarma Has Landed: Samesa Settles Down in Williamsburg. [Brooklyn Magazine]
–Man, 31, found dead on outer roadway of Williamsburg Bridge likely jumped or fell. [Daily News]
–Meet the Psychic Medium Who ‘Cleanses’ Brooklyn’s Haunted Houses. [DNAinfo]
–Bad neighbors make bad fences: ‘Spite fence’ replaces ‘spite wall’ in Ridge. [Brooklyn Paper]
–NYU is building a real-life holodeck. [Technical.ly]
–Pretty Vacants: The Coolest Empty Buildings in America. [CityLab]