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Beside the Point archive

2008: Vol. 31
2007: Vol. 30
Beside the Point

December, 2007

Our O’Malley tale concludes

By Tom Gilbert
Beside the Point: The stunning conclusion of our “Should Walter O’Malley be in the Hall of Fame” saga. Comment.

Is O’Malley really evil?

By Tom Gilbert
Beside the Point: Our columnist punctures the revisionism about Walter O’Malley. Comments (2).

This hawk is full of talk

By Tom Gilbert
Beside the Point: Our columnist gets an exclusive sit-down (or is that flyby?) with the new Red-tail hawk that’s taken up residence in McCarren Park. Comments (1).

November, 2007

The floods of 2007

By Tom Gilbert
Beside the Point: Morgan Avenue residents are still angry at the city for not longstanding fixing sewer problems that exacerbated the floods in July and August. Comment.

A man with the tricks & treats

By Tom Gilbert
Beside the Point: Our columnist picks his best (or is that worst?) Halloween haunted houses. Comments (7).

Reader mail — a tradition

By Tom Gilbert
Beside the Point: Our columnist opens the mailbag. Comments (2).

October, 2007

Is G’point good for you?

By Tom Gilbert
Beside the Point: Our columnist actually read the recent EPA study — and it has some shocking (and healthy) news buried inside. Comments (11).

Take this area history quiz!

By Tom Gilbert
Beside the Point: Our columnist offers a pop quiz for people who think they know North Brooklyn. Comments (1).

Baseball was made in Brooklyn

By Tom Gilbert
Beside the Point: Our columnist reminds us all that Brooklyn was once the center of the baseball universe. Comments (2).

Race, me and Mel Gibson

By Tom Gilbert
Beside the Point: Our columnist wants to know why he and his black friends are always being mistaken for cops. Comments (1).

September, 2007

How to devour Polish food

By Tom Gilbert
Beside the Point: Love food? Love quantity? Hate high prices? Greenpoint is your neighborhood. Here’s a foodie’s-eye view. Comment.

The old pool story, part II

By Tom Gilbert
Beside the Point: Our columnist — a Greenpoint insider — concludes his two-park series on the McCarren Park pool. Comment.

The real story of an old pool

By Tom Gilbert
Beside the Point: Our columnist — a Greenpoint insider — tells the real story of the McCarren Park pool. Comments (1).

August, 2007

Let’s drink to this new beer

By Tom Gilbert
Beside the Point: America and Germany — the odd couple of international beer — are having a baby. Twins, actually. In Williamsburg. Comment.

Sugar story’s grand finale

By Tom Gilbert
Beside the Point: The final of a three-part piece on the history of the sugar industry in Greenpoint. Comments (1).

Deeper look at Domino history

Tom Gilbert
Beside the Point: The second of a three-part series on the history of sugar in the United States. Comment.

July, 2007

Sugar’s sordid story in Williamsburg

By Tom Gilbert
Beside the Point: The Domino sugar refinery in Williamsburg may be an important relic of 19th-century industrial architecture, but a far better reason for preserving it is the part it has played in the history of Brooklyn and of America. A gripping historical tale. Comments (1).

You can see for mile$

By Tom Gilbert
Beside the Point: Our columnist enjoys the $2-million view from atop Williamburg’s tallest tower. Comment.
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