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Crack House Great Fun For Gawker Reader

Last week, Times writer TourĂ© got all morally conflicted about whether to snitch on his neighbors for running a crack house, and this weekend the Times apologized for running the wrong picture with TourĂ©'s story about the coke den, but now a Gawker reader has written in to say everyone is missing the point: living near a crackhouse is actually great fun! More »

7:58 PM on Sun Mar 30 2008
By Ryan Tate
4,339 views, 10 comments

shut up brooklyn

Touré Has Lost Any Possible Street Cred

Fort Greene is not gentrifying fast enough! At least that's the experience of cultural critic and dude about town Touré. The single-named author was living right across from a crackhouse on South Oxford street in Fort Greene, only a block away South Portland, Time Out New York's most desirable place to live in 2006. But even with a sushi place on the next corner, there was still a crack house across from his apartment. After a bout of black liberal guilt, Touré tried to get the po-po to clear the streets, but they ignored his calls. We don't judge Touré's conflicted anti-neighborhood crack house stance—since the advent of Google Maps, Mole Edition, we are all snitches now. [NYT]

2:46 PM on Mon Mar 24 2008
By rebecca
1,894 views, 16 comments

Latest by IamnotStarJones: I think Toure's real name is Douglas Niblet. That's all I have to say....going to go get an eightball with Gov. Patterson. more »