Month: August 2007
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The $29.95 solution
Updating modernist buildings is always a dilemma – how do you make a metal and glass building feel new again? At Lever House, RFR undertook a painstaking (and award-winning) restorationAt 110 William Street, Swig Equities is going the Earl Scheib route – just paint the sucker.
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Construction Complaints Rising
to falling debris, 784 emergency calls involving mishaps in Greenpoint and Williamsburg flooded 911 switchboards – a 300% jump from 2003, when a zoning overhaul was approved…. Even the number of nonemergency complaints dialed into the city’s 311 hotline skyrocketed – with 1,662 construction complaints recorded last year, up from just 487 in 2003.
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Too Much Development?
The Brooklyn Eagle is shocked to discover that there is a lot of development planned for the Williamsburg waterfront: The city has been warned, but maybe it hasn’t paid attention to the three developments — all announced at different times, all approved at different times. A model maker, just from the information recorded in this…
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Bad Medicine
Daily News: Brooklyn hospitals led the city in malpractice payouts last year, with Kings County Hospital paying a whopping $33.6 million in claims, according to a report issued yesterday. Two other municipal hospitals, Woodhull Hospital and Coney Island Hospital, shelled out millions in malpractice claims – even as the total cost of claims to the…
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Triple Crown
Hamptons.com: Owner of Triple Crown, a funky hip hop spot in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Popalardo feels that music can break down barriers and create an environment where people can not only have fun but celebrate music that empowers and inspires. If, by breaking down barriers, you mean being one of the worst neighbors in Williamsburg, yes,…
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No Answer
Greenpoint Star: Although none of the homes or shops interviewed by the Star lacked landline capabilities more than eight days I don’t think “although” is the right way to start that sentence.
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Pool Aid: The OSA Benefit
If you haven’t heard of them, the Open Space Alliance is a new group that has been formed to serve as an advocate and conservator of north Brooklyn’s parks – including McCarren Park, the yet-to-built waterfront esplanade, and the yet-to-bought waterfront City park.
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Greendome’s Anniversary
I was surprised to learn that Greendome is only 10 years old – its the kind of place that seems as though its been there forever, even though I passed by it for years when it wasn’t there.
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Smokin’
Greenpoint is Brooklyn’s smokingest neighborhood. This won’t come as a surprise to too many people, though I suspect there is at least one person out there who will blame this news on Williamsburg developers, the Department of Health, the tobacco companies, or all three.