Month: November 2007
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Ouch
When I linked to TRE’s Karl Fisher interview a few days ago, I said: unfortunately, with the exception of 20 Bayard Street, just about every Fischer project is a box devoid of curved lines, angled lines, and, dare we say it, flair; which is probably for the better, as 20 Bayard is the worst of…
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McCarren Park Hawk
Hawks in McCarren are not new – we saw one a year or two ago in a tree in the Abate playground (next to the pool). Hard to miss this guy, as he in the midst of devouring a pigeon, and the feathers were dropping everywhere.
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Oops
The good news is that 227 Grand Street was going to be demolished anyhow. Unfortunately, gravity reared its ugly head before the demo crew could get to that end of the building. This is all part of the Gandar’s demolition at the corner of Grand and Driggs (where a 14-story condo is proposed – that’s…
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More Navy Yard
Three weeks ago, Brownstoner met with the President of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and learned about a plan to use dredging from one area of the Yard to fill in an unused channel off Wallabout Bay, thus creating more Yard. Since then, Brownstoner has put up half a dozen posts reporting goings on at the…
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Lentol Pushes Eminent Domain at TransGas Site
Its about time that someone in Albany stepped forward to end the TransGas charade.
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AIA Zoning Changes
Could someone please explain to me how the AIA’s proposed zoning text changes would increase building density? I’ve looked through the AIA’s presentation, and don’t see anything about added density – in fact, they even say (in really big red letters) that the proposals do not add FAR. But opponents are all over this as…
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Sludge Tank Not Going Anywhere
As one of the benefits of rezoning, the City agreed to remove the Greenpoint sludge tank by 2010. Now it looks like that won’t happen – at least not for another year or two. This little surprise was dropped on us only in the last week or two – as recently as last August, the…
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Getting Trucks off Metropolitan
This seems like an excellent idea – getting waste transfer trucks off Metropolitan and on to less residential/commercial streets like Vandervoort and Meeker.
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Welcome back, Regina
Regina Meyer, who as head of City Planning’s Brooklyn office oversaw the Greenpoint/Williamsburg rezoning, is going to be the next head of Brooklyn Bridge Park.
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Kindergarten Commuting
Apparently, the Mayor could reduce congestion on the Williamsburg bridge by doing something about the quality of Williamsburg schools.