Month: June 2008
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Waiting for the Water Taxi
Yes, we’re recycling this image, but its the same old story. For those of us who have been waiting for July, and the return of NY Water Taxi’s East River Service, life continues to be a good news/bad news kind of thing. The good news? As of today (30 June), NYWT has supposedly resumed its…
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Seinfeld on Carlin
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/opinion/24seinfeld.html?ex=1372046400&en=7833db74595042b7&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
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Trouble Brewing
The most recent newsletter of the Center for an Urban Future has an article [that’s a pdf] by Steve Hindy, the founder of Brooklyn Brewery, bemoaning the plight of small manufacturers like his. As Hindy points out, the squeeze of rezonings, gentrification and legal non-manufacturing uses in manufacturing zones (such as hotels) is driving up…
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Company Hired to Test Concrete Faces Scrutiny
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/21/nyregion/21concrete.html?ex=1371787200&en=00117c96acef91dd&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
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George Carlin Dies at 71
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/comedy/article4195666.ece
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One of Brooklyn’s Last Dutch Farmhouses To Come Before Landmarks Commission
http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=5&id=21347
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Engineer is Charged in Fatal Wall Collapse
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/19/engineer-is-charged-in-fatal-wall-collapse/?hp