Month: July 2008
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American Dream Party June 26
This Saturday (26 June) there will be a benefit party for “Bummer”, a large-scale sculpture that has officially been selected by the Burningman cultural committee. The benefit runs from noon to midnight, and will be at Grace Space, 840 Broadway (near the Flushing J/M/Z stop). There will be a bunch of live bands, a host…
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Stupid
Zoning RulesDevelopment Games324 Bedford Avenue. [See update, below – ed.] There is a lot of vestigal crap in the City’s zoning code, as one might expect for a document written in 1961. Its a code written for a time and a place that have long since passed. One area where this is the case is the requirements…
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That Smell
As reported elsewhere, the construction ongoing at the foot of South 5th Street is for the installation a “bladder” to hold water from large storms (like tonight’s). The idea is that the bladder would hold the large runoff from flash storms until it can be safely passed onto the sewage system. Under the current system,…
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Grand Ferry Park
As Robert posted on Curbed today, the rehabbed Grand Ferry Park has been open for about two weeks now (the opening was put off a couple of weeks to miss the Fourth of July and the huge n-ewplant-killing crowds it would bring). The renovation was funded by the New York Power Authority, as part of…
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Pedestrian Artist Walks to Williamsburg
http://ny.metro.us/metro/local/article/Pedestrian_artist_walks_to_Wburg/13004.html
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Another Shooting in Williamsburg
http://gothamist.com/2008/07/20/another_shooting_in_in_williamsburg.php
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Williamsburg Walks Week 1
Today was the first installment of Williamsburg Walk, the street closure that is not a street fair. Turnout felt light, and the oppressive heat certainly lent the afternoon a languid tone (except at the hydrants, which were very popular). Whether it was the weather or just the extra space, the afternoon lacked that manic aspect…