Month: October 2008
-
Changing Rules Mid-Sabbath
http://www.vosizneias.com/21677/2008/10/26/brooklyn-ny-dot-stands-for-department-of-troubles-say-williamsburg-resident/
-
Garbage Truck Kills Bushwick Man
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2008/10/23/2008-10-23_garbage_truck_kills_brooklyn_man-1.html
-
Council Overturns Term Limits
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/23/council-to-debate-term-limits-change/?hp
-
Concrete Tests Seen as Fraud in Parts of New York
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/21/nyregion/21concrete.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
-
Shooting Pool
Via Williamsburg is Dead, I came across Billiardsburg.com, a web site devoted to bars with pool tables in 11211-land. Once upon a time, kids, the only pool table in the neighborhood was at Turkey’s Nest. And it was a 6′ table at that, crammed into a corner, with much using of short cues required. As…
-
Murder Rate Falls in
North BrooklynBrooklyn Northhttp://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2008/10/18/2008-10-18_murder_rates_spike_in_some_neighborhoods.html
-
Utility Scam
http://www.gowanuslounge.com/2008/10/20/energyutility-scam-artists-working-all-over-south-brooklyn/
-
Recycling New York’s Past
Wednesday evening, I’ll be introducing a panel discussion at MAS on the reuse of industrial buildings in NYC (for industrial purposes and otherwise). The panel should be very interesting (even if the introduction is not).