Very active in Williamsburg, apparently.
Phony Con Ed Agents May Be Working NYC Buildings
Sound Fix Lounge Closing
Speculation that it has to do with the ongoing battles with neighbors over noise, though no confirmation.
27 January: CB1 Waterfront/ULURP Committee
Community Board #1’s ULURP and Waterfront Committees will be holding a joint meeting tomorrow night to consider City Planning’s proposed text amendments to the waterfront zoning provisions. In general, the proposal seems like a good package, and is certainly well-intentioned. But as with all such measures, there are devils in the details and questions as to whether or not it goes far enough.
The details:
Date: Tuesday, 27 January 2009
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: The Lady of the Snow Society, 410 Graham Avenue (between Withers Street and Jackson Street)
The Gauntlet
Garbage day at Schaefer Landing (and this was a pretty light day).
Why is that in a new (ca. 2005) high-rise development, with hundreds of luxury and affordable units, is not required to provide some facility for off-street garbage loading? Probably the same reason that they are not required to provide all tenants access to the off-street drop-off area.
A Community Organizer From Way Back
El Puente’s Luis Garden Acosta is profiled in today’s Times.
Top 10 Standout Macs of the Past 25 Years
6 of 10 – not bad. Commenter #1 is right, though, the IIci should be on this list.
McCarren Park Estates
A project tentatively called McCarren Park Estates
Very tentatively, I hope.
Freed By U.S., Saudi Becomes a Qaeda Chief
A former terrorist released by President Obama is responsible for bombing the U.S. Embassy in Yemen.
Oh wait, sorry – the guy was released a year ago. By Bush.
Somehow the fact that W. screwed up everything he touched has become a reason for Barack not to try to get something right. Runs rings around you logically.
Obama Wants to Reopen Lady Liberty’s Crown
Another stupid Bush-era rule Obama is looking to overturn. Funny how Democrats are always accused of wanting to create a nanny state, when it was the Republicans who perfected the concept over the past eight years.
I haven’t been to “statue island” (as a certain 4-year-old I know calls it) since I was in 3rd or 4th grade, but I’d gladly go back if the crown was open.
Love Grows In Brooklyn
Somewhere, a publicist has earned his wings:
two of Brooklyn’s coolest hotels – hotel le jolie and hotel le bleu[…] are offering the ideal Valentine’s Day Packages for couples wishing to experience a romantic rendezvous in Brooklyn’s trendiest neighborhoods.
I mean really earned his wings:
Why It’s Dreamy: […]Nestled in Brooklyn’s trendy Williamsburg area, hotel le jolie offers comfortable rooms furnished with in-room amenities including
Whereby nestled, we mean cheek by jowl with BQE. Vroom, vroom – welcome to the neighborhood.