Month: February 2009
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LightLane’s Lasers Make an Instant Bike Lane
http://blog.wired.com/cars/2009/02/lightlanes-lase.html
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Vietnamese Pop-up Café May be a Cure for the Mondays
http://nymag.com/daily/food/2009/01/weekly_vietnamese_venture_pops.html
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This Week’s Courier
Among the other good articles you’ll miss if you look for the February 6th Courier online are these: Owners: Stores Still Suffering – Business Along Kent Avenue Has Not Improved Despite DOT’s Efforts By: Greg Hanlon This long, in-depth discussion with Kent Avenue business owners includes a great exchange with David Reina of David Reina…
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Velazquez Weighs in on Bike Lane Controversy
The February 6 edition of the Williamsburg Courier has a couple of good articles on the Kent Avenue bike lane situation. Unfortunately, you won’t find these articles online. First up, Greg Hanlon has quite a scoop from Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez: Rep. Nydia Velazquez, who secured funding for the Brooklyn Greenway Initiative, has weighed in on…
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Lose This Skin: 268 Wythe
The scaffolding has finally come down at 268 Wythe, revealing the facade of MDIM Architecture’s latest project. The building, at the corner of Wythe and Metropolitan, will certainly contrast with its neighbor to the south, the very dark and brooding 80 Metropolitan. 268 Wythe definitely wins the design competition there (the actual product is much…
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Its the 21st Century – Join Us
Speaking of good reporting with no web presence, the Courier’s YourNabe web portal actually manages to be less useful as time goes on. Time was you could find some articles on their antiquated Web 1.0 site, but no more. A click through to the neighborhood pages shows no articles, and an archive search gets no…
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Rift Over Toro Re-Instatement [no link]
Reid Pillifant has a very good article on last month’s CB1 meeting and the events that lead up to Teresa Toro being removed as chair of the transportation committee. A well-balanced look at both parties in the dispute. Unfortunately, you’ll have go out in the bitter cold and pick up a copy for your self.…
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NEW Broadway Triangle Vision Unifies Community [reg. req.]
http://northbrooklynnews.com/newsdetail.asp?article_id=370