Month: March 2009
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For a Cherished Blog, a Death, and Doubts
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/nyregion/thecity/15gowa.html
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305 Lofts Redux
I suppose it would behoove buyers to check the prevailing winds before putting down a deposit. (Actually, the sewage treatment plant is one of the better pieces of architecture in the area – really; its the rest of the view that is a nightmare.)
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Robert Guskind
Marc Farre and others have posted a very nice and quite lengthy obituary for Bob Guskind on Gowanus Lounge. A proper obituary, as he deserves. I am still at a loss for words to think that Bob is no longer with us. He was a tremendous writer, both in terms of quantity and quality. His…
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Rupert Murdoch Buys The Brooklyn Paper
http://www.observer.com/2009/media/rupert-murdoch-buys-ithe-brooklyn-paperi
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Greenpoint Courier, R.I.P.
I just got word that the New Corporation, which owns the Courier-Life line of local papers, is closing its Greenpoint Courier edition. The Williamsburg Courier (and, I guess, other local editions across Brooklyn and Queens) will remain in operation. Unfortunately, the closing of the paper also means that local report Aaron Short has been laid…
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Waterside Park Is Still A Dream
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2009/03/08/2009-03-08_waterside_park_is_still_a_dream.html
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North Brooklyn Story Project
NAG (Neighbors Allied for Good Growth) has been doing a series of town hall meetings over the past few months, trying to get people engaged on different aspect of life and activism in Williamsburg and Greenpoint. One of the projects to come out this is the North Brooklyn Story Project, which seeks to compile an…