Month: April 2009
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Williamsburg Hotty – Not a Brownstone
Great moments in real estate listings – this is not a brownstone, nor is it even a row house. There is an outside chance that the lintels and sills are brownstone, but from the picture I’d put my money on cast iron. Funnier still is that the sign on the building says “Lofts for Rent”.…
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Thursday: The Show to Save the Show
It is a busy week, even with DOT as a no-show. Tomorrow night, Act Local is putting on a concert to benefit the drama department of Automotive High School. Automotive High’s music and drama departments were cut this year and they were considering cancelling their school play but now the creative community of Williamsburg and…
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Parking to be Restored on Kent Avenue! [?]
http://greenpointnews.blogspot.com/2009/04/parking-to-be-restored-on-kent-avenue.html
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Is There Too Much Design?
http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/michael-cannell/cannell/there-too-much-design
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Pontiac, R.I.P.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090427/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gm_plan;_ylt=Aultux9MeeVriariF1kNzxys0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTJjaTlncmlxBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNDI3L3VzX2dtX3BsYW4EY3BvcwM2BHBvcwMxNQRzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3J5BHNsawNnbXRvY3V0MjEwMDA-
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Steep Circulation Losses
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003966601
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WG New + Arts Online
Local newspaper Williamsburg Greenpoint News+Arts is (finally) online, with both their offline (paper) content and a blog. WG is a great paper, and has done some good reporting over the past few years, so its great to see their content online. And the website looks really good.