Month: June 2009
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Building Brooklyn Award
Block Building, Greenpoint Photo: Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce Finally, some love for North Brooklyn. Two local projects are being awarded Building Brooklyn Awards by the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce this year. They include the Block Building in Greenpoint (above), which won the award for new industrial building, and 221 McKibbin Street (below), which won for…
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Markowitz Endorses Yassky for Comptroller
http://aaronshortstory.blogspot.com/2009/06/video-of-day.html
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City Needs to Solve Bike Lane Problem
The Brooklyn Paper thinks there is a bike lane problem, and they have a solution – less bike lanes. They make their point with non-sequitors like this: […]in virtually every case, the lanes offer a false sense of security to bicyclists, motorists and pedestrians. Yes, accidents are down but no amount of paint can protect…
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Williamsburg Walks CANCELLED Tomorrow
Due to (potentially) inclement weather, Williamsburg Walks is not happening tomorrow. Wimps.
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7-11 Comes to Manhattan Avenue
Halpern-Perlow Store, 883 Manhattan Avenue Photo: Forgotten New York UPDATE: Turns out Miss Heather noted this back in February. So has the owner/7-11 been working for three-plus months without a permit and against a standing stop-work order? Its not clear what is happening behind the brown wrapping, but that would be the Greenpoint way. Via…
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Rabbi in Jailhouse Bar Mitzvah Inquiry Met WIth Mayor’s Top Political Strategist
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/17/nyregion/17rabbi.html
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Vendors Upset Over City Plan to Relocate McCarren Greenmarket
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/32/24/32_24_bm_greenmarket.html