Month: June 2009
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Broadway Triangle: Good Point
In a recent comment, “Vito” wondered why I haven’t posted anything about the Broadway Triangle contretemps (or near riot, as Vito put it) at last week’s CB1 meeting. A fair question. I’m not pretending like nothing happened, I just haven’t posted much of anything in the past week – the result of a busy week…
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Kent Avenue: Making it Better
By adding a left-turn signal at Greenpoint & McGuinness, most truck traffic could easily turn onto McGuinness (thick red line), greatly reducing the traffic on truck routes west of McGuinness (thin red line). Map source: Google Maps. The new DOT plan to fix Kent Avenue does a lot of things right. First and foremost, it…
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Republicans Seize Control of State Senate
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/08/revolt-could-imperil-democratic-control-of-senate/?hp
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Rally to Save Community Board Budgets
There is a rally at City Hall tomorrow to protest the proposed $35,000 budget cut proposed for each of the City’s 59 community boards. The cuts are small in dollar term – $2 million in the overall city budget. But given that each board operates on less than $200,000 per year, which has to cover…
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291 Kent Avenue
291 Kent Avenue, 20 May South 3rd Street building 291 Kent Avenue (S. 2nd Street building in background) Photo: Brownstoner Brownstoner asked what’s up with 291 Kent – here’s what I know. This site is actually three buildings – the small commercial piece on Kent (seen in Brownstoner’s photo), and two four-story residential buildings on…
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‘Net’ Loss is Devastating
http://www.nypost.com/seven/06062009/news/columnists/net_loss_is_devastating_172850.htm
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Parents Pulling the Plugs on Williamsburg Trust-Funders
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/08/nyregion/08trustafarians.html
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A Sensible Parking Solution
Photo: cactusthesaint on flickr Want to reduce congestion in New York? What you see above is about 75 to 100 fewer cars on the streets of San Francisco. NYC can’t even design a Muni Meter that works for bikes, let alone create moto-dedicated parking. Photo: cactusthesaint on flickr