Month: July 2009

• Bushwick Inlet Park Design Award

  http://archpaper.com/e-board_rev.asp?News_ID=3621

  7 July 2009

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• Bushwick Inlet Follow Up

  Here are some press links from yesterday’s Bushwick Inlet groundbreaking: North Brooklyn Now a Little Bit Optimistic About Promised Parks [Observer/NY Future Initiative] Williamsburg Park Under Way, But Full Vision Still Unmet [Metro] Ground Breaks on New Brooklyn Waterfront Park [WNYC] City Breaks Ground on Bushwick Inlet Park [NY1] City Breaks Ground on a 28-acre…

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• Dog Bites Man

  http://www.nypost.com/seven/07062009/news/regionalnews/lots_of_woe_in_wburg_177780.htm

  6 July 2009

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• Bushwick Inlet Ground Breaking

  (left to right) Steve Hindy, chair, Open Space Alliance for North Brooklyn (OSA); Council Member David Yassky; Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe; Mayor Michael Bloomberg; BP Markowitz; Assembly Member Joseph Lentol Photo: Mayor’s Office As promised, the City started work on the soccer field portion of Bushwick Inlet Park in June. Presumably that involved some breaking…

  6 July 2009

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• More Rosenwach

  Walked by Rosenwach this morning, and am happy to report that the damage is surprisingly limited. A lot of charred wood, but a lot that didn’t burn. I suspect this was because a lot of the wood was bundled in pallets and (thanks to FDNY) water got onto the fire pretty quickly. This is the…

  6 July 2009

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• Four Square

  http://www.nag-brooklyn.org/blog/2009/07/happy-independence-day.html

  5 July 2009

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• Mister Softee Means Business This Holiday

  http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20090704_Mister_Softee_means_business_this_holiday.html

  5 July 2009

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• UPDATE: Rosenwach Fire

  photo: everyplace on flickr Regarding the fire last night at Rosenwach, I have heard via a third party that a resident of the loft building across the street said that the fire was started by fireworks – white kids in their 20s shooting Roman candles off near Rosenwach, and that some of those fireworks landed…

  5 July 2009

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• Fire at Rosenwach

  Around 9:00 tonight Rosenwach Tanks (makers of the ubiquitous rooftop water tanks) caught on fire. It was an intense fire, and an hour later flames could still be seen leaping up from the building at the corner of North 9th and Wythe. A lot of fire trucks were on scene, along with police for crowd…

  4 July 2009

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• Broadway Holy War

  http://www.yournabe.com/articles/2009/07/03/williamsburg/williamsburg_courier/news/williamsburg_courier_newsgzygtcz07022009.txt

  3 July 2009

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