Month: July 2009
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A Hasidic Section of Brooklyn, Seemingly Lost to Time
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/05/nyregion/05stop.html
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Pool Parties Lineup Announced
http://pitchfork.com/news/35806-grizzly-bear-dirty-projectors-deerhunter-do-brooklyn-pool-parties/
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Tour de France 2009
Prologue tomorrow morning, 9:30 local time. Great course this year – four countries plus the prologue in Monaco, stopover in Barcelona, and a finish at Mont Ventoux the night before the ride into Paris. And, it seems as though there is less of flat stages up front (only four days of flats before the Pyrenees).
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Palin Says She Will Resign as Alaska Governor
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/04/us/politics/04palin.html
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Soccer Field of Dreams
As the Gazette reports, construction has finally begun on a portion of Bushwick Inlet Park. As I noted previously (and as originally reported by NAG), in May the City upped its commitment to building out some of the promised area parks. Here’s a rundown and status check of what the City said in May: Manhattan…
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John and David on the Corners
http://aaronshortstory.blogspot.com/2009/07/john-and-david-on-corners.html
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City Planning Approves Greenpoint-Williamsburg Rezoning
The City Planning Commission held a public meeting on Wednesday and advanced two important Greenpoint-Williamsburg land use actions. The biggest was the approval [pdf] of the Greenpoint-Williamsburg Contextual Rezoning. The 175-block rezoning now moves on to the City Council, which will hopefully approve it by the end of July. Which means that we are about…