Month: May 2010
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Construction Worker Dies
There was a scaffold collapse at a construction site on Meserole & Manhattan in Greenpoint yesterday. Sadly, one of the workers who fell in the collapse died. I have not been able to find any further information, save for this rather gruesome bit on New York Shitty.
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Williamsburg Condo Boom Has Not Gone Bust
The Real Deal has an interesting article out today on the state of the Williamsburg condo market. Some prime takeaways: [Michael Brooks of the Developers Group] said deals are being made at $650 per square foot, which [Christine] Blackburn [of PDE] agreed seems to be Williamsburg buyers’ sweetspot [sic] for non-waterfront apartments. OK, so that’s…
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Happy Rezoning Day
For those of you that forgot to mark you calendars, tomorrow is Rezoning Day. That’s right, it is five years since the City Council approved the Greenpoint-Williamsburg Waterfront Rezoning. On May 11, 2005, the City Council and the Mayor’s office finalized a package of promises that paved the way for the enactment of the rezoning. Since it’s…
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Man Convicted of Killing Immigrant, but Not of Hate Crime
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/07/nyregion/07hate.html
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White Pages May Go Way of Rotary-Dialed Phone
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/08/nyregion/08verizon.html
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SATURDAY: Bushwick Inlet Park Fundraiser
The Diamond Bar is sponsoring a fundraiser by Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park and NAG this Saturday afternoon. Proceeds from every beer and bratwurst you buy will go to paying for the greening of Kent Avenue/Franklin Street in front of what should be (and hopefully someday will be) a park, but is now a weed-strewn…
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How Much Profit at Domino?
Just how much money are the Domino developers making off of their project? No one knows, and CPCR, the lead developer of Domino has refused to say. But the Greenpoint Star’s Dan Bush has found an answer. And if the numbers he has dug up are remotely based in reality, that answer is a lot.…