Brownstoner reports that the former Domsey parking lot at South 8th and Kent is up for sale at a foreclosure auction. The property was rezoned ages ago, and development at the former used-clothing mecca started in 2008 and then stalled. $30 million, and it’s yours.
Month: February 2012
Checking in on the Wiliamsburgh Savings Bank Reno
The developer for the Williamsburgh Savings Bank renovation was at CB1 last night for a Landmarks approval, and Brownstoner has the details.
Things got a bit testy – and surreal – when the developer refused to admit that they were building an event space (it’s a museum!) or even had any plan to make money from the development. According to the Chief Financial Officer, they just haven’t worked any of that out yet.
The CFO did have the Landmarks proposal well in hand. The substance of the application to Landmarks was straightforward – so much so that it is not clear why it even requires a public review at LPC.
Bushwick BK is Back (I Hope)
Bushwick BK is reincarnating itself as Bushwick News, a non-profit website to report on news, events and history at the other end of the Eastern District. To make it all work, they are trying to raise money through a Kickstarter.
What they are trying to raise – $40,000 – is ambitious, but Bushwick BK was nothing if not ambitious.I had this to say when Bushwick BK shut down last fall:
This is a loss – BushwickBK managed to be a lot more than a neighborhood blog. It had some great reporting, strong editing and a ton of content. That’s tough to maintain…
Or, as they say, “it’s real journalism”. And it was.
I hope it will be again, too. So get on over to Kickstarter and make a pledge. If you have any doubt of their seriousness, just look at the list of supporters they have organized for the swag (I’ll be on the Dereszewski/Schwartz tour myself) – this is not a spur of the moment thing (and from what little I know of the folks over there, if they say it needs $40,000, it probably needs $40,000).
The Edge Gets a Supermarket
New sign at the Edge, corner of North 5th & Kent.
Looks like there is finally a supermarket coming to Kent Avenue. But it’s not a Whole Foods (or sure doesn’t look like one), and it’s coming to the Edge, not Monster Island.