Author: Halden
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McCarren Park Pool Update
In case you missed it, last night’s CB1 Parks/Landmarks Committee meeting to discuss the McCarren Pool renovations was cancelled. Instead, Parks and the project architect will make a presentation before the full CB1 Board next Tuesday (10 February) at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will be at the usual location, the Swingin’ 60s Senior Center, 211…
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Lovely Day for a Walk in the Park
Today’s unseasonably balmy temperatures made it a perfect day to head down to the river and enjoy some fresh air and sunshine. Of course you can’t do that in a state park in Williamsburg, so we had to head to Gantry State Park in Long Island City. Back here in Williamsburg, the State saved another…
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PS 84 Catch-22
The City announced the opening of 22 new schools today. Not on the list is a new elementary school in PS 84 (or anywhere else in the area). As far as we can tell, there also are no plans to improve the near-failing performance of the existing school (although it did better this year). Which…
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27 January: CB1 Waterfront/ULURP Committee
Community Board #1’s ULURP and Waterfront Committees will be holding a joint meeting tomorrow night to consider City Planning’s proposed text amendments to the waterfront zoning provisions. In general, the proposal seems like a good package, and is certainly well-intentioned. But as with all such measures, there are devils in the details and questions as…
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The Gauntlet
Garbage day at Schaefer Landing (and this was a pretty light day). Why is that in a new (ca. 2005) high-rise development, with hundreds of luxury and affordable units, is not required to provide some facility for off-street garbage loading? Probably the same reason that they are not required to provide all tenants access to…
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Northside Pier – Weekends Only
So much for silver linings. Seems like it was only last week that the opening of the pier at Northside Piers* was blunting the impact of the seasonal closing of East River State Park. Then, suddenly, the pier was closed again. Now its reopened, but only on weekends (and presumably only until dusk). * And…
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$444.44
East River State Park – 4 January 2009 Photo: NAG Via NAG, above is a photo of Williamsurg’s East River State Park in hibernation. By keeping East River State Park open for geese only, the State saved $444.44 today. Below, via Flickr, is a photo of Empire-Fulton Ferry Ferry State Park in Dumbo – which…
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As Kent Avenue Turns
Between yesterday morning and this afternoon, both DOT and State Parks have been busy with the signs. On Wythe Avenue, DOT has followed through on its promise to free up parking spaces, switching much of the stretch from Grand Street south to Broadway from No Standing or No Parking to alternate side rules.* Meanwhile, State…