Author: Halden
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The City Concealed: Newtown Creek
The City Concealed: Newtown Creek from Thirteen.org on Vimeo. The City Concealed is a new project from Channel 13. Its a blog of sorts that takes in-depth looks at obscure or unknown places in the city. The first installment is this video on Newtown Creek. Its very well done, includes a lot of great old…
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Broadway Triangle Follow Up
Kate Yourke has answered my plea, and provided this account of the Broadway Triangle charette that was held earlier this month: I was at the charrette, and intended to write some kind of report, but life overtook that intention and now I’m not sure what is the news except that the charrette must be made…
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More on Kent Avenue
The Eagle article (linked to below) about today’s clown time on Kent Avenue also includes some substance, which deserves some comment beyond a quick link. Wiley Norvell of Transportation Alternatives is quoted extensively in the article, starting with this: “[The city is] no longer treating parking as sacred. Newer designs are treating parking as any…
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Officials Backpedal on Kent Avenue
Councilmember Yassky and others have sent a letter to DOT asking for changes to the Kent Avenue bike lanes. The basic thrust is not too different from what I have said in the past – bike lanes are important and therefore its important that DOT implement them well. They haven’t done that on Kent Avenue,…
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BSA Gives Williamsburg the Finger
BSA has apparently voted to allow the Finger Building to go forward, in all its 200′ glory. Details as they become available… (I mistakenly reported that the hearing was yesterday; it was this morning.)
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40 Stories
An update to the Ismael Leyva designed tower on West Street, and their application to increase the tower height from 30 to 39 stories. CB1 voted overwhelmingly in favor of the project at last nights board meeting. I was truant, but understand there was no drama.
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NAG Organizing Agenda Working Meeting
Tomorrow evening, NAG will be holding a working meeting to further develop their organizing agenda for 2009. Based on ideas generated by the community at the Oct 2, 2008 Town Hall Organizing Meeting and on feedback from a survey completed by community members, the working meeting will start to develop the following issues as NAG’s…
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40 Stories?
Brownstoner and the Brooklyn Paper report on CB1’s ULURP Committee vote last week to endorse an additional 10 stories for 145 West Street. The project, on West between India and Huron, would be Greenpoint’s first waterfront development (if it ever gets built). The developer proposes to reduce the height of the midblock portion of the…
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22 Nov: India Street End Park Design Review
OSA and GWAPP are hosting a design review meeting this Saturday to see that latest plans for the India Street End Park design. (Hopefully there will be a discussion about park naming too.) For information, check out GWAPP or OSA.
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24 Nov: Transportation Town Hall Meeting
Next Monday, Councilman David Yassky and State Senator-elect Daniel Squadron will be hosting a Transportation Town Hall meeting. Representatives from the Department of Transportation and the Metropolitan Transit Authority will be there to answer community questions and concerns. There probably won’t be much to talk about. But maybe you can think of a concern. Or…