Author: Halden
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Shooting Pool
Via Williamsburg is Dead, I came across Billiardsburg.com, a web site devoted to bars with pool tables in 11211-land. Once upon a time, kids, the only pool table in the neighborhood was at Turkey’s Nest. And it was a 6′ table at that, crammed into a corner, with much using of short cues required. As…
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Recycling New York’s Past
Wednesday evening, I’ll be introducing a panel discussion at MAS on the reuse of industrial buildings in NYC (for industrial purposes and otherwise). The panel should be very interesting (even if the introduction is not).
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Domino’s Open House
Sunday afternoon, Domino developer CPC is opening the site to the public. The wharf area, which is slated to become a waterfront esplanade under CPC’s rezoning plan, will be open to the public from 2 pm to 6 pm. Not coincidentally, CPC’s rezoning application is about to certified by City Planning. Which means that the…
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Vote Early, Vote Often
Further to my post yesterday on term limits, if you want to make your feelings known to CM Yassky, you can call him at (718) 875-5200 (or send him an email). If you don’t live in the 33rd Council District, you can find your council person’s contact info here. Give ’em a call – it’s…
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NAG Town Hall Organizing Meeting
Last night, NAG had a packed house at its town hall organizing meeting. The meeting drew about 150 area residents to hear about and discuss the critical issues facing Williamsburg and Greenpoint. In the latter part of the meeting, the crowd was broken up into groups to brainstorm about the issues they would like to…
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Williamsburg, NJ
Via commenter #4 on this Curbed post, here is a screen shot from the Northside Piers website. This is the purported “West View” from your luxury waterfront condominium (rental?) in hip-hip-hip Williamsburg. And what a view it is – the Empire State Building to the right, the Chrysler Building to the left. Which is pretty…
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Tomorrow: NAG Town Hall
NAG (Neighbors Allied for Good Growth) is having a Town Hall Meeting on 10/2 to mobilize the community on issues facing Greenpoint & Williamsburg. In the past, NAG fought against waste transfer stations on the waterfront, against Radiac, and for intelligent rezoning that protects jobs and housing. Looking to the future, NAG has organized this…
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Tear Down These Walls
Manhattan skyline, circa 1940s. Photo: via New York Architecture Images In the process of continuing to hate the Museum of Art & Design, Nicolai Ourousoff puts forth his list of the 10 worst buildings in New York City. Not just plain old ugly, but ugly on a urban scale – truly ruining-the-city ugly: To be…
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Mission Accomplished
A funny thing happened on the way to the aircraft carrier… This morning, John McCain was claiming credit for getting the bailout bill passed. By his own account, McCain was a man of action, “in the arena” and not just “phoning it in” (even though he was, in reality, just phoning it in). Oh, and…