Author: Halden
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The Modern Tenement
176 South 4th Street Architect: Bricolage (2002 – 2005) Photo: Gregg Snodgrass for Property Shark Recognizing that there is an important place for the background building in our street scape – or put another way, that not every building can (or should) be “high” architecture – I will say that this building is not bad…
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Little Details Count
For years, the intersection of Bedford and Grand has been policed by a local woman by the name of Mary. Mary keeps the garbage cans of the various tenements in order, and generally makes sure that this corner of Williamsburg doesn’t look like a complete dump. 160 Grand Street – the finished product Then along…
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Quadriad: Still waiting
Quadriad controls the vacant lot in the foreground, but not the skeleton beyond. (Photo: rsguskind) Quadriad was back at Community Board #1 last night, but that’s about the only news. When Henry Wollman of Quadriad met with CB1’s Land Use committee in early March, he promised to bring a full presentation to the Board. Last…
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Out of Plumb on Metropolitan
Over at 349 Metropolitan Avenue (between Roebling & Havemeyer), things are looking a little out of plumb.
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A Creek Runs Through It
Gowanus Lounge has been all over the Roebling Oil field of late1. One thing that intrigued me about the appearance of (purported) toxins ickiness at this site and across the street at the apartment building on the northwest corner or Roebling and North 11th2 was the fact that neither site appeared to have been home…