Author: Halden
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Condo Tenants Ticketed After Developer Left No Room for Trash
http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20121206/williamsburg/condo-tenants-ticketed-after-architects-left-no-room-for-trash-they-say#ixzz2EIk7hMrR
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SL Green Comes to Williamsburg
http://commercialobserver.com/2012/12/sl-green-realty-corp-to-make-its-foray-into-the-brooklyn-residential-market/
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More on the Sweater Factory Lofts
I linked briefly to the New York Times article on the ongoing Sweater Factory saga. Herewith, some more thoughts: “It’s not crime and disinvestment that’s the enemy of the working-class jobs here anymore,” said Leah Archibald, the director of the East Williamsburg Valley Industrial Development Corporation, a nonprofit entity that administers the Industrial Business Zone.…
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Zebulon Closing
http://www.thelmagazine.com/TheMeasure/archives/2012/12/05/williamsburgs-zebulon-closing
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New Waterfront Bus Route Connects Williamsburg to LIC
http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20121205/williamsburg/mta-moving-forward-with-plan-for-new-waterfront-bus-route#ixzz2EDHMFqfG
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At Loft Conversion, City ‘Stop Work’ Order Failed to Stop It for Long
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/04/nyregion/at-brooklyn-loft-angry-neighbors-and-dozens-of-violations.html?ref=nyregion
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Above the Flooded Plain – Did New Waterfront Developments Fare Better?
http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20121125/REAL_ESTATE/311259973
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Rethinking Building Code, Post Sandy
From the Times, some opening thoughts on revamping the building code in a post-hurricane city. The focus for now is on how to build better in a rising-sea level world, versus just not building in Zone A at all (as a rather silly recent “resolution” from Community Board 1 wants). As the Times notes, some…
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Getting to Work
The L train is still out, but getting to Manhattan from North Brooklyn should be a little bit easier tomorrow. The M and the J trains are both going over the Williamsburg Bridge. The J will only go as far as Essex Street, but the M will have its full route through midtown reinstated. The…
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West Street Land Sells in Greenpoint
http://www.costar.com/News/Article/West-Street-Land-Sells-in-Greenpoint/142432