Author: Halden
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Say Goodbye to the Salvation Army
Brownstoner notes that the demolition of the Salvation Army building at Bedford and North 7th Street is imminent (the site appears to include the stucco building adjacent at 153 North 7th Street too). What will go in its place, though, remains a mystery. Brownstoner has an image of a zoning diagram showing a two-story commercial…
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CPCR Donated Over $100k to Local Supporters
According to the Brooklyn Paper, Community Preservation Corporation Resources, the for-profit developer leading the effort to redevelop the Domino Sugar site, paid out at least $100,000 to local groups over a two-year period. The neighborhood groups, which include El Puente, Los Sures, and Keren Ezer, received $10,000 each. (A fourth neighborhood group – Churches United…
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Zach Galifianakis’ First Video
Via Huffington Post, here is Zach Galifianakis’ acting debut, in a student short shot on the Northside in the early 1990s. Worth a look to see old shots the L Cafe (and the apartment listings there) and Teddy’s in an earlier (but not too different) incarnation. Oh yeah, and goatees – I forgot about those.…
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Stores Go to the Edge
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303404704577305892635635410.html?mod=WSJ_NY_MIDDLESecondStories
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Brooklyn 11223
http://culture.wnyc.org/articles/features/2012/mar/26/brooklyn-11223-reality-tv-show-dismays-some-bay-ridge-residents/
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Domino Fight Turns Sour
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303816504577303963037005318.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
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Domino is Not For Sale
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/35/13/dtg_dominosale_2012_03_30_2012_bk.html
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Things Get Worse at Domino
Crain’s reports this morning that the partners in the Domino project are in court, with Isaac Katan, the long-silent partner in the deal, alleging mismanagement, “misdirection and inaction” on the part of CPC Resources. According to Katan, CPCR has nothing to show for the over $100 million in equity and financing that the project has…
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Developer Lands $50m Loan for North 10th Street Project
http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20120319/REAL_ESTATE/120319894