Author: Halden
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Brooklyn Brewery WAREHOUSE Sold
Regarding the earlier confusion (mine and others) as to exactly which part of the Brooklyn Brewery recently sold, I received the following from the Brewery’s PR: BROOKLYN (29 Nov 2011)—Recent reports have misleadingly indicated that The Brooklyn Brewery building in Williamsburg, Brooklyn has been sold. The Brooklyn Brewery operations are housed in two locations: one…
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Haircut for Not an Alternative
http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2011/11/carroll-gardens-barbershop-opening-burg-location/
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Signal Problems
How was your commute today? According to the MTA, the software problems (caused by the weekend work that shut down the line all day Saturday and Sunday??) that ruined your morning ride to work are still going on this evening. In fact, it’s so bad that @NYC_L_trains hasn’t even bothered tweeting its daily “L train…
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Mille Bornes, Curated
Rules of the road.via Codex 99 Codex 99 on the classic French card game Mille Bornes. The graphics on the original (mass-produced) sets from the 60s and 70s are wonderful, but I’d never seen the original (hand-lettered!) sets from the 50s nor the very abstract “edition spécial” of 1960 that Codex 99 found. In a…
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Brooklyn Trolley Cars From the BRT to the B&QT
http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=27&id=47577
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Brooklyn Brewery’s Home Fetches $16M
http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20111123/REAL_ESTATE/111129951
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Western Carpet Warehouse Sells for $27.5 Million
http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2011/11/williamsburg-warehouse-sells-for-27-5-million/
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Bank of America Features Malcolm Gladwell
http://www.theawl.com/2011/11/bank-of-america-features-malcolm-gladwell
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NY’s Most Loathed Architect
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/ny_most_loathed_architect_kZWV1C0F6ldDVqmnO64DMN