Author: Halden
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Charlatans & Cowards
Kevin Drum on the pitiful jobs report out this morning: We are ruled by charlatans and cowards. Our economy is in the tank, we know what to do about it, and we’re just not going to do it. The charlatans prefer instead to stand by and let people suffer because that’s politically useful, while the…
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In Hawking Seafood, He Reeled in a Show
Ben Sargent, founder of Hurricane Hopeful and the underground lobster-roll man, makes the big time.
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Rose Plaza Now a Conversion?
Rose Plaza: Not Coming Soon to a Waterfront Near You?? Brownstoner reports this morning that 484 Kent Avenue has a DOB permit to convert the top two floors of the building to 30 residential units. The ground floor will remain as warehouse use. Presumably, this means that the grand plans for Rose Plaza – and…
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You Can Also Read Our Story in the New York Post
http://twitter.com/#!/nickconfessore/status/86511407100727296
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Crown Vic
Interesting item on CB1’s crowded liquor license agenda this month – an application for a bar at 60 South 2nd Street, to be called Crown Victoria. A bar, on a list of 34 bars and restaurants (it was a quiet month), is not that interesting. But the location is – this is a site that…
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Why Brooklyn Lives Up To The Hype
Gothamist has a sure-to-linked-to (and debated) list of 100 reasons why Brooklyn lives up to the hype. We do seem to be living in a moment of Brooklyn triumphalism, so it’s to be expected there’s a backlash against Brooklyn’s hyped hip cachet. But what’s remarkable is that as overhyped and overmarketed as Brooklyn gets, it…
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Lesbians, Gays, Firemen & Teachers
This evening, teachers were spared layoffs, firehouses were saved from closure, and gays and lesbians were given the right to marry. Not bad for a day’s work, New York.
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Bushwick Creek, The Movie
Filmmaker Brian Walsh has made a movie about Bushwick Creek and what lies beneath. The movie was based in part (or maybe inspired by is a better phrase) a blog post I wrote over four years ago, and which was, in turn, inspired by Bob Guskind’s reporting on the “Roebling Oil Field”. Brian’s film is…
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Wednesday is Parking Day at City Council
The City Council’s Transportation Committee is holding a hearing on Wednesday to consider a slew of parking-related bills. One that stands out is Int. 372, sponsored by CM Levin, which would suspend alternate side of the street parking on blocks surrounding a film shoot. So if the orange cones go up, you won’t be stuck…