Author: Halden
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Bikers, Drivers Clash Over Bedford Avenue
Drivers in South Williamsburg are apparently harassing and in some cases physically (and vehicularly) assaulting bicyclists. Of course no one could have predicted that when the DOT removed the bike lanes on Bedford Avenue that it would lead to a sense of entitlement to the road on the part of local drivers. As I said…
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Williamsburg Community Board Approves Parks Concert Series
The waterfront concerts were not the only concert series on the agenda of last nights CB1 Parks Committee meeting. I hear that at the end of the meeting the committee recommended that the full board support the L Magazine’s Northside Festival concerts in McCarren Park (I think on the asphalt baseball fields across from the…
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The Day the Music Was Turned Down (But Not Really)
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/34/18/wb_concerts_2011_5_6_bk.html
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For Williamsburg Renters, Look But Don’t Swim
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/03/nyregion/brooklyn-neighbors-share-landlord-but-not-amenities.html
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More on Hope
Rami Metal, Councilman Steve Levin’s Williamsburg & Greenpoint rep, posted the following to the CB1 Info mailing list: Some of you may already be aware of this but for those who are not I am deeply saddened to say that Hope Reichbach, our communications director, died yesterday. We are unbelievably shaken and saddened by her…
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Hope Reichbach
This is sad beyond words. Hope Reichbach was found dead in her Boerum Hill apartment yesterday afternoon. She was a wonderful young woman and a positive force in her community and mine. Gatemouth and FiPS have some very nice remembrances, as do the commenters at this Brooklyn Paper article. My condolences to her family, friends…
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Rough Homecoming for a Washington Lawmaker
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/28/rough-homecoming-for-a-washington-lawmaker/
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Barcade Goes Regional
http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2011/04/22/for-arcades-survival-now-hinges-on-alcohol/?mod=WSJBlog
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A Better Look at Triangle Court
Triangle Court (proposed) Architect: KOH Architecture Photo: KOH Architecture via Curbed Yesterday, Curbed posted a better image of Triangle Court. Here it is in all it’s glory. The building will occupy the former gas station site on the western half of the triangle formed by Grand, Keap and Borinquen. The future of the rest of…