Author: Halden
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Comments Fixed
The memory issue that was wreaking havoc with the commenting here has been fixed. You should be able to leave comments without getting cryptic error messages.
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Is Greenpoint Hospital Plan on Hold or Not?
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/33/38/wb_greenpointhospital_2010_09_10_bk.html
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Goldman Arm Revives Williamsburg Project
http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20100903/REAL_ESTATE/100909939
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HPD Pulls Greenpoint Hospital RFP
Greenline (which is not online) is reporting that the Department of Housing Preservation and Development has suspended the redevelopment of the Greenpoint Hospital site in order to review its RFP process. In April, the agency had awarded the development rights for the property to TNS Development, a Queens- and Westchester-based affordable housing developer. That award…
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A New Start-Up Workspace for Williamsburg
http://www.observer.com/2010/new-start-workspace-williamsburg
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Meatopia!
Capital New York – a new online magazine – continues to impress on the content side – this time with a look at why Williamsburg is becoming the meat eating capital of NYC. The article covers the history of Peter Luger, including its salvation in the 1950s by Sol Forman, and covers all of the…
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349 Metropolitan – Looking Good
349 Metropolitan’s courtyard mural Photo: Curbed Curbed has photos of the now completed (and now for rent) 349 Metropolitan Avenue (a 11211 favorite over the years). The recladded exterior of the building is a huge improvement, though the building overall is still a mess. But the interior courtyard at least has something worth looking at…
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Ferry Coming to North 6th Street
As I speculated recently, the Brooklyn Paper has confirmed that at least one of the RFPs issued recently by the City’s EDC is for the construction of a ferry landing at North 6th Street. Starting sometime around January 2012, residents of the Northside will able to take the ferry to their jobs in Lower Manhattan…
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The Bedford
Two new projects on North 8th Street are coming online – an 8-unit rental building at 203 North 8th Street and a 9-unit condo (The Bedford) next door at 205. Both are touted for their proximity to McCarren Park, the L train and “Broulims, a new supermarket, two blocks away”. This raises two important questions…
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Ferry Expansion Coming Next Spring
It has been discussed for ages, but it looks as though the City is really moving ahead with its plans to expand the East River ferry service to all of North Brooklyn. In addition to the action at India and Java Streets that I discussed yesterday, the Post has some vague details about a new…