Author: Halden
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Saturday January 30: Williamsburg for Haiti
Tomorrow afternoon, District # 14 and Progress High School will join forces with local elected officials and community leaders to provide direct assistance to the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. Come to 441 Lorimer Street (corner of Maujer Street) between 12pm and 5pm with donations for the relief effort. They will be accepting supplies…
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TGE Loses Latest Appeal
TGE’s dream – denied (again) TransGas Energy System’s latest legal gambit has fallen flat. In a terse decision [pdf], the New York State Court of Appeals has denied TGE’s motion to appeal a prior appellate court ruling. This all goes back to TGE’s 2002 acquisition of rights to the Bayside Fuel Oil site at North…
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Warehouse 11 Party
The Real Deal reports that Warehouse 11 (aka the Roebling Oil Field) had a grand opening party tonight. This follows on a near foreclosure and a major price slashing to reintroduce the project. Aptsandlofts.com announced a grand opening party for Warehouse-11, a Greenpoint condominium located at 214 North 11th Street. The development, which had faced…
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Broadway Triangle Regeneration Plan
Yes, it was only just approved by the City Council, but it appears that changes are coming for Broadway Triangle: Under the plan the Broadway Triangle will become a huge retail development, including offices and apartments.
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Rose Plaza Gets Marty’s Thumbs Up
Marty Markowitz has decided to split the difference on Rose Plaza. He is recommending approval (with modifications) on the basic rezoning of the Certified Lumber site (the change from manufacturing to residential use) and disapproval (with modifications) on the applicant’s special permit applications (to increase the height of some buildings, etc.). Reading between the lines,…
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Domino Public Review
A correction to my post of the other day. The Domino public hearing at Community Board #1 will be held in February, not next week. The most likely date is 9 February, the date of the February board meeting. Stay tuned for further information. (The delay to February is a quirk of scheduling – because…
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It’s Here – Domino Rezoning Certified
Proposed Domino development, view south from the water side. It’s been a long time coming, but the Domino Sugar Refinery rezoning is finally upon us. The Draft EIS has been completed, and City Planning is expected to certify the application today, allowing it to enter the public review. As before, the project promises a lot…
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Gowanus Lounge is Back (in Little Italy)
My RSS and Twitter feeds are suddenly alive with new posts from Gowanus Lounge. If you go to the site, you’ll see that it has a new design and all new content. (If that picture of Little Italy at the top of the page seems a bit familiar (and yet a little unBrooklyn), you may…
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Broadway Triangle: Stop ‘n’ Go
On Monday, the City Council approved the Broadway Triangle rezoning by a vote of 36 to 10, with 4 abstentions (Gotham Gazette and the Times both have excellent coverage of the vote and the process). The final agreement worked out by the council included an additional 10,000 square feet of public open space (at the…