One thing that the owners of the Austin, Nichols & Company warehouse at 184 Kent Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, were firm about throughout the long battle over the building’s fate three years ago was that it was not historically valuable.
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Of particular local interest, #90, #73, #71 (no one asked me), #49 through #54, #32 (well deserved), #3 and #1.
Today, New York State of New York saved $444.44 by keeping East River Park closed. Happily, today is also the day that Williamsburg gained back a small slice of waterfront access. That’s because today was the day of the long-awaited opening of the pier at Northside Piers.
No.
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40% off at Fuego 718.
The grey lady reports on the greenway. In all, a pretty objective recap of everything we’ve been seeing these past few months (though the reporter implies that its the luxury tenants at Schaefer who are up in arms). Now that DOT has finally stepped up and addressed some of the problems (which they should have addressed in the first place), maybe things will cool down. Right.
Evan Thies owes me a new monitor. Mine is covered in coffee after reading this article.
According to the Eagle, DOT is getting ready to add a lot more parking spaces around (but not on) Kent Avenue. In particular, some of the side streets and a lot of Wythe Avenue will pick up parking (much of Wythe from Grand to South 3rd is no parking, unnecessarily so).
The west side of Kent between South 8th and Division (in front of Schaefer and the girl’s school) will get “No Standing”, which will allow residents and parents to stop and make pick ups/drop offs. That should satisfy the Schaefer opposition.
Seriously, though, DOT should consider “No Standing” regulations on the east side of Kent to give businesses a break.
Through a rather circuitous route, I hit up the Brooklyn Public Library’s Brooklynology blog. If you pay attention to this site, you’ll understand why I’m jealous – BPL is paying someone to do what I can only do in off hours.
Where the beef is.
