Author: linked

A different finger for 227 Grand Street?

Remember all those foundations that got poured just prior to June 30 of this year? It turns out that developers do not find out if their projects are vested until the project are completed. Talk about adding uncertainty to the development equation.

Oh, and even if the foundation was poured by the deadline, the project still “must make timely progress on the building until its completion”. So you can’t pour a foundation and walk away for a couple of years waiting for the market to improve.

Toll Brothers bottom line is saved by Williamsburg and Hoboken, and in return, Toll remains bullish on Williamsburg. Details on Tower 2, which will be 50% larger than Tower 1, include a shift in the apartment mix to mostly studios and one bedrooms. This is in response to sales at 1 Northside Piers, which have skewed younger than expected (though right now, its not clear that that younger crowd can qualify for hefty luxury mortgages).

Oh, and now “Williamsburg is a natural extension of the Village”.

The sound of Hank Williams, dead at 81.

As a commenter notes, this Soho “Chocolate Factory” was not where Tootsie Rolls were made. That honor goes to another “Chocolate Factory” development, this one a rental on Park Avenue in Clinton Hill (not to be confused with the condo development “Chocolate Factory” on Myrtle).

Three City Council members who have reserved parking spots – which Mayor Bloomberg promised to end after the Daily News exposed the perk – spent hundreds of taxpayer dollars on MetroCards and cabs last year, documents show.

In Yassky’s case, “hundreds of dollars” somehow works out to $15.70. Somehow, spending $15.70 for a cab (or maybe it was two cabs?) hardly seems like an abuse. Let alone chutzpah.

“New procedures require that inspectors be able to see what they are inspecting.”

Posted from my iPhone ™.

I’ll echo just about everything Williamsburg is Dead says on the subject (including the music), with the caveat that judging a restaurant in the first few weeks of operation is a pretty iffy proposition.

I did ask for medium-rare, but got something a little closer to medium. The fires were fine, but nothing spectacular. The milk shakes were great, though (and the liquor is applied for, so beer is on the way).

I will go back, and hopefully it will improve with age. As WiD says, all of the ingredients are there.

p.s. There are no plans for TV.

Very funny video response from Paris Hilton. This should have been the response to the white-haired dude’s inane celebrity ads in the first place.