I’m glad he’s not running, but I think Mike would have made a fine president. I’m sure I wouldn’t have agreed with everything he did (as I haven’t agreed with everything he’s done). Particularly as we try to untangle the fiasco of the last eight years, we will need competent, level-headed leadership.
Maybe he’s available for veep?
From Bushwick (who knew?).
Apparently, Miss Heather will live forever.
Way back when (i.e., the late 90s), that’s what real estate people were calling Bedford Avenue. It was a rather annoying contrivance by people who didn’t know anything about Williamsburg or how to “sell” it. Which is to say its been almost a decade since I’ve heard a Williamsburg-is-the-new-East-Village remark like this.
NYT profile of Brooklyn Parks Commissioner Julius Spiegel:
“I think I’m about to crack Robert Moses’ longevity record of 26 years and 100-something days with the department,” he says. So he is much relieved that the bane of his tenure, the decrepit pool at McCarren Park, the grandest of the city’s necklace of pools, created by Mr. Moses in 1936 but shut down since 1983, will finally undergo a $50 million renovation and reopen to the public in 2011… “Giddy is how I feel about this pool being brought back to life,”
The water taxi also has routes connecting lower Manhattan to Williamsburg and DUMBO in Brooklyn.
Yes, too bad they don’t have any boats connecting lower Manhattan to Williamsburg and DUMBO.
One of the great changes to occur over the past few years is the reopening of many long-shuttered storefronts. The changes on Franklin Street have been particularly dramatic (likewise Grand Street). Jane Jacobs would be proud.
In case you’re wondering how all those buildings manage to get approved by DOB.
As usual, reactive, not proactive.
Hard to believe that it was 22 years ago.
