Author: linked
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Levin in 33rd?
According to Politicker, Crain’s Insider (sub. req.) is reporting that Steve Levin, Vito Lopez’s chief of staff, is to enter the race for the 33rd Council district (David Yassky’s current seat). We’ve heard similar rumors, but have seen no official announcement.
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McCarren Park Hawk
Hawks in McCarren are not new – we saw one a year or two ago in a tree in the Abate playground (next to the pool). Hard to miss this guy, as he in the midst of devouring a pigeon, and the feathers were dropping everywhere.
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More Navy Yard
Three weeks ago, Brownstoner met with the President of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and learned about a plan to use dredging from one area of the Yard to fill in an unused channel off Wallabout Bay, thus creating more Yard. Since then, Brownstoner has put up half a dozen posts reporting goings on at the…
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Lentol Pushes Eminent Domain at TransGas Site
Its about time that someone in Albany stepped forward to end the TransGas charade.
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AIA Zoning Changes
Could someone please explain to me how the AIA’s proposed zoning text changes would increase building density? I’ve looked through the AIA’s presentation, and don’t see anything about added density – in fact, they even say (in really big red letters) that the proposals do not add FAR. But opponents are all over this as…
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Sludge Tank Not Going Anywhere
As one of the benefits of rezoning, the City agreed to remove the Greenpoint sludge tank by 2010. Now it looks like that won’t happen – at least not for another year or two. This little surprise was dropped on us only in the last week or two – as recently as last August, the…
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Getting Trucks off Metropolitan
This seems like an excellent idea – getting waste transfer trucks off Metropolitan and on to less residential/commercial streets like Vandervoort and Meeker.
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Welcome back, Regina
Regina Meyer, who as head of City Planning’s Brooklyn office oversaw the Greenpoint/Williamsburg rezoning, is going to be the next head of Brooklyn Bridge Park.
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Kindergarten Commuting
Apparently, the Mayor could reduce congestion on the Williamsburg bridge by doing something about the quality of Williamsburg schools.
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Karl Fischer Speaks
The best part of the Real Deal’s interview with Karl Fischer is that the RealDeal itself locates Warehouse 11 at “Williamsburg’s former Roebling Oil Field”. Obviously, Gowanus Lounge‘s work here is done. And from Fischer himself, Roebling Square is “just a bunch of townhouses” (it isn’t – it isn’t even anything close to a bunch…