Author: linked
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All Mod Cons
Dana Thomas has written a new book on the commoditization of luxury brands and the dilution of the meaning of the word itself.
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A Quadriad Update?
City Limits’ recent article on the use of affordable housing as a wedge to gain acceptance for large development projects has one or two interesting tidbits on the Quadriad project.
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Parking morphs into plazas
When the Daily News reported that Dumbo’s Pearl Street Plaza was being transformed from a parking lot to a public plaza, it was hardly an exclusive. But now, the News’ Rachel Monahan is reporting that DOT plans for three more hardscape plazas on parking lots – and that is news.
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Moderate income housing in Bushwick
The Community Preservation Corporation (co-developer of Domino) is funding a moderate-income project on Lawton Street in Bushwick.
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Perfectly legal
Facade easements are (still) perfectly legal, and are still a perfectly legitimate preservation tool. Basically, by donating a facade easement, you are gaining a tax credit for ceding control over the rights to your facade to a charitable entity.
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We need more stuff
Today we learn from Brownstoner that Sun Sun Corp. is bringing “condos and stores and stuff” to Ainslie and Keap.
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Baby steps at DOB
According to an article in today’s Post, the stepped-up DOB oversight concerns sitework and excavation only, which is great, but only goes so far. It certainly does not cover all of the other bad construction practices in the neighborhood, like unsafe construction sites and illegal work on the weekends.
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Tommy sub
Gowanus Lounge has lots of coverage of Duke Riley’s Red Hook submarine…. After speaking with a reporter briefly, Bushnell said, “I’m super-drunk so I want to stop talking.”