Author: linked
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More sugar history
Tom Gilbert’s promised two-part series on the sordid history of Domino Sugar turns out to be a three-part series. Part two is here, though there not much there.
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Jamaica Bay
As part of the relocation of the Newtown Creek sewage plant’s sludge barge from the East River to the Creek, the City will be filling in a portion of the Creek. This will result in a loss of wetlands at Newtown Creek, which the City proposes to remediate by creating new wetlands in Jamaica Bay.Somehow,…
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Whipping Boy at the Modern
Despite what the Post says, DOB did not slap Scarano with a stop work order for the Modern – they slapped the SWO on the owner and his contractors…. And if all the posts at GL are any indication, neither the developer nor the contractor give a shit.(And no, this is not an apologia for…
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Water Taxi
The Real Deal: Some developers pay water taxi operators annual subsidies to guarantee they get docking barges and stops. I love the water taxi from Schaeffer Landing (it sure beats the L train), but lately its been unreliable as hell. Just last night the boat was 25 minutes late – the boat that finally showed…
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554 Union Avenue
Via Curbed, GKA’s latest addition to the neighborhood. This one has potential, if only they’d lose the foolish balconies (are we waiting for a cruise ship to pull up? maybe this one?). And as one commenter has already noted, what’s up with the silly cross bracing at the base of the building? It makes getting…
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Exxon Oil Spill: Edumacational
[Exxon] has been working hard since 1979 to remediate the site. This information offers a greater understanding of the area, its history, the technology used in remediation, and the progress being made.In September of 1978 the United States Coast Guard on a routine patrol discovered a light sheen on the surface of Newtown Creek…”Oil slick”…
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Street name changes in the Eastern District
Miss Heather has uncovered some nice evidence of old street names in Greenpoint. When you look at it, it seems as though all of the streets in North Brooklyn were renamed subsequent to the annexation of the Eastern District by the City of Brooklyn in 1855. Greenpoint’s cross streets were A through Q; they were…