Author: linked
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Preserving Affordable Housing
The Sun: The city has preserved the “affordable” status of about 40,000 units, more than half of its 73,000-apartment goal. However, the efforts for creation of affordable housing are less advanced, as the city has claimed the completion of only 25,000 of its target 92,000 units. The issue of preservation vs. creation of new housing…
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Changes on the Waterfront
Francis Morrone on the Brooklyn waterfront, the National Trust’s endangered list and the “mercurial” David Yassky:This summer may offer the last best opportunity to view parts of the waterfront in the midst of its transition from a gritty industrial environment to phalanxes of tall residential towers with riverfront esplanades and the occasional park.
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This is Fantastic News
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is the latest (and biggest) organization to sign on in support of preserving Brooklyn’s industrial heritage.
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That sucking sound you hear is New York
Two very different closing announcements, but both indications that New York City is getting less and less like New York City. In Williamsburg, the announcement that Galapagos is moving to Dumbo makes it clear that it is not just residents that are being displaced. Galapagos was only 12 years old, but it in itself represented…
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Less Crowding on the L Train…
…in 2010 – wah, wah, wah. While you are waiting to get on the L train, ponder some of these numbers from today’s Times: The busiest station on the Brooklyn part of the line is Bedford Avenue, in Williamsburg, which had 4.99 million riders pass through the turnstiles last year… Of course by the time…
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W/G Greenway Planning Workshop
Eleven miles of the waterfront bikeway have been planned. Your three miles have not. Come out and make it happen!
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Lot Line Windows
Gowanus Lounge: We’ve never had it happen to us, but we can only imagine that it sets the blood pressure to spiking. Fact is, lot line windows are an unprotected luxury. We live in a city of party walls, and, as the saying goes, unless you live directly on Central Park, no view is safe.…
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About That Thing on Top
Actually, I think that this has some potential. Though how you cram 20 units into this site will be interesting to see.