Category: Articles
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The Bedford
Two new projects on North 8th Street are coming online – an 8-unit rental building at 203 North 8th Street and a 9-unit condo (The Bedford) next door at 205. Both are touted for their proximity to McCarren Park, the L train and “Broulims, a new supermarket, two blocks away”. This raises two important questions…
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Ferry Expansion Coming Next Spring
It has been discussed for ages, but it looks as though the City is really moving ahead with its plans to expand the East River ferry service to all of North Brooklyn. In addition to the action at India and Java Streets that I discussed yesterday, the Post has some vague details about a new…
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Java Street Pier
Stiles Properties’ proposed Java Street (bottom) and India Street piers, as seen in a 2009 rendering. Source: Architects Newspaper Last month, the City’s Economic Development Corporation issued an RFP for the redevelopment of the Java Street pier. This is the only City-owned pier on the North Brooklyn waterfront (it’s actually a pier in concept only…
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Kedem Winery Soundstage
CineMagic’s Riverfront Studios will be located in the big red building with the brand-new windows. Yesterday I mentioned that 420 Kent Avenue (part of the former Kedem Winery site) was undergoing a major rehab (something a bit more than the “interior renovation of storage garage” described on the Alt-2 application). My information was correct –…
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Analysis: Domino Approved
The City Council approved the New Domino rezoning yesterday, making some modifications along the way. The final rezoning can now be summed up in three words: It’s still big. For anyone who supports a progressive approach to land use and planning, yesterday’s Domino vote was nothing short of a disappointment. (And judging by the large…
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349 Metropolitan Continues to Suck
349 Metropolitan: When Dreams Were Big One of my favorite condo-glut whipping boys is back. As Curbed posted today, 349 Metropolitan Avenue is getting a facelift – losing it’s Jerusalem Gold Stone in favor of Pennsylvania Beige Brick (OK, I made up the Pennsylvania part). The stone was a disaster from the get go, probably…
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Picture This
What Williamsburg Bridge Park could be Photo: Pamela Hutchinson Williamsburg Bridge Park, today Sometimes it takes a little imagination. Sometimes it takes a little inspiration. And sometimes it takes a tourist on holiday. This morning all three came together when I saw Pamela Hutchinson’s photo of the Manhattan Bridge on Brownstoner. This is exactly the…
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Domino: Still Big
Everyone is getting ready for next week’s City Council hearing on New Domino (Monday, 10 a.m., City Hall) – the last public hearing of the process, you’ll be pleased to hear. Churches United is holding rallies in East Williamsburg and handing out fliers at the L train; Steve Levin and Vito Lopez have an op-ed…
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Lost City: Goodbye to All That
Brooks of Sheffield has decided to shut down his excellent blog, Lost City. A shame, because his was one of the better written, better researched blogs on ephemeral New York. And he’s not going out on an optimistic note: Most of the City is lost after all — the good parts, anyway… It’s like writing…
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Absolut Ethics
The Time’s Week in Review section had a piece on the fallout from the “viral” marketing campaign to pay local bloggers to promote Absolut’s new Brooklyn brand of vodka. In case you missed it (and you probably did), the whole thing spilled over after the latest Brooklyn Blogfest, when some people took exception to the…