Category: Linked

• Mobil Gone

  No Gas. The last post, in particular Will Femia’s photo, reminds me that Mobil sign in Will’s photo is no more. Above is a picture I took on 1 July, showing the new chain link fence and the decapitated Mobil sign. The sign itself was lay in the parking lot, freshly cut, the day I…

  15 July 2008

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• Finger Hearing 22 July

  144 North 8th Street (aka The Finger Building) Photo: A Test of Will The moment of truth for the Finger Building may finally be at hand. On 22 July, the Board of Standard and Appeals will hear an appeal by community residents on the BSA’s previous decision to allow the construction of the building to…

  15 July 2008

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• Frustration Brewing Over Disdain for Industrial Space

  http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2008/07/14/2008-07-14_frustration_brewing_over_disdain_for_ind.html

  14 July 2008

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• Machete Maniac Hacks Two in Williamsburg

  http://www.nypost.com/seven/07132008/news/regionalnews/machete_maniac_hacks_2_men_in_williamsbu_119726.htm

  14 July 2008

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• Key Pols Endorse de Blasio for BP

  http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2008/07/13/2008-07-13_key_brooklyn_pols_endorse_bill_de_blasio.html

  14 July 2008

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• Bozo

  http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/04/arts/television/04bozo.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

  7 July 2008

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• Politics Failed, but Fuel Prices Cut Congestion

  http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/03/nyregion/03congest.html?ex=1372824000&en=623804f2da17a9a4&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

  3 July 2008

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• New York Slick, RIP

  Slick’s in 2006. That’s Mike in the sweatshirt. Photo: Jac Currie If you’ve ever eaten at Relish or had a drink at Zebulon, you’ve certainly noticed the motorcycle shop at the corner of North 3rd and Wythe. On summer days, you’d find the proprietor, Slick, sitting out front. Sometimes, he’d even work on a bike,…

  3 July 2008

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• Progress at Schaefer

  Yesterday, I posted about yet another delay in the resumption of water taxi service at Schaefer Landing, and almost immediately had a comment noting that the dock installation was imminent. And then this morning, another post from the same commenter stating that the dock was going in at that moment (2:00 p.m.). Sure enough, when…

  2 July 2008

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• Cement Truck Drivers’ Strike Stalls NYC Construction

  http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/02/nyregion/02concrete.html?ex=1372737600&en=ce1f5d5900075fa3&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

  2 July 2008

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