Category: Linked
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Falling Down on the Job
A couple of weeks ago, I posted a link to the new nyc.gov Citywide Performance Reporting (CPR) system. In that post, I summarized the rather spotty performance of the Department of Buildings, at least as measured by the criteria of CPR. One number that jumped out at me was the 6% rate of violations issued…
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Avenue E
Way back when (i.e., the late 90s), that’s what real estate people were calling Bedford Avenue. It was a rather annoying contrivance by people who didn’t know anything about Williamsburg or how to “sell” it. Which is to say its been almost a decade since I’ve heard a Williamsburg-is-the-new-East-Village remark like this.
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Julius Spiegel
NYT profile of Brooklyn Parks Commissioner Julius Spiegel: “I think I’m about to crack Robert Moses’ longevity record of 26 years and 100-something days with the department,” he says. So he is much relieved that the bane of his tenure, the decrepit pool at McCarren Park, the grandest of the city’s necklace of pools, created…
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Rockaway Ferry
The water taxi also has routes connecting lower Manhattan to Williamsburg and DUMBO in Brooklyn. Yes, too bad they don’t have any boats connecting lower Manhattan to Williamsburg and DUMBO.
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Franklin Street
One of the great changes to occur over the past few years is the reopening of many long-shuttered storefronts. The changes on Franklin Street have been particularly dramatic (likewise Grand Street). Jane Jacobs would be proud.