Category: Linked
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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…
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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.