Category: Linked
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Giving away the firehouse
The City Planning Commission voted yesterday to allow the City to sell a number of firehouses – including our own Engine 212 – with no strings attached. The Community Board, Councilmember Yassky and local activists have pushed hard to keep these buildings be preserved and remain a part of the community – either as firehouses,…
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Bushwick Open Studio
Arts in Bushwick is accepting registrations for artists wanting to participate in the Bushwick Open Studio and Arts Festival, the weekend of June 1 to 3. Bushwick is Beautiful has more.
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Tidal strait, dammit!
amNY has a decent summary of the emerging East River renaissance. But they are quick to show their geographical and cinematic ignorance: the East River is not a brackish strait, and its Elia Kazan. Still, worth a read.
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Williamsburg Amusements
It may not have been New York’s first amusement park, but Williamsburg certainly was a vacationland for New York’s well-to-do. Way back in the day, Williamsburg was a vacation spot, complete with county estates on the waterfront. If you look at this map from the (always useful) Brooklyn Genealogy site, you’ll notice that the blocks…