Category: Linked

It would be interesting to compare the number of stalled sites to the number of active (and new) construction sites. What continues to amaze me is not the number of stalled sites but rather the number of projects that are starting up.

(And for the record, North8, the project behind Phil in the photo was not stalled Monday evening when I walked by.)

Last week I posted two of the designs under consideration for the Kosciuszko Bridge’s replacement – Aaron Seward in the Architect’s Newspaper has the third bridge. The three options were chosen by Greenpoint and Long Island City residents from a menu of eight bridge choices.

Tomorrow night, from 7 to 9.

The break was ages ago.

Teresa Toro, who knows a thing or two, writes about how to make streets livable (hint – it’s not just about painting bike lanes). She also addresses an issue that is increasingly a problem – assholes on two wheels:

As bike use has spiked, bad cyclist behavior has become a huge issue… cyclists frequently don’t cede right of way to pedestrians, or behave in a way that’s appropriate to the street they’re traveling upon. These cyclists’ behavior is a lousy way to thank an administration that has finally done the right thing and acknowledged cycling as an important mode of transportation. Bad behavior keeps cycling on the fringe in terms of public opinion, instead of in the mainstream where it belongs.

Like motorcyclists insisting that loud pipes save lives (they don’t – they just really piss off people), bikers (of the non-motorized variety) are often their own worst enemy when it comes to PR.

Ted Hamm of the Brooklyn Rail has left the nabe.

But they save lives, don’t they?

There’s a new blog in town, with word of a potential TGE appeal coming down the pike.

The Poor Man returns to his family’s old haunts, Grand Street in Williamsburg, and finds something to eat. Nice story.

Speaking of crossing party lines, you can’t beat the criss-crosses in upstate’s 23rd Congressional special election. Dede Scozzafava (R) has dropped out of the race and is now supporting Bill Owens (D) over Doug Hoffman (very, very R). This all came about because the brownshirts in the Republican party thought that Scozzafava wasn’t Republican enough, even though she had the support of the local and national Republican party. This whole thing started when Barack Obama (D-US) appointed former congressman John McHugh (R-NY) to the Secretary of the Army.