Category: Linked

Probably not “the first of a new breed of Williamsburg bars and performance places”, but definitely a big part of the first wave.Back when every new bar or restaurant opening was big news.

From a presumably serious effort at cataloguing the tweet quality of local bars & restaurants:

Gowanus Lounge: @gowanuslounge
Lots of tweets about a Robert Guskind memorial. Not much else.

Really hard to figure out what the hell the Mayor’s people were thinking.

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Then again Gerry has always been a loose cannon, a hot head and trouble maker.

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Chuck is right, but why stop at one? Put them all here. The rest of the country has its shorts in a knot over the prospect of “releasing [terrorists] into our communities“, but New York can handle it. Turn the Verizon building into modern-day Spandau and let them look at the WTC memorial for the rest of their natural lives.

If you read one summary of last night’s 33rd debate, this should be it.

Via WG, the Observer reports that the Broadway Triangle rezoning has been certified by the City Planning Commission. Expect the application to be before CB1 at the June public hearing, with a vote by the Board in July (also expect CB1’s July vacation to be cancelled – maybe we’ll get August off).

The Domino Sugar rezoning was not certified in Monday’s round of mass certification (theoretically, Monday was the last certification date to guarantee that a project would be reviewed by the current administration and council). WG says it has a line on another possible hold up for CPCR, Domino’s developer, but we’ll have to wait for the new issue to hit the newsstands (and the interweb) to find out what this delay is.

For opponents and proponents alike, Domino and Broadway Triangle have some parallels. Domino seeks to supersize the allowed height and density of recent rezonings in exchange for more affordable housing; many community activists would like to see Broadway Triangle do the same, while the proposal that was certified is more in keeping with heights and densities approved in recent rezonings.

I’ll have more on this in a day or two, but here’s an appetizer on affordable housing from the News. A lot of apples and oranges (as is common when trying to parse numbers on affordable housing), but no matter how you look at it, the 2005 rezoning has not delivered on its promise of affordable housing.

Fillmore Place is one step closer to being an official NYC historic district (and its the most important step – LPC designation).

Abundant Life Assembly Church gets tagged – photos here.

Now conservatives are going ape shit over Obama’s choice of mustard for a burger. Apparently its too treasonous and French-like to ask for Grey Poupon. Even though Grey Poupon is not French – its made by Kraft Foods here in America using mustard from the great white north and white wine from right here in New York State (kosher, at that).

To recap – Barack Obama went to a mom & pop burger joint and ordered a burger* with American-made condiments, and that’s what the 12 conservatives left in the country spent all day hyperventilating about.

*Medium-well – WTF is up with that?