Category: Linked

6 of 10 – not bad. Commenter #1 is right, though, the IIci should be on this list.

A project tentatively called McCarren Park Estates

Very tentatively, I hope.

A former terrorist released by President Obama is responsible for bombing the U.S. Embassy in Yemen.

Oh wait, sorry – the guy was released a year ago. By Bush.

Somehow the fact that W. screwed up everything he touched has become a reason for Barack not to try to get something right. Runs rings around you logically.

Another stupid Bush-era rule Obama is looking to overturn. Funny how Democrats are always accused of wanting to create a nanny state, when it was the Republicans who perfected the concept over the past eight years.

I haven’t been to “statue island” (as a certain 4-year-old I know calls it) since I was in 3rd or 4th grade, but I’d gladly go back if the crown was open.

Somewhere, a publicist has earned his wings:

two of Brooklyn’s coolest hotels – hotel le jolie and hotel le bleu[…] are offering the ideal Valentine’s Day Packages for couples wishing to experience a romantic rendezvous in Brooklyn’s trendiest neighborhoods.

I mean really earned his wings:

Why It’s Dreamy: […]Nestled in Brooklyn’s trendy Williamsburg area, hotel le jolie offers comfortable rooms furnished with in-room amenities including

Whereby nestled, we mean cheek by jowl with BQE. Vroom, vroom – welcome to the neighborhood.

This guy might be serious.

The new president effectively reversed a post-9/11 Bush administration policy making it easier for government agencies to deny requests for records under the Freedom of Information Act, and effectively repealed a Bush executive order that allowed former presidents or their heirs to claim executive privilege in an effort to keep records secret…

In what ethics-in-government advocates described as a particularly far-reaching move, Mr. Obama barred officials of his administration from lobbying their former colleagues “for as long as I am president.”

Via Brownstoner, things are looking up for Williamsburg’s overdevelopment poster child. Now that BSA has cleared the way, all that stands between the new owner and hefty profits is the economy.

The rendering makes the proportions of the building appear a lot more elegant than they look to be in real life.

Via Gowanus Lounge, an update on the rehab of 44 Berry (the former N.Y. Quinine Works).

Be not afraid [about Fedderization of the facade], the developer says the AC vents will be disguised so that we’ll hardly know the building has been altered.

I’ll go on the record as skeptical on this one.

From Justin Farrow, a slide of Brooklyn buildings (mainly around here) that, well, don’t exist.

As a public service, here’s a listing of inauguration events in and near 11211. Its a three-day weekend, so feel free to get an early start.