Category: Noted
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Domino Photos
Domino Sugar Refinery Photo: Harlan Erskine Photographer Harlan Erskine has posted some beautiful photos of the Domino Sugar site that he took for the recent L Magazine article, Williamsburg’s Last Domino (a good read itself). My favorite is above, but there are plenty more at Erskine’s site.
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Comments Fixed
The memory issue that was wreaking havoc with the commenting here has been fixed. You should be able to leave comments without getting cryptic error messages.
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Meatopia!
Capital New York – a new online magazine – continues to impress on the content side – this time with a look at why Williamsburg is becoming the meat eating capital of NYC. The article covers the history of Peter Luger, including its salvation in the 1950s by Sol Forman, and covers all of the…
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349 Metropolitan – Looking Good
349 Metropolitan’s courtyard mural Photo: Curbed Curbed has photos of the now completed (and now for rent) 349 Metropolitan Avenue (a 11211 favorite over the years). The recladded exterior of the building is a huge improvement, though the building overall is still a mess. But the interior courtyard at least has something worth looking at…
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Remaking the Face of Brooklyn
The Times is out with a quick article on Karl Fisher and the Brooklyn condo boom. Fisher (along with Bob Scarano and a handful of lesser lights) are certainly responsible for changing the face of North Brooklyn. But with “only” 50 buildings to his name over the past 8 years, Karl’s output pales in comparison…
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Vans Coming to Greenpoint and I'm Going to Tumblr
Movable Type and SQL are annoying me lately, so I’ve (at least temporarily) set up shop at Tumblr – at least for the linked posts. My latest over there – Vans is opening up a 20,000 sf retail shop in Greenpoint – smack dab in the middle of what should be Bushwick Inlet Park (I…
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Lentol Sponsors Legislation to Close Radiac
Joe Lentol is sponsoring legislation to outlaw the siting of radioactive storage facilities within 1,500′ of schools. This legislation – inspired by Luis Garden Acosta’s “toxic-free school zone” idea – would force Radiac, located at the corner of Kent and Grand, to cease radioactive waste storage. (As Luis says, if we can have drug-free school…
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Kedem Winery Site Wants More Time
Aaron Short just pointed out this RealDeal post to me – Rector Hylan, the owner of the former Kedem Winery site (south of Giando, north of Schaefer) has filed for an extension on the special permits it was awarded in 2006. The Kedem site was approved for a rezoning in 2006, and as part of…
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Domino Rezoning: In the News
Two Council committees (Zoning and Land Use) approved the compromise Domino plan yesterday. Because of the modifications, the plan now goes back to the City Planning for a re-review to make sure the changes are in scope with the EIS. After that, it returns to the full Council sometime in July for a final vote.…
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BP Markowitz Statement on Domino Rezoning
No link, so I’ll post in its entirety: June 30, 2010 BP MARKOWITZ APPLAUDS DOMINO DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL, ADVOCATES FOR MORE AFFORDABLE AND ELDERLY HOUSING, SUPERMARKET AND ARTISAN SPACE “I commend Speaker Christine Quinn for leading the Council on this issue, Council Member Steve Levin, the community for its input and Refinery LLC for its ambitious…