Category: Noted
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NAG Candidates Forum Recap
Aaron Short has an insightful post recapping last week’s candidate forum for the 33rd Council District (and handicapping the state of the race today). Aaron also helpfully links to all the other press coverage on the debate. I wasn’t there, but reading those press accounts (including Aaron’s in the Courier), one would think that Doug…
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Broadway Triangle Community Coalition Plan
The Broadway Triangle Community Coalition has taken the PowerPoint for its Pratt plan (which I linked to before) and set it to music. I still think the plan itself (and the one or two plans BTCC had before that) suffers from a fatal flaw – its just too damn big. I know in the end…
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Mary, RIP
I came back from a week’s vacation to learn that Mary, who has kept the corner of Bedford and Grand clean for as long as I can remember, died on July 24. She was a beloved fixture on the block, and as the photo to the left shows, will be missed. A collection is being…
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Council Approves G/W Contextual Zoning
The Council made quick work of any potential last-minute finger abuse – this afternoon they approved the 175-block Greenpoint/Williamsburg contextual rezoning. No more of this. Or these.
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Manhattan Bridge in Motion
Also via Animal, watch the Manhattan Bridge bounce up and down as subway trains pass over. Lovely video, albeit a tad bit disconcerting.
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Bonita to Close
Via Brooklyn Based, word that Bonita on Bedford Avenue is closing on August 15. According to BB, the Diner crew has always had a contentious relationship with their landlord, and has been hampered by the fact that they can’t get a full liquor license for the space (its next to a church). I lived on…
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Apollo 11
I remember watching moon walks in grade school – the only time that we had TV in elementary school was for moon walks and the splash downs. Oh, and I’m with Buzz on this: