Category: Noted
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Getting to Work
The L train is still out, but getting to Manhattan from North Brooklyn should be a little bit easier tomorrow. The M and the J trains are both going over the Williamsburg Bridge. The J will only go as far as Essex Street, but the M will have its full route through midtown reinstated. The…
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Corner Store: 1937
1028 Third Avenue, 1937 Photo: via Shorpy Great Shorpy photo of an Italian grocery on Third Avenue, circa 1937 (as always with Shorpy, click through to see the high resolution version in all its glory). The building still stands, stripped of its decoration and given the dreaded styrofoam stucco treatment (in sea foam green, no…
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Speaker Says He Asked Assemblyman to Resign
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/04/nyregion/assemblyman-vito-lopez-refused-request-to-step-down-speaker-says.html?smid=pl-share
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Dog Day Afternoon
Onlookers in Gravesend take in the standoff. Photo: NYT 40 years ago today, John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Natuarale tried to rob a Chase Manhattan bank branch in Gravesend. The Times has and excellent post and archival slideshow on the resulting standoff.
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J. Crew for the Bagel Shop?
In an article that is sure to be gasoline to the ever-smoldering Williamsburg-is-over fire, The Real Deal is reporting that “upscale clothier J.Crew is among the prospective tenants of a retail space coming online”. But before everyone gets too worked up over this, it is worth emphasizing the squishiness of The Real Deal’s lede –…
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TONIGHT: Sunset Cocktail Armada
This evening, there is a cocktail boat cruise on the East River Ferry to benefit the Northside Town Hall and a local bar and restaurant owners’ group. Tickets are $125 for three hour cruise (nothing ominous about that!) featuring food and booze from local establishments*, all for a good cause. Details on the event can…
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Everybody in the Pool
I’m not prone to hyperbole, so trust me when I say that the refurbished McCarren Park pool is a thing of beauty. Kudos to the NYC Parks, architects Rogers Marvel and restoration architects Jan Hird Pokorny Associates on an amazing renovation. The pool opens to the public for actual swimming Thursday afternoon. Believe me, you…
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R.I.P. Rainbow Theatre
Rainbow Theatre 167 Graham Avenue Photo: Laguardia Archives via Cinema Treasures This was what the entrance to the Rainbow Theatre on Graham Avenue looked like in 1939. According to Brownstoner, the building is in mid-gut as part of a condo conversion. The 1,746-seat house of the theatre was back along Meserole Street. Like many movie…
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Domino Sells
DUMBO-based Two Trees has closed their deal for the Domino sugar refinery site, for what appears to be $185 million ($20 million more than the price that Two Trees supposedly went into the negotiations at). According to the Times, the price increase came after co-owner Isaac Katan made an offer with developers Chetrit Group and…