Category: Upcoming
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Recycling New York’s Past
Wednesday evening, I’ll be introducing a panel discussion at MAS on the reuse of industrial buildings in NYC (for industrial purposes and otherwise). The panel should be very interesting (even if the introduction is not).
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Tickets Still Available for Sept 14th Tour of Newtown Creek
From Newtown Creek Alliance: NEWTOWN CREEK CRUISE SEPTEMBER 14, 2008 A three-hour cruise exploring one of New York Harbors most historic waterways. Come aboard for an intense Newtown Creek exploration! Our comfortable charter boat will travel the length of Newtown Creek. We will also cover English Kills. The Greenpoint Avenue Bridge and Metropolitan Avenue Bridge…
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Red Shed Community Garden Summer Blowout
Via Williamsburg is Dead, word of a great party for a great community garden.
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Greenpoint/Williamsburg Waterfront: Emerging Development
This Friday, the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects is holding a panel discussion on the Greenpoint/Williamsburg waterfront rezoning. In addition to the star-studded line up of speakers below, the panel includes Howard Slatkin of City Planning and a representative of the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance. The Greenpoint/ Williamsburg Waterfront: Emerging Development Friday,…
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475 Kent Lives – Opening Reception
The artists formerly living at 475 Kent Avenue have organized a group exhibition at the Bulova Corporate Center, part of the Queens Museum of Art. The exhibit opened on Wednesday, but the opening reception is tonight. From the QMA monthly calendar: On a cold January evening, residents of 475 Kent Avenue, artist lofts and studios…
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Water Taxi Update
Obviously, a lot of daily commuters on the water taxi are not happy about its impending suspension of service. A group of riders has started to organize to try to get some restoration of service before 1 May 2008 (NYWT’s announced date). Tomorrow (Saturday) morning at 11:00 am there will be a meeting at the…
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District 14 School Workshops
Seems that we are on a school kick lately. We received the following regarding a kickoff meeting for a series of workshops on local schools: The District 14 Community Education Council (CEC) and the Education Committee of Community Board #1 are planning to initiate a series of roundtable workshops to evaluate and support the needs…
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The Mayor Is Coming
Mayor Bloomberg and his Commissioners are holding a town hall meeting in Greenpoint this coming Thursday, 4 October, at 7:00 PM. The meeting will include an opportunity to ask the Mayor questions about issues affecting Greenpoint, and hopefully to get some answers. This is a once-in-an-administration opportunity for the community to get its key issues…
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8 Sept: City Reliquary “Tribute to Our City”
The always fun and informative City Reliquary is sponsoring its 4th annual Tribute to Our City this weekend. From Reliquary President Dave Herman: Ladies and Gentlemen, The City Reliquary Museum invites you to… The 4th Annual Tribue to Our City This Saturday September 8th, 2007 12-6PM on Havemeyer Street between Grand & Hope Sts. A…
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It Is Illegal to Get This High
144 North 8th Street (aka The Finger Building) Photo: A Test of Will Remember all those buildings that were grandfathered under the old zoning – it turns out that they only had 2 years to complete work, after which time their DOB permits expired. That two years was up in May, 2007. And because the…