Looks great, and ahead of schedule, I think. (But not sure if this opening includes the soccer field, which was the major focus of the renovations.)
McCarren Park Track Reopens
335 Grand Street
I’ve always been curious about 335 Grand Street – one of the buildings involved in a partial collapse that I linked to earlier today. It’s design is – odd. Clearly Italianate in design, but the unibrow swag lintels are unique, and the relationship of the lintels to the undersized windows is awkward at best.
Looking at the 1940s tax photo, it does appear that something changed on the facade. The brickwork at the front appears to be toothed in, and the windows have a brick enframement, all of which may be an indication of alterations.
335 Grand Street
(NYC Municipal Archives)
Mother Carrying Baby in Stroller Dies After Falling Down Subway Stairs
Only about a quarter of the subway system’s 472 stations have elevators, and the ones that exist are often plagued by malfunctions.
“Plagued by malfunctions” is an understatement. Another reason why the greatest transit system in the world isn’t.
Partial Wall Collapse Leads to Evacuations in 3 Buildings in Brooklyn
Wall collapse between 331 and 335 Grand Street (Havemeyer and Marcy), leads to evacuation of three buildings. It sounds as though the party wall failed or was compromised between 331 (a three-story building dating to the 1830s or 1840s) and 335 (a four-story building dating to the 1850s).
Green Roofs to Be Installed at Broadway Stages
1.4 acres of new green roofs coming to Greenpoint/East Williamsburg – an expansion of what was started at Kingsland Wildflowers.
Retail Vacancies Abound near the Bedford Avenue L Stop
Does “L-mageddon already has a prime span of Williamsburg’s Bedford Avenue in its grip”?
A lot of the examples shown around Bedford and North 7th have been vacant or under-rented for ages. Add to this the long-standing shittyness of this stretch of Bedford and the insanely high rents, and I’m a bit skeptical that this is all about the L train. But it sure doesn’t help.
(Special bonus for long-time Northside denizens – a cameo appearance by Kenn Firpo!)
Six-Story Building Coming to Williamsburg’s Grand Street
This building probably dates to 1850 or so. It is in remarkably good shape, given its age and location. Drip, drip.
DOT Recommendations for North Brooklyn Streets Face Community Opposition
These seem like pretty basic solutions to pretty basic problems. But I am curious – after years of agitating for a comprehensive, district-wide transportation study, is this all there is? All our problems are solved??
Domino Sugar Refinery
Domino Sugar Refinery, 1905
In 2006, Williamsburg Greenpoint Preservation Association did a very in-depth report on the history and architecture of the Domino Sugar Refinery, parts of which were incorporated into the Landmarks designation report for the Processing House and into the very detailed and comprehensive report that was prepared for the Historic American Engineering Record. Novelty Theater has recently updated the 2006 WGPA report with new information and has collected a host of images, historical and more recent.