….Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas suggested yesterday that Democrats may actually want another terrorist attack because rebuilding [NYC] would create jobs.
‘You’ve got subways, tunnels, bridges all subject to terrorism. And unless they’re trying to create a new jobs bill by allowing terrorism back in New York then this is insane. And even that would be insane.’
As Benen says, “the guy has ‘future member of the House Republican leadership’ written all over him”.
John Gruber (of Daring Fireball fame) has started a new log to track who is (and isn’t) afraid of terrorists.
(You can add David Paterson to the wrong-side-of-history list.)
And still 100% ugly. Just goes to show that location is still a fundamental.
Hevemeyer Street, November 14
349 Metropolitan: Foreclosed and Blighted
349 Metropolitan Avenue started out pretty ugly, and it was clear from the outset that the craftsmanship left something to be desired. But now that it’s had a few month to stew in its foreclosure, the project is really detracting from the neighborhood.
Tourist Season
Saturday may have been a dreary day, but it was a perfect day for shopping on Bedford Avenue. This group came all the way from Canada by motor coach to shop in our little hipster paradise. The grown ups were in the vintage shop across the street.
Because new condos are so scarce in Williamsburg?
In some cases, scarcity, or even the perception of scarcity, can spark bidding wars. At the Rialto, a new 31-unit condo in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, sales started 14 months ago. The building had its first bidding war in August, when there were only seven units left; two more bidding wars followed in October.
Good. When he’s convicted, maybe we can make a nice little prison for him overlooking ground zero.
Image: Pfizer
Pfizer, the anchor tenant (but not a party to) the redevelopment project that led to Kelo v. New London and the expansion of government powers of eminent domain, is bailing out of New London. That the company took New London’s tax incentives and now is leaving the Connecticut city high and dry should come as no surprise to Brooklynites.
Pfizer announced last year that it was closing its Brooklyn operations – where the company was founded 160 years ago. This despite the fact that the company had accepted $46 million in tax breaks from the City to bring jobs to New York.
And just to show how classy they are, on its way out of Brooklyn Pfizer demolished the red brick building that had served as its first laboratory, office, factory and warehouse (pictured above).
