Tag: rezoning
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Judge Grants Injunction on Broadway Triangle
State Supreme Court Judge Emily Goodman has granted a preliminary injunction that bars the City from moving forward with the development of affordable housing in the Broadway Triangle area. The suit, brought by the NY Civil Liberties Union, Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A, Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady and the Broadway Triangle Community Coalition, alleges…
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What IS Con Ed Up To On River Street?
Con Ed’s River Street site, partially demolished Photo: Sharese Ann Frederick on flickr I’ve mentioned this in passing before, but Con Ed is doing some serious demolition at its River Street facilities. The two-block site used to house a series of storage tanks, but over the past few months, the tanks have been slowly coming…
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Did the City Miscalculate Value of Bushwick Inlet Park?
Short answer – yes. Yolane Almanzar of the fledgling New York World has a very thorough rundown of why Williamsburg and Greenpoint may never see a park at Bushwick Inlet. The article is mostly about how grossly the city underestimated the value of the properties – by an order of magnitude, as it turns out.…
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Western Carpet Warehouse Sells for $27.5 Million
http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2011/11/williamsburg-warehouse-sells-for-27-5-million/
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Tower Day #2: Klein May Move Forward in Greenpoint
Greenpoint Waterfront: The Future (Rendering by City Planning) More tower news (it’s Greenpoint’s turn)! Matt Chaban in the Observer has a piece on the imminent launch of phase one (at least) of the 10-tower project at the very north end of the Greenpoint waterfront. The project would be completely as of right, thanks to the…
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North Brooklynites Demand Promised Parks
http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=31&id=46856
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Douglaston to Develop Third Toll Tower
The Wall Street Journal (via Brownstoner) reports that Douglaston Development, the developer of the Edge condos, has bought a vacant tower site next door at Toll Brother’s Northside Piers development. Douglaston plans to erect a 40-story luxury rental on the site. Both Douglaston and Toll have sites for third towers on their properties – Douglaston…
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Lentol on Bushwick Inlet Park
http://www.wpix.com/videobeta/4ffbc99a-560a-47a3-af59-aa82bb4f369b/News/NYC-Bails-On-ParkNews/NYC-Bails-On-Park