The various development wars raging in Brooklyn–so often left to the diligent efforts of Brooklyn bloggers–are clearly breaking through to Manhattan-based media. First, we had Time Out New York‘s War for Brooklyn cover package. Now, we have the Village Voice’s Bouncing on Brooklyn cover story, which is anything but a love note to developer Bruce […]

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Brooklinks is a daily roundup of Brooklyn-related articles, blog items and images. Oh, the Heat: More Manhole Fires and Power Outages in Sunset Park [Sunset Parker] Exploding Manholes on Fifth Ave in Park Slope [Blog NYC via Gothamist] Summer Heatwave Photoblogging [Daily Gotham] City Dims Lights as Heat Strains Grid [NYT] The Mayor Wants to […]

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Woody Guthrie fans know the iconic folk singer adopted Coney Island as his home, but those who only know him as the writer of “This Land is Your Land,” might not realize he made his home on Mermaid Avenue. (A fact memorialized in the Billy Bragg & Wilco “Mermaid Avenue” and “Mermaid Avenue II” CDs […]

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NY ACORN‘s Bertha Lewis, who became one of Atlantic Yards’ loudest defenders after her group signed a “community benefits agreement” with the developer, and Municipal Arts Society Director Kent Barwick, whose organization has gotten a bit louder in its criticism, don’t quite go toe-to-toe on Atlantic Yards in the new City Limits. But their pro […]

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We posted an item yesterday about our negative feelings about the big corporate shows at McCarren Pool. The nature of the media conglomerate that is producing the shows and the sweetheart deal the Parks Department gave them–which produces almost no revenue for the city or McCarren Park–isn’t the only problem with them. We hate to […]

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Heat does weird things to people, especially when we have to worry about whether or not Con Ed is up to the task. In our case, it causes flights of fancy about what McCarren Pool would be like with water. Given that we never saw it as a real pool, we’re a little fascinated by […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related news stories, blog items and images. Since you can never have too many photos of snow when it’s 100 out, the photo above is from Park Slope on February 12 during the blizzard of ’06. Our Favorite Pool without Water: Bloc Party at McCarren Pool [Brooklyn Record] The […]

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It’s hot as hell. So, for what it’s worth, here’s a re-run of our guide to the location of city pools in Brooklyn, given that attention spans (including our own) are short and no one will look for the versio we ran during the last heat wave. While the Astoria Pool in Queens in probably […]

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