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Entries from October 2006

Atlantic Yards: The Art Show (AKA "Footprints")

October 4th, 2006 · Comments Off on Atlantic Yards: The Art Show (AKA "Footprints")

The controversy swirling around the Atlantic Yards proposal, and the dramatic impact that it would have on the surrounding community and its residents has spawned an art show called “Footprints: Portraits: of a Brooklyn Neighborhood.” The new group show includes paintings, photos, drawings, videos, and collages and features some of those living in buildings and […]

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Brooklinks: Wednesday in the Middle Edition

October 4th, 2006 · Comments Off on Brooklinks: Wednesday in the Middle Edition

Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related articles, blog items and images. Brooklyn Images and Thoughts [The Built Environment] Atlantic Yards Flyer Touts 137.5 Affordable Units a Year (and Shows Tall-ish Buildings) [AYR] Red Hook School Kids Help Causes With Bake Sales [AP/WNBC] Jihadi Kitty [newyorkshitty] The Effects of Dog Piss on Iron Gates [Brooklyn […]

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Feral Cat Fundraiser in Park Slope

October 4th, 2006 · Comments Off on Feral Cat Fundraiser in Park Slope

Here’s a chance to get some good animal karma by helping Park Slope’s feral cats. (That’s right, we said Park Slope’s feral cats. Check out an earlier post on Slope Street Cats if this doesn’t ring a bell.) In any case, Slope Street Cats emailed us to say they’re having a wine and chocolate tasting […]

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New Episode of The Burg: Chemistry

October 4th, 2006 · Comments Off on New Episode of The Burg: Chemistry

The new sixth episode of the internet TV series, The Burg, is up. We hadn’t noticed it, so we thank the excellent blog Polis, produced by the New York Times’ Lisa Chamberlain, for bringing it to our attention. Episode 6 is called “Chemistry,” and Polis calls it a “must see” and “hilarious.” Check it out […]

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Renderings of Two New Fourth Avenue Buildings

October 3rd, 2006 · 1 Comment

Among many other things, this week’s Brooklyn Papers offers a look at renderings of two new buildings planned for booming Fourth Avenue, the unofficial DMZ between Park Slope and Gowanus, over which there are frequent incursions. First, on the right, is a 12-story condo highrise that Ariella Cohen writes is going up at Fourth Avenue […]

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Brooklinks: Tuesday Internal Combustion and Critters Edition

October 3rd, 2006 · Comments Off on Brooklinks: Tuesday Internal Combustion and Critters Edition

Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related news stories, blog items and images. Internal Combustion Related: Park Slope’s Honda Civic Theft Problem [Park Slope Courier] Is Fresh Direct Destroying the World? [Daily Slope] Repaving Fourth Avenue [Sunset Parker] Curb Cutting Spreads in Carroll Gardens [Brownstoner] Critters: Man Versus Squirrel in Brooklyn [NYT] More Dogs in […]

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Student Take Number Two: The Gowanus is "Nasty"

October 3rd, 2006 · Comments Off on Student Take Number Two: The Gowanus is "Nasty"

We stumbled on a blog written last year by students at the New York Harbor School in Bushwick about the Gowanus Canal. If you have an interest in the Big G, it’s worth checking out, especially in light of discussions about whether Atlantic Yards will make a bad situation worse. Here’s part of an entry […]

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Student Take Number One: "The Gowanus Problem"

October 3rd, 2006 · Comments Off on Student Take Number One: "The Gowanus Problem"

We’ve written a bit about water quality issues associated with the Gowanus Canal, especially the last few days as some light has been shined under the rock of the Atlantic Yards Draft Environmental Impact Statement. As it turns out, the DEIS is (pardon us for saying this) full of shit when it comes to the […]

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Ikea to Red Hook Critics: Go Ektorp Yourselves

October 2nd, 2006 · 1 Comment

Apparently, Swedish retailer Ikea–which is building a huge new store on the Red Hook waterfront–is not impressed with pleas that it save a graving dock on its property rather than turn it into part of its parking lot. The retailer has been steadfast in sticking with its plans and has rejected alternate proposals to build […]

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The Domino Plant’s Big Weekend

October 2nd, 2006 · Comments Off on The Domino Plant’s Big Weekend

This weekend, everyone seemed to notice the old Domino Sugar plant on the Williamsburg waterfront and the coming battle over the future of the site. We’ve written a bit about it both here and over at Curbed, and in fact, had just posted a little vid (click on the embed or on this link) with […]

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Brooklinks: Monday Here We Go Again Edition

October 2nd, 2006 · Comments Off on Brooklinks: Monday Here We Go Again Edition

Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related news stories, blog items and images. Smith Street Hostage Advice: “Just run like hell” [NYDN] Mariners Fight Hard to Keep Foothold in Red Hook [Carroll Gardens Courier] Passing of a Sunset Park Stalwart [Sunset Parker] Did That Really Happen on Smith Street? [z. madison] Dog Pee Issues [Brownstoner] […]

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Gowanus Crapgate Update: Riverkeeper Weighs In

October 2nd, 2006 · Comments Off on Gowanus Crapgate Update: Riverkeeper Weighs In

On Friday, we related some of the testimony about the impact that Atlantic Yards would have on water quality in the long-suffering Gowanus Canal and on deep flaws in the Atlantic Yards Draft Environmental Impact Statement in this regard. Today, we’re passing along another installment in Crapgate. Riverkeeper, the environmental group that keeps an eye […]

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New Union Street Eatery: Palo Santo

October 2nd, 2006 · Comments Off on New Union Street Eatery: Palo Santo

A new restaurant called Palo Santo has opened on Union Street between Fourth and Fifth Avenues. Its website is up, though no menu is posted yet. It describes itself as “eclectic Latin cuisine” and takes its name from an evergreen tree. The following opinion was offered over at the Park Slope Forum: We ate dinner […]

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Brooklinks: Sunday First Day of October Edition

October 1st, 2006 · Comments Off on Brooklinks: Sunday First Day of October Edition

Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related articles, blog items and images. Maniac on Smith Street: Man Killed by Police After Holding Two Hostage [NYT] Hostage Rescue Cop Kills Maniac [NYPost] Cops Kill Man in Brooklyn Hostage Showdown [Newsday] The Domino Sugar Site Fight: Where Sugar Once Ruled, A Fight Over the Future [NYT] Bittersweet […]

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Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour, Part II: Big Blue Car

October 1st, 2006 · Comments Off on Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour, Part II: Big Blue Car

Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: Photoshop + Kinkos

October 1st, 2006 · Comments Off on Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: Photoshop + Kinkos

Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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Berlin Pics: Because They’re Cool and a Little Brooklyn

October 1st, 2006 · 1 Comment

This flickr photoset of Berlin shots was posted by soupflowers, who also shoots rocking pics of Brooklyn. (If you haven’t see them, check out her Red Hook set.) In any case, this Berlin set is especially interesting because Berlin is one of the graffiti and street art capitals of the universe. Also, we have a […]

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