Gowanus Lounge: Serving Brooklyn

Entries from November 2006

Brooklinks: Monday Back to Work Edition

November 27th, 2006 · Comments Off on Brooklinks: Monday Back to Work Edition

Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related news and images. Learning from DC’s Verizon Center [Brooklyn Views] Gehry Working on Plans for 3 Additional Towers Over Atlantic Center [AYR] Huge Sunset Park Real Estate Deal [Sunset Parker] Brooklyn Heights Kid Among Those Addicted to Internet [B. Heights Blog] Zoe Store Now Open in Dumbo [Dumbo […]

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Gowanus Back in the Day

November 27th, 2006 · Comments Off on Gowanus Back in the Day

We found this image thanks to Dan at GerritsenBeach.Net who emailed it to say that it might be of interest to GL readers. (The Gerritsen Beach Net blog is excellent and covers a part of our borough that doesn’t get a lot of attention. It’s on our daily must read list.) Well, we hope so, […]

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Terse Fourth Ave. Development Commentary

November 27th, 2006 · Comments Off on Terse Fourth Ave. Development Commentary

We found the graffiti below scrawled on a site where a new 12-story building is rising at Carroll Street and Fourth Avenue. It is quite succinct. For a more verbose overview of development along one of Brooklyn’s hottest corridors for new construction you can click here.

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Disconnected in Brooklyn on Craigslist

November 26th, 2006 · Comments Off on Disconnected in Brooklyn on Craigslist

On the weekend, we turn our attention to the Missed Connections section of Craiglist. Where else can one find so much sadness, comedy, longing and karma or lack thereof in one place and in so few words? This week, naturally, we turn to a Thanksgiving-related missed connection, which means that it is grocery-related, but don’t […]

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Brooklinks: Sunday Weekend Winding Down Edition

November 26th, 2006 · Comments Off on Brooklinks: Sunday Weekend Winding Down Edition

Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related news and images. Photos: Solo Window [Lex’s Folly] Ninth St. Donuts [Park Slope Street Photography] The Watcher [atomische] No Words_Daily Pix [Hugh Crawford/OTBKB] Nice Day in Gerritsen Beach [GerritsenBeach.Net] Words: Can East New Yorkers Afford Their New Food Coop? [NYT] Markowitz Continues Avoiding Atlantic Yards [AYR] Pacific Condos […]

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Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour, Part II: I Love You Callie

November 26th, 2006 · Comments Off on Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour, Part II: I Love You Callie

Gowanus, Brooklyn

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Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: Finger with Pigeons

November 26th, 2006 · Comments Off on Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: Finger with Pigeons

Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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Interesting Brooklyn Videos: Downtown Brooklyn & Park Slope History

November 26th, 2006 · Comments Off on Interesting Brooklyn Videos: Downtown Brooklyn & Park Slope History

Here are a couple of video excerpts we found posted on youtube of walking tours on the history of Downtown Brooklyn and Park Slope.

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Ratner Security Tries to Stop Council of Brooklyn Neighborhoods Protest

November 25th, 2006 · Comments Off on Ratner Security Tries to Stop Council of Brooklyn Neighborhoods Protest

The Council of Brooklyn Neighborhoods‘ light hearted Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Gridlock! Black Friday traffic demonstration at Atlantic and Flatbush Avenue attracted several Atlantic Center/Atlantic Terminal Mall security guards who tried to stop the protesters, even though they were on a public sidewalk and obeying the law. We know this thanks to Atlantic Yards Report […]

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Paddling Ye Olde Gowanus

November 25th, 2006 · Comments Off on Paddling Ye Olde Gowanus

We came upon a superb blog item about paddling on the Gowanus that is quite lengthy and is jammed with information and observations about our favorite body of water. It’s an item called “Drifting Through Brooklyn” from Sitebits. We’ll excerpt a couple of passages to give a sense of it: It’s lined by crumbling warehouses, […]

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Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: Black Friday Sunset in Coney Island

November 25th, 2006 · Comments Off on Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: Black Friday Sunset in Coney Island

Coney Island, BrooklynNovember 24, 2006

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Brooklinks: Saturday Very Visual Edition

November 25th, 2006 · Comments Off on Brooklinks: Saturday Very Visual Edition

Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related news and, especially on weekends, images. Photos: Mean Machine [A Test of Will] Past and Present [Park Slope Street Photography] Sunset Park Gem [Sunset Parker] Composition with Two Trees on Nevins [seriously excited!] Season’s Greetings from Greenpoint [jUSTINYC] Dispersions of Light [Dumbo NYC] Slices of Life [Brooklyn Heights […]

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Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: East River State Park at Sunset

November 25th, 2006 · Comments Off on Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: East River State Park at Sunset

Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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Gowanus Lounge Weekend Curbed Wrapup

November 25th, 2006 · Comments Off on Gowanus Lounge Weekend Curbed Wrapup

As you know, we post over at Curbed from Monday through Friday (or on this Thanksgiving Week, from Monday through Wednesday). Here’s a sample of our postings there this week: “Seven Berry” Coming Up in Williamsburg (above) Measuring the Neighborhood Grocery Gap Again Styrofoam Condos in Brooklyn Lawsuit Filed to Save Red Hook Graving Dock […]

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Lawyers Offended by "Brooklyn-Style Pizza"

November 24th, 2006 · 1 Comment

You find the darndest things sometimes. Like a discussion of whether “the law can place any restrictions on how corporate America adopts and exploits local gastronomic traditions and culture.” AKA the offensive case of the “Brooklyn-Style Pizza” being marketed around America by Domino’s. The discussion appears on findlaw.com in an intelligent and very legally-titled article […]

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Black Friday Alternative to Consumerism Suggestion

November 24th, 2006 · Comments Off on Black Friday Alternative to Consumerism Suggestion

So, with the holiday shopping rush officially underway as of today (GL’s goal is to do almost everything online) and a sad reminder about pet stores earlier this week, we thought this would be a good time to pitch for a worthy cause: Adopting a pet from a shelter or contributing to one as someone’s […]

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Brooklinks: Friday Go Forth and Shop Edition

November 24th, 2006 · Comments Off on Brooklinks: Friday Go Forth and Shop Edition

Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related news and images. Black Friday Survival Strategy [NYDN] Food Coma [Dope on the Slope] Ratner Had Designs on Atlantic Yards as Early as ’93 [No Land Grab] Goof Could Stall Atlantic Yards [NYPost] Atlantic Yards Report Digest [No Land Grab] South Brooklyn Raccoon Invasion [Brooklyn Papers] Better Late […]

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Brookvid: The Greenpoint Terminal Market: Before & After

November 24th, 2006 · Comments Off on Brookvid: The Greenpoint Terminal Market: Before & After

Here’s a new Brookvid put together from a visit to the site of the Greenpoint Terminal Market, which you might remember burned to the ground in a conflagration that is alleged to have been accidentally started by a local drunk scavanging copper wire. You can watch by clicking over to you youtube via this link […]

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Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour, Part II: Former Bauplatz/Butcher Shop

November 24th, 2006 · Comments Off on Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour, Part II: Former Bauplatz/Butcher Shop

Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: Wall Flower

November 24th, 2006 · Comments Off on Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: Wall Flower

Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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Brooklinks: Thursday Happy Thanksgiving Edition

November 23rd, 2006 · Comments Off on Brooklinks: Thursday Happy Thanksgiving Edition

Words: Gobble Gobble [Z. Madison] Mrs. Kravitz is Not Doing Thanksgiving [OTBKB] Thanksgiving Magic: Shiny, Happy N Trains Holding Hands [Bag of Rocks] Happy Thanksgiving [Bay Ridge Blog] Thanksgiving Cornucopia of Ingratitude [NYDN] Thanksgiving Weekend Guide [Newyorkology] Museum Holiday Hours [Gothamist] Images: Bush and Trees [shveckle/flickr] The Straight Path [Test of Will] Very Ugly Bird […]

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Wollman Rink Skating Open for Season

November 23rd, 2006 · Comments Off on Wollman Rink Skating Open for Season

You know it’s the holidays and winter in Brooklyn when the Wollman Rink in Prospect Park opens for business. Well, today is the day. The Wollman is offically open for the winter ice skating season (although in practical terms, the day may be tomorrow). The schedule is: Monday 8:30AM-2PM, Tuesday 8:30AM-5PM, Wednesday 8:30AM-3PM, Thursday 8:30AM-6PM, […]

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Brooklyn Thanksgiving Vegetarian Options

November 23rd, 2006 · Comments Off on Brooklyn Thanksgiving Vegetarian Options

Thanksgiving is not a day for vegetarians (and certainly not for turkeys), so in the interest of information sharing (not that you need us if you’re going meat-free), we’re putting down a couple of thoughts. There is the do-it-yourself vegetarian Thanksgiving dinner (with or without the interesting Tofurky) option and there are some interesting recipes […]

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Catching Up with the Council of Brooklyn Neighborhoods

November 23rd, 2006 · Comments Off on Catching Up with the Council of Brooklyn Neighborhoods

What better day than Thanksgiving to check in on the Council of Brooklyn Neighborhoods, the organization chosen by the state and city to coordinate community response to the Atlantic Yards Draft Environmental Impact Statement? The group will be hosting a Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Gridlock! event tomorrow (11/24) to mark Black Friday at the always-fun […]

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Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: Reflection, Prospect Park

November 23rd, 2006 · Comments Off on Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: Reflection, Prospect Park

Prospect Park, Brooklyn

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