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Entries from March 2007

Gowanus #1: Water Quality Meeting Tonight

March 6th, 2007 · Comments Off on Gowanus #1: Water Quality Meeting Tonight

The Gowanus Canal Conservancy, which was formed last year to advocate on behalf of cleaning up the canal and promoting recreational and other uses, is holding another meeting tonight (3/6) on the subject of water quality in our favorite canal. The session runs from 6:30-9:00 PM and will look at some of the causes of […]

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Want to Work with Fish? Coney Aquarium Looking for Director

March 6th, 2007 · Comments Off on Want to Work with Fish? Coney Aquarium Looking for Director

Like fish? This could be your chance. The New York Aquarium is looking for a new director. This comes from a “Hot Jobs” item in Crain’s: WANTED: DirectorORGANIZATION: New York Aquarium JOB DESCRIPTION: Guiding day-to-day fiscal and administrative operations MOST IMPORTANT TASK: Attracting and engaging visitors CREDENTIALS NEEDED: Senior-level management experience in a science or […]

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Ikea Goes Splasher on Red Hook Street Art

March 5th, 2007 · 9 Comments

Ikea and the Splasher have something in common: Neither one likes street art very much. Whereas one wanders the streets and splatters street art with aqua, purple and white paint, the big Swedish multinational dispatches its workers with rollers and blue paint. The supremely ugly and monstrously long blue construction fence Ikea has put up […]

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Thrift Store Shortage In Sunset Park & Brooklyn?

March 5th, 2007 · Comments Off on Thrift Store Shortage In Sunset Park & Brooklyn?

There’s always a lot going on in Sunset Park, but one thing we weren’t aware of, until we got an email from a reader is the diminishing number of thrift stores in the neighborhood. At one time, there were a half-dozen in or near the neighborhood. Soon, there will only be one, and that one–a […]

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Revere Demolition Porn: Money Shots Video

March 5th, 2007 · Comments Off on Revere Demolition Porn: Money Shots Video

The iconic Revere Dome that once defined the Red Hook skyline is in its final days at the hands of demolition crews working for developer Joe Sitt and Thor Equities. This was the scene on Saturday as workers hacked away at the cylinder, filling dumpsters with cut metal almost faster than they could drive them […]

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Revere Demolition Porn: Money Shots (Photos)

March 5th, 2007 · Comments Off on Revere Demolition Porn: Money Shots (Photos)

The end draws very, very near for the Revere Sugar Dome. Crews were hard at work this weekend tearing down the cylinder. The sounds of crashing metal as huge chunks came down could be heard up to two block away. Check out a small flickr album of shots, if you wish.

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Coney’s "Steeplechase Plaza" Moving Forward

March 5th, 2007 · Comments Off on Coney’s "Steeplechase Plaza" Moving Forward

The city’s Steeplechase Plaza development, which would extend from Keyspan Park in Coney Island to the Boardwalk, encompassing the area around the Parachute Jump, appears to be taking a baby step forward. The city’s Economic Development Corp. is asking for “Requests for Qualifications” for an architectural team to do design on the project. Documents are […]

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This Red Hook Sinkage is Caused by Worms

March 5th, 2007 · 1 Comment

In case you missed it, on Friday, Amy’s New York Notebook ran an item about sinkage of land in Red Hook that was accompanied by this photo clearly showing something collapsing into the water over time. We ran the photo along with Amy’s post and the Brooklyn Record’s take on it on Saturday. Well, Carolina […]

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GL’s Construction Site Du Jour: 510 Driggs

March 5th, 2007 · Comments Off on GL’s Construction Site Du Jour: 510 Driggs

This is 510 Driggs Avenue, also known as 187 N. 8th Street. It’s the former home of Wonder Foods. (If you know the neighborhood, you might remember the other unremarkable old building because of its wall murals.) In any case, the site will be home to a six-story condo with 49 units. We’re featuring it […]

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Brooklinks: Monday Reflections Edition

March 5th, 2007 · Comments Off on Brooklinks: Monday Reflections Edition

Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Would Robert Moses Like Atlantic Yards? [AYR] So-Called Useless Space [Brooklyn Views] Dumbo Improvement District 2007 Initiatives [Dumbo NYC] How to Ruin a Neighborhood: One-Way Streets [I’m Seeing Green] Williamsburg’s Purple Truck Condo [Gothamist] Rocking Purim in Carroll Gardens [Englishman in New York] The Future […]

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Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: New in Red Hook

March 5th, 2007 · Comments Off on Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: New in Red Hook

Beard Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn

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Hey, We Know That Truck

March 4th, 2007 · Comments Off on Hey, We Know That Truck

We’ve seen and taken plenty of photos of this truck on the street in Williamsburg, never knowing that people were living in it. At least, until today’s story in the daily news. It’s been parked in the new parking lot at N. 12th and Bedford since it opened last month. Here’s some of the Daily […]

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Disconnected in Brooklyn on Craigslist: About Your Moron Hoodie

March 4th, 2007 · Comments Off on Disconnected in Brooklyn on Craigslist: About Your Moron Hoodie

It’s Sunday and that means it’s time for our weekly voyage into the pathos and comedy of Craigslist Missed Connections. As this weeks choice, we bring you: 7:30pm/g-train/i was wearing flannel you had a moron hoodie – 25 …you were wearing a maroon hoodie and banged up brown boots that I wanted to see up […]

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Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour, Part II: Old Signage

March 4th, 2007 · Comments Off on Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour, Part II: Old Signage

Coney Island, Brooklyn

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Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: One Way Sneakers

March 4th, 2007 · Comments Off on Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: One Way Sneakers

Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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Brooklinks: Sunday Not Gentrified Edition

March 4th, 2007 · Comments Off on Brooklinks: Sunday Not Gentrified Edition

Brooklinks is a selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Images: We Must Call It One Hanson. Sure. [Frank Lynch/flickr] Wall [lornagrl/flickr] Red Hook Demolition [Really Not Worth Archiving] Highway with Overpass [seriously excited!] Beautiful Gowanus @ Smith & 9th [f.trainer/flickr] Words: Engine 212 Update [WPA] Eberhard Pencil Factory, Isaac Katan and Greenpoint Magic [jUSTINYC] Updating […]

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GL Brooklyn Sunday TV: Some Williamsburg Vids

March 4th, 2007 · Comments Off on GL Brooklyn Sunday TV: Some Williamsburg Vids

A half-dozen Williamsburg-related vids from the YouTube for your Sunday viewing pleasure. Click on the embedded player below or on this link.

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Coney Island Circa 2002

March 4th, 2007 · Comments Off on Coney Island Circa 2002

We run this photo because in looking at the large number of Coney pics we’ve shot in recent years, we found this one with the coaster called the Jumbo Jet appearing in the right corner beyond the eateries in the foreground. The Jumbo Jet ceased operation in 2002 and is said to be residing in […]

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GL’s Weekend Curbed Roundup

March 4th, 2007 · Comments Off on GL’s Weekend Curbed Roundup

As regular readers know–and we thank you for reading–we also post over at Curbed from Monday through Friday. Here is some of this week’s Brooklyn output in that part of the world: New Williamsburg Condo Almost Finished, Trucks Included (above) The Splasher Goes Mainstream New Karl Fischer Williamsburg Building Popping Up Spreadsheet Time: Atlantic Yards […]

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Interesting Pier Ideas: Perfect for Brooklyn?

March 3rd, 2007 · Comments Off on Interesting Pier Ideas: Perfect for Brooklyn?

With a possible new pier having been mentioned in terms of Coney Island’s future and Brooklyn being prime pier territory with all its waterfront space, we found this post on “The Piers of the Future” very interesting. It’s on The Cool Hunter, very interesting. You can see the visual above. Cool Hunter writes: Piers are […]

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Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour, Part II: Williamsburg by Car

March 3rd, 2007 · Comments Off on Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour, Part II: Williamsburg by Car

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Checking in with the Toll Brothers & Toxics in Gowanus

March 3rd, 2007 · 2 Comments

There are so many things that jump out at you in Gabby Warshawer’s article about Gowanus in the new Real Deal that it’s hard to know where to start. Should it be the declaration by a Toll Brothers exec that he’s confident their property will be rezoned before the overall plan for and rezoning of […]

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The Last Days of Coney Island…(as we know it) Flickr Group

March 3rd, 2007 · Comments Off on The Last Days of Coney Island…(as we know it) Flickr Group

[Photo courtesy of tryred62/flickr]There’s a flickr photogroup that we just came across (that we should have encountered before) called The Last Days of Coney Island…(as we know it). It been there for a bit and has about 30 members and 300 photos, many of them very cool. You can click over to the group or […]

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Saturday Video Fun: Coney ’40s Parody

March 3rd, 2007 · Comments Off on Saturday Video Fun: Coney ’40s Parody

We found this fun video on YouTube. It’s produced like a 1940s film real about Coney Island. Check out the narration in particular. Absolutely worth watching.

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Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: Williamsburg on Foot

March 3rd, 2007 · Comments Off on Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: Williamsburg on Foot

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