There’s an impending gallery opening to report in Gowanus. It’s the Bond Street Gallery, a photo gallery that will be opening at Bond and Union. Word was passed along by Dalton Rooney who produces the excellent photoblog seriously excited!, whose work we often link on Saturdays. In any case, the gallery is work of photographer […]

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It’s either just another one of those development delays that are common or another piece of evidence that some planned buildings may not be built, but there’s has been a suspicious lack of activity at the site of the second Oro condo highrise off Flatbush Avenue. The hole remains a bit hole.–Brownstoner

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Here’s an interesting vid that was just posted on YouTube that we found thanks to Kinetic Carnival. The person that posted it writes: “Using a silent home movie camera in 1978 I filmed scenes around Norman Kaufman’s Steeplechase Park in Coney Island. I had worked on the Go-Kart ride (which is why that ride is […]

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[Holga photo courtesy of semarr/flickr] Visual: Gowanus Buff [Blue Jake] Gowanus [Joe’s NYC] Neighbor [Park Slope Street Photography] Dumbo Scaffold [Frank Lynch/flickr] The Famous Burg Con Men Sign [Fading Ad Blog] Greenpoint Santa & Sombrero [New York Shitty] Hotel St. George [Josh Derr/flickr via Brooklyn Heights Blog] Remainders [Lex’s Folly] Very Red Parachute Jump, Very […]

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The dispute between the buyer of a loft at the Toy Factory Lofts and the developers is an interesting. A buyer is suing because he claims the building leaks water and he’ll be losing his view to an Avalon Bay tower. The developer had offered to buy the unit back at cost, plus expenses, but […]

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It’s not a Street Sofa, but a street chair and this image from Miss Heather presents quite a number of interesting elements. Our particular favorite is the bottle of Zywiec beer beside it.

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Haven’t read a nice, long feature story on the Exxon-Mobil Oil Spill in Greenpoint recently? Want a refresher on the “55-acre plume of oil floating on top of groundwater 30-40 feet underground” and how people “have been living with the spill for more than 50 years, enduring vapors seeping into some basements and wafting through […]

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[Image courtesy of Deborah Matlack/Matlack Photography]

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There’s still the chance of a shower today, with a mix of sun and clouds. It could also be breezy, with some strong gusts possible. The high will be 45, but it will feel like 35. Tonight will be partly cloudy and chilly, with a low of 29 that will feel like 15. Tomorrow is […]

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