We found this on Bayard Street, the row of buildings that we personally named Karl Fischer Row way back in 2006.

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“I was idly punishing my camera this morning, taking pictures of the backside of 20 Bayard (architect Karl’s crowning achievement), when I noticed 3 long white vans, and a few people milling about in 20 Bayard’s Garden of Splendor. Then out burst what must be the cast of Top Chef. You can tell by their […]

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What would happen if one of the more out there Karl Fischer buildings in Williamsburg (say, 20 Bayard) got the Frank Gehry treatment. Well, it certainly would look different.–Restless

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The most likely seriously accurate rumor broke yesterday that the Top Chef contestants in the new episodes will be living in Williamsburg. On Karl Fischer Row, no less, at 20 Bayard Street.–Eater

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Spring is also springing, of course, in McCarren Park allowing for the interesting juxtaposition of blossoms and Karl Fischer Row. The background, in this case, is 20 Bayard.

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This is McCarren Park, as seen from Union Street at Bayard on Tuesday night in a photo sent to us by blogger Bad Advice. The lights were being tested and were left on all night and into yesterday afternoon, but we can report they were turned off at some point last night, possible after a […]

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The lighting project in McCarren Park has made major progress! The floodlights around the soccer field in McCarren Park, which will light up the night sky outside the expensive condos of Karl Fischer Row on Bayard Street, have been put up. We don’t know if they’ve been turned on yet, but they should be easy […]

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Union Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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Bayard Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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There are a number of buildings in Brooklyn that could contend for the title of being the Ugliest Karl Fischer, yet there’s only one that is not only the most vile Fischer but one of the most wretched big new structures in Williamsburg: 525 Union Avenue. The building that has delighted us with it weekly […]

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We figured that this summer Friday is as good a day as any to bring an updated view of Karl Fischer Row (aka Bayard Street) from a different angle. That would be Ikon in the foreground, with the Thing on Top (of which we are not admirers) making slow progress. (Is it just us or […]

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Oh, how we love Williamsburg marketing efforts. This is about a new one for 20 Bayard, which is one of the Karl Fischer Row buildings overlooking McCarren Park. We guess we’ve grown so used to 20 Bayard that we don’t react to it with the same revulsion as some onlookers, who do not like it […]

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Those fences you might have noticed sprouting around the soccer field in McCarren Park? They have nothing to do with the Roebling Oil Field, as one GL reader asked. They’re part of the installation of night lighting for the fields. Now, there’s nothing unique about lighting athletic fields for night play. What makes this endeavor […]

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