Comments on: Open Thread Wednesday

By: Andrew Porter

Andrew Porter — Wed, 28 Mar 2018 18:34:00 +0000

Parking meters were devices employed by cities in the 20th century to make people pay for the privilege of parking their cars on the streets. Before 1947, cars were not allowed to park on the streets in NYC.

Parking meters were replaced by pay-and-display (in the UK), aka MuniMeters in NYC.

Betcha didn’t know that there were two days of alternate side of the street parking, Tuesday and Friday, on most BH streets once. Changed when it was pointed out how clean our streets usually are, guy-from-across-the-street…

By: steven424

steven424 — Wed, 28 Mar 2018 13:48:00 +0000

Probably Local Law 11 work. Every building over a certain number of stories is required every few years to have it’s street-facing facade inspected by a licensed engineering firm and then repair in a timely manner all problems uncovered during the inspection.

The law arose after a few incidents where pedestrians were killed or seriously injured by falling bricks and masonry that came lose during normal aging or due to other causes. Now almost every building has to be inspected.

By: steven424

steven424 — Wed, 28 Mar 2018 13:41:00 +0000

Try searching for “Laser Printer Repair NYC”. I just did in Google and there were 152,000 links. I’m sure you’ll be able to find one or two that’ll work for you. For a price, many make house calls so you don’t have to lug a heavy unit on the subway. Good luck.

By: steven424

steven424 — Wed, 28 Mar 2018 13:38:00 +0000

Is that a parking meter I see growing out of the sidewalk?

By: Drowned World

Drowned World — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 13:16:00 +0000

Good morning,
Does anyone know the status/info of Iris Cafe Store 7 on Columbia Place? It has been closed for renovations for a bit.
Thanks!

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 17:16:00 +0000

Thanks!

By: Andrew Porter

Andrew Porter — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 16:00:00 +0000

They’re working on 101 Clark Street, and the same-age connected building on Clinton. Both structures are almost 50 years old, and the exteriors need work.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 15:01:00 +0000

Anyone know what’s with all the scaffolding on Cadman + Clark, and now Pineapple Walk??

By: Reggie

Reggie — Thu, 15 Mar 2018 16:42:00 +0000

Agreeing with Diesel and Andrew. Eventually, it becomes impossible to buy toner or to download the driver for older but fully operable printers. I find it wasteful but that is the reality.

By: DIBS

DIBS — Thu, 15 Mar 2018 16:24:00 +0000

They aren’t going to sink any money into repairing any old copper lines any more.

By: Reggie

Reggie — Thu, 15 Mar 2018 15:04:00 +0000

¿A qué se refiere esta “land line”?

By: KXrVrii1

KXrVrii1 — Thu, 15 Mar 2018 14:38:00 +0000

“All problems solved” – don’t tempt fate…

It is a sad state of affairs when Time Warner / Spectrum becomes the improvement.

I actually added a Verizon landline because Time Warner was unreliable, and we wanted to still have phone service when the internet went out. I now also have a mobile wifi device for when Spectrum goes out.

By: Andrew Porter

Andrew Porter — Thu, 15 Mar 2018 14:03:00 +0000

I had all sorts of problems with my phones and DSL the last few years. Finally got tired of all Verizon’s excuses, and got Time/Warner Cable, now Spectrum, for phone/internet.

All problems solved.

By: Andrew Porter

Andrew Porter — Thu, 15 Mar 2018 13:59:00 +0000

I had an Apple LaserWriter Pro 630 that I bought new in 1994 for $2800, which still worked fine. Really loved that machine!

Alas, incompatible with my latest iMac. After trying numerous workarounds, finally gave up and bought a new Brother laser printer about a year ago. The old one is still down in my building’s recycling room, gathering rainwater and the like.

I second Diesel’s advice.

Oh, here’s what I had:
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/637840a9f253c38fdb8cf87fd2efa5c336f12ebd5dd6be50787aa8f762373ba8.jpg

By: MaggieO

MaggieO — Thu, 15 Mar 2018 13:55:00 +0000

Verizon has a monopoly on our phone lines and they take advantage of it. Keep track of any service tickets you open with them, follow up, pester pester pester pester pester

By: Heights Guy

Heights Guy — Thu, 15 Mar 2018 12:47:00 +0000

That is a disgusting proposed addition to a beautiful building.

By: A Neighbor

A Neighbor — Thu, 15 Mar 2018 02:55:00 +0000

Yes, my land line has been out since November.

By: Diesel

Diesel — Thu, 15 Mar 2018 01:45:00 +0000

I think these days you’re supposed to just buy a new one…

By: Remsen Street Dweller

Remsen Street Dweller — Thu, 15 Mar 2018 01:31:00 +0000

Yup, my internet was out 4 days. Didn’t know it was a neighborhood problem.

By: martinlschneider

martinlschneider — Wed, 14 Mar 2018 20:33:00 +0000

Why is there so little notice about the Verizon outages plaguing the Heights since early December?. The outages and net connection shrinkages have driven us nuts. Verizon calls it major infrastructure repair. But they have put minor resources into it. The result is a dragging out of the horrible inconvenience and telecommunication problems of many people in the neighborhood since late November!
. Complain. Report, Write to the NYS Public Service Commission. Seek public exposure. Those are things that the public can do.

By: CassieVonMontague

CassieVonMontague — Wed, 14 Mar 2018 18:40:00 +0000

Anyone know where to get a laser printer fixed?

By: redlola

redlola — Wed, 14 Mar 2018 18:13:00 +0000

So proud of the students in our community and nationwide. https://patch.com/new-york/heights-dumbo/hundreds-brooklyn-students-leave-class-protest-gun-violence

By: Andrew Porter

Andrew Porter — Wed, 14 Mar 2018 17:56:00 +0000

Here’s a 1970s photo by me, showing the deplorable conditions when 60 Pineapple Street was being renovated, and things were being thrown out of the windows—and often missing their target:
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/063f95216726302a1fe9d605b164e7ad22ffb002ed0a89b5a22f4c8ab9029089.jpg

By: Robert Perris

Robert Perris — Wed, 14 Mar 2018 16:58:00 +0000

They were trying to design an addition that had the same proportions, color and vertical thrust as the original building but in a modern style. According to the Eagle article, the principal (and principled) objection was to a two-story addition, not the architectural design itself.

By: CassieVonMontague

CassieVonMontague — Wed, 14 Mar 2018 16:16:00 +0000

They were thinking the same thing as the developers of 153 Remsen and 325 Henry. Limestone is expensive and thin sheet metal spandrels and mullions are not.

By: DIBS

DIBS — Wed, 14 Mar 2018 15:25:00 +0000

Clearly not a very sympathetic addition. What were they thinking?

By: CassieVonMontague

CassieVonMontague — Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:07:00 +0000

Landmarks rejects plan for two-story addition to 135 Montague: http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2018/3/13/landmarks-agency-shoots-down-big-addition-135-montague-st

By: CassieVonMontague

CassieVonMontague — Wed, 14 Mar 2018 12:56:00 +0000

Kushner, while a White House advisor, sold an interest in one of the JW buildings to a company partly owned by the Japanese government, raising concerns over conflicts on interest: http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20180313/REAL_ESTATE/180319974