New York’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) intends to utilize Brooklyn Bridge Park as a showcase for New York City’s pristine water supply in the battle against bottled water’s waste of plastic. Both Pier 1 and Pier 6 will offer its “Water On The Go” program, which will bring portable drinking fountains to the locale […]
About Chuck Taylor
Journalist Chuck Taylor worked as a writer and Senior Editor at Billboard magazine for 14 years, has interviewed more than 500 entertainers and music executives, and penned front-page stories for Billboard about Celine Dion, Paul McCartney, Diana Krall, Elton John, Bette Midler, James Taylor, Tony Bennett and many more. He has been interviewed on an array of music and pop culture topics for ABC's “20/20,” “CBS Evening News,” CNN FN, VH1's “Behind the Music,” MTV, BBC and A&E's Biography"; and has been quoted in the New York Times, USA Today, TV Guide, People, Entertainment Weekly and numerous others. He is a voting member of NARAS (Grammy Awards).Author Archive | Chuck Taylor
First Day Of Summer 2012: We’re Having A Heatwave!
The weather forecasters certainly got it right on this first day of Summer 2012. Temps reached 95 degrees in Brooklyn today, with Thursday’s forecast calling for a high of 97 degrees. Mind you, it could be worse: In Needles, Calif., and Bouse, Ariz., the high hit 114 degrees on Tuesday. And then there’s the other […]
Open Thread Wednesday: June 20, 2012
With scorching temps in the 90s today, it’s a perfect opportunity to heat up Wednesday’s Open Thread. What’s on your mind? Comment away! (Photo: Chuck Taylor) Share this Story: Tweet
Hearing Scheduled Wednesday For Bossert Flip Back To Hotel
Reminder: A notice has been sent to all residents within 400 square feet of the Bossert Hotel, alerting them to the application filed with the Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA) to allow reconversion to its “original transient hotel use.” The Bossert at 98 Montague Street is currently zoned outside of such a commercial zone. […]
Film Shoot This Week: Joralemon Street From Hicks To Columbia Place
Signs are posted for a film shoot Monday and Tuesday June 18-19, that runs along the cobble-stoned Joralemon Street from Hicks down to Columbia Place. Cars must vacate the street from 2 p.m. to 2 a.m. on those days. The shoot is for a project called “Treasures.” Share this Story: Tweet
Lower Montague Gets Summer Street Vendor
In the decade-plus that I’ve lived in Brooklyn Heights, I never recall seeing a street vendor on the lower side of Montague Street. On Saturday, a licensed vendor had set up shop at the corner of Montague and Montague Terrace, near the Promenade. Said seller tells BHB that if business is brisk, he will be […]
Photo Of The Day: Brooklyn Man ‘Stalked By Stork, I Want Work,’ 1937
Times haven’t changed but so much between 1937 and 2012. Some 75 years ago, the U.S. was enduring a marked recession that lasted 13 months and catapulted unemployment from 14.3% in 1937 to 19.0% in 1938. Thankfully, in 2012, the national unemployment rate isn’t quite as dire—but it remains stagnant for a fifth dismal year. […]
Seattle’s Best Coffee Opens Its First Brooklyn Shop Downtown
Seattle’s Best coffee will open its first standalone store in the borough at 253 Livingston Street & Bond Street (a block over from Junior’s) in Downtown Brooklyn, on Thursday June 21. Brownstoner reports that the retailer will offer breakfast sandwiches and such snacks as cookies, danish & muffins. A soft opening will take place Wednesday […]
Quote Of The Day: Brooklyn Heights Is ‘Kings’ County’s Stodgiest Enclave’
The mainstream media has been talking smack all week about HBO’s “Girls” creator Lena Dunham moving (back) to Brooklyn Heights, taking up residence at the Mansion House on Hicks Street. That’s prompting quite a bit of analysis about the historic neighborhood versus the uber-hipster vibe of Dunham’s character Hannah on the dramedy series—including The New […]
PetSmart: What Matters More, Low Prices Or Mom & Pop Reverence?
The new Brooklyn PetSmart mega-store at 238 Atlantic Avenue on the border of Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill and Downtown Brooklyn, is taking a bite out of the 20 or so mom-and-pop pet stores within a two-mile radius, according to a post on DNAInfo.com. PetSmart opened last November to great fanfare, including a ribbon cutting by […]
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