Opponents of Two Trees’ Dock Street DUMBO project will be gathering this Sunday (1/11) at Washington and Prospect Streets at 10:30 AM to voice their dismay at the proposed 18 story building near the Brooklyn Bridge. CB2 will vote on the project next Wednesday. The group has sent out a one-sheet [PDF] which reads:
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CB2’s YCE Committee Give Dock Street DUMBO School Thumbs Up
Following Wednesday night’s public hearing, Community Board 2’s youth, culture and education committee voted last night 9-0 to support inclusion of a middle school in the Walentas Dock Street DUMBO project. CB2’s land use committee will vote on the entire project tomorrow morning (12/20) at 10:00 a.m. in the Callahan Center, St. Francis College, 180 […]
CB2 Didn’t Vote on Dock Street DUMBO Project
Community Board 2 held a public hearing last night regarding the Dock Street DUMBO Project which promises affordable housing a middle school to be constructed near the Brooklyn Bridge. Update: This dispatch just in from CB2: Please be advised that the Youth, Education and Cultural Affairs Committee meeting – originally planned to follow the community […]
Hey Man, Want to Rent a Bar?
The space formerly known as Magnetic Field at 97 Atlantic Avenue is available for rent. Which brings up the question (all over again): What would you do with Magnetic Field? Brick Real Estate is listing the rental at $5500/month and the inside of MF looks pretty much the same. Will one BHB reader be courageous […]
Kid to Riverside Tenants: No Garage Related Rent Hike
New York State Senator-elect Daniel Squadron has written tenants of the Riverside Apartments assuring them that they will not be subject to garage construction related rent increases. Squadron spoke to the building’s landlord, the Pinnacle Group, who claim that they will not seek an MCI increase for the construction of its proposed garage. The content […]
CB2 Hearing on Dock Street DUMBO Tonight
Community Board 2 will hold a public hearing tonight to get community input on the proposed Dock Street DUMBO project which includes construction of a middle school. It will be held at 6:00 p.m at the Long Island University Health Sciences Center, 1 University Plaza, Room 107 [map]. Jed Walentas made his case for the […]
Public Service or Propaganda?
From the BHB Inbox comes photos of a “diorama” from Two Trees promoting its Dock Street DUMBO project in the window of The Brooklyn Eagle’s headquarters at 30 Henry Street. Is this a sign that the Eagle is “in the tank” for the Walentas or is it an old media version of a “guest post” […]
Love Lane Mews… Eventually
Bob Esnard, project director of the Zucker Group who have partnered with Sterling Equities on the Love Lane Mews condo project explains why things seem to be moving very slowly: Brooklyn Eagle: ….Moving Along: “It’s one of the most complicated little jobs we’ve ever attempted,” he said, adding, “It’s been a very involved public process […]
The Envelope, Please.
The award for zaniest headline goes to Mike McLaughlin of The Brooklyn Paper for this. Hmmm…methinks young Mike’s (we hope) temporary state of deprivation may be affecting his writing style. Velvets and James Brown? Can’t fault his taste in music.
Eagle: 73 Pineapple Will Be Good Neighbor
The Brooklyn Eagle reports that proposed building at 73 Pineapple will be a “good neighbor” according to architect of Sherida Paulsen of Pasanella + Klein Stolzman + Berg (PKSB) Architects, also the firm behind the revamped 20 Henry Street:
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