The Brooklyn Eagle reports today that 100 Clark Street (aka 1 Monroe Place) is among the buildings for sale in a nine property portfolio recently placed on the market. Eastern Consolidated is representing the seller. The paper adds that the building has Landmarks approval to increase total square footage from 1,950 to 9,750 square feet. […]
Archive | April, 2007
DWR Showcases Mo Riza
Design Within Reach at 76 Montague Street continues its Life Define Design series of exhibits this week with the work of urban photographer Mo Riza.
Open Thread Wednesday
Another week, another bunch of stuff to talk about. Yassky Voting for Pedicabs [epc] – Are pedicabs really stupid? Uncommon Grounds, can it be the real deal? Have you seen The Sublet Experiment? The dangerous intersection at Adams Street. What needs to be done? Want a wedding dress? And ofcourse, we expect to see you […]
Golden honored at BHS
Former Brooklyn Borough President Howard Golden (photo above) was the guest of honor yesterday evening at a reception at the Brooklyn Historical Society to inaugurate an exhibit and series of events on the theme "The Roots of Modern Brooklyn – A look at the 1970s and 1980s". (For details on the remaining events, which are […]
Eagle: Fake Turf Toxic?
The Brooklyn Eagle reports in today's edition that the tiny pellets used to give the fake grass that the City is rolling out into hundreds of parks, including Cadman Plaza Park, could be toxic to humans and pets: Brooklyn Eagle: Turf…: The city recently announced plans to carpet nearly 100 more fields with synthetic turf, […]
Neighbor, Film Editor James Lyons Dies
New York Times: James Lyons, a film editor whose most notable collaborations were with the director Todd Haynes on several feature films, including “Safe,” “Velvet Goldmine” and “Far From Heaven,” died Thursday in Manhattan. He was 46 and lived in Brooklyn Heights. The cause was squamous cell cancer, which followed more than a decade of […]
Uncommon Grounds to Feature Live Shows?
Over the weekend, Uncommon Grounds fleshed out its website a little — an "invitation only" performance dubbed "Uncommon Comedy" by comic Andy Vastola will take place there on Thursday. No word on an official opening date. Also this promotional text has appeared: Brooklyn hasn't always been the center of the coffee universe, in fact the […]
Brigates Win (Sorta); Mrs. Fink Beats Homer
At Floyd NY today, Brigate Bocce ended its season with a "win" as this week's opponent, Jerk Store, needed to cancel due to illness. But that didn't stop the Finks from staging their own Battle of the Sexes. Despite Homer's tenacious come back after falling behind 5 – 0, the fairer Fink ended up triumphant. […]
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