In Sunday’s New York Times Metropolitan Section, Ginia Bellafante’s Big City column has the title “The Empty Storefront Crisis and the End of the American Dream”. She begins by telling the story of Sam I-Rumi, proprietor of Pet’s Emporium on Montague Street (photo, by C. Scales), who immigrated to New York in 1980 at the […]
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New York Times Notes Transformation of Montague Street
By Claude Scales on June 16, 2019 12:04 am in 11201, Brooklyn Heights, Commercial Real Estate, Immigration, Shopping
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Coming at Brooklyn Historical Society: Remembering Jane Jacobs; Appreciating Immigrant New York
By Claude Scales on March 14, 2017 2:08 pm in 11201, Brooklyn Heights, History, Landmark Preservation
This Thursday evening, March 16, at 6:30, the Brooklyn Historical Society will present “The Legacy of Jane Jacobs,” a panel discussion moderated by New York Times writer Ginia Bellafante and featuring Matt Tyrnauer, director and co-producer of the documentary Citizen Jane; Robert Hammond, co-founder of Friends of the High Line; and Samuel Zipp, Associate professor […]
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Times: Increased Police Presence at Pier 2 Following Shooting
By Claude Scales on April 24, 2015 1:49 pm in brooklyn bridge park, Brooklyn Heights, crime, Demographics, News
Today’s New York Times reports that, following last week’s shooting incident–in which, fortunately, no one was hit by a bullet–there are now police posted at Pier 2 in Brooklyn Bridge Park every day after school, and “the 84th Precinct has requested that more officers be assigned to the park this summer.” The Times piece, by […]
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