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Park Progress: Pier 1, Plus Greenery! (Tenth Report)

Friday, May 1, 2009. Friday, May 8, 2009. More photos after the jump.

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Fish ‘n’ Chip Paper: 5/4/09

Here are some of last week’s headlines that you may have missed: Only on BHB: Park Progress: Pier 1 and More! (Ninth Report) Mohammed, Late of Key Food, now “Man with Van” Two Trees Snail Mail Spam Brooklyn Group Seeks Homes for “Orange Blob” and “Cuddle Butt” Your Correspondent Goes to Jacques Torres, Gets Free […]

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Park Progress: Pier 1 and More! (Ninth Report)

Friday, April 24, 2009. Friday May 1, 2009. More photos after the jump.

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Park Progress: Pier 1 (Eighth Report)

Friday, April 17, 2009 Friday, April 24, 2009. The central lawn’s contours are taking shape. Greenery soon?

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Park Progress: Pier 1 (Seventh Report)

Friday, April 10, 2009 Friday, April 17, 2009

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Neighbors react to 20 Henry’s status

After news erupted yesterday about the ill-fated 20 Henry development — AIG, its financier, is suing the developers to regain control of the property  — BHB headed over to the scene to check out what neighbors have to say. We also took some photos of the building’s current state (and of the closed sales gallery), […]

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Park Progress: Pier 1 (Sixth Report)

Friday, April 3, 2009. Friday, April 10, 2009. There appears to be a Massif Central forming here, where previously there was swampy lowland.

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Park Progress: Pier 1 (Fifth Report)

Friday, March 27, 2009. Friday, April 3, 2009. The water storage pipes are down and buried, and a new hill is rising near the south end of the Pier.

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Fish n Chip Paper 3/31/09

A day late, probably a dollar short but never too late for rock n roll errr sumthin’ – it’s FNCP aka stories you may have missed in the last week: Saw it First on BHB Heights History: Montague Street Revitalization 1976 Sweet news! New Sweet Melissa’s in Busy Chef Spot on Henry? Montague Street Crisis: […]

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Park Progress: Pier 1 (Fourth Report–No Green Yet, but Provision for Water)

Friday, March 20, 2009. Friday, March 27, 2009. According to information we’ve received from Lisa Willner of Empire State Development Corporation, those 3′ diameter pipes being placed and buried in trenches are for storage of storm runoff, to be used for Park irrigation.

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