December 2010
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Demolition along the Canal!
Picture and text from IMBY (great blog name, btw): “The conversion of the Hamilton Avenue MTS is one of four proposed waste management facilities identified as part of NYC’s Solid Waste Management Plan - NYC Department of Sanitation long term waste export program. All solid waste transfer and containerized activities will take place within the fully enclosed building. The new...
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Hypocritical Ikea Giving Out Bikes
After taking their shameful stance in June of opposing a bike lane outside their store, Ikea is sending mixed Scandinavian signals by giving out free, custom bikes to all of their employees. “Company officials insisted the event was hypocrisy-free — even though they blasted part of the four-block cycle path painted in both directions on Columbia Street from Bay Street onto Halleck and...
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Another Neighborhood Institution Not Long For This...
Zillow has a listing for the building that currently houses Michael’s Shoe Repair. The three story building is listed for $1,200,000. Although I’m sure new owners would not want a newer use in there, there is no way that the existing use can pay the market rents in the area. Unless there is a sale-leaseback arrangement (and the listing price doesn’t seem to indicate so),...
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Sokol Brothers Profiled
Sad as we were to see her go, Sylvie Morgan Flatow has taken her series over to Carroll Gardens Patch. The debut shop that gets profiled is Sokol Brothers, the long-time furniture retailer (and only one left) in the neighborhood. “Drafty like an old barn or an unfinished basement, neighborhood folks have been weaving through the three long rooms that make up Sokol’s for 60 years....
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P.S. 58 Students Save the Music
From Yahoo!: “Current strings students and alumni from P.S. 58 The Carroll School’s orchestra performed at the VH1 Save The Music Foundation Gala on Monday, November 8 at Cipriani Wall Street. Sarah James, P.S. 58’s Upper Grade Music Teacher, helped students rehearse and prepare for this star studded evening. The gala honored Julie Andrews, John Mayer, John Legend and the...
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Preserving Old Neighborhood Faces
Carroll Gardens will be undergoing a massive transformation in the next twenty years, as the older generation of Italians, Puerto Ricans and other once-large groups of working-class citizens dies off. Who will replace them is unknown, but I doubt it will be many working-class individuals. Photographer and artist Kurt Kietrich Wilberding is attempting to preserve and share some memories of his...
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Christmas Tree Lighting on Columbia Street - This...
Neighborhood affordable housing development group the Carroll Gardens Association and the newly revived Union Street - Columbia Street Merchants Association are holding a tree lighting this Friday, 6:00 - 8:00 pm, at the Human Compass Garden at Columbia and Sackett Streets. “Children (and adults too) could have their photos taken with Santa. Free food and refreshments will be offered...
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An Evening at the Bell House for George - Guest...
N.B. Today’s post is authored by a friend and contributor, Mike Benigno. You can find more of him over at Lines in the Street and On Your Fork. The Universal Thump, named after an obscure line from the allegorical Melville masterpiece Moby Dick, is a collaboration of over 20 performers, songwriters and composers all from their own individual bands, who, under the leadership of musicians...
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Fix the Ditch!
Some plans for the greening of the BQE were recently revealed. From the Brooklyn Paper: “The cheapest plan, about $10 million, involves a massive tree-planting effort along the highway-created chasm — creating one of the greenest stretches in all of Brooklyn. Another option calls for the construction of six, lightweight bicycle and pedestrian bridges over the ditch, costing between $20...