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Parking Minimums Spawn Houses of Horror
Streetsblog has a fun new feature that involves readers submitting photos of “parking lots and garages that erode New York’s pedestrian realm.” The submission above, from Michael Kodransky, shows a...
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Another Step Forward for Admirals Row Redevelopment
Yesterday the City Council gave its blessing to the plans to redevelop Admirals Row at the Navy Yard. The plans call for a 74,000-square-foot supermarket, 79,000 square feet of retail space and...
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More Questions Than Answers at Public Hearing About B2
The first public hearing about the first residential building at Atlantic Yards (known as B2) was sparsely attended earlier this week, with not a single board member in attendance. And judging from...
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Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz yesterday called for a rule change that would decrease car parking requirements for market-rate buildings downtown while increasing bicycle parking. At the...
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Brooklyn Redesigns for Growth in Tech
The Brooklyn Tech Triangle Coalition is creating a master plan to make Brooklyn as welcoming as possible to tech companies. First order of business: The coalition picked WXY Architecture + Urban...
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Dissecting the Fulton Street Vision Plan
Last night the Fulton Area Business Alliance, along with the architects at Mapos and AB Architekten, unveiled the Fulton Street Vision Plan. Basically it’s a wide-ranging, large scale proposal for Fort...
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The Hot Seat: Sam Holleran + Clara Amenyo
Welcome to the Hot Seat, where we interview folks involved in Brooklyn real estate, architecture, development and the like. Introducing Sam Holleran and Clara Amenyo, both involved with the Center for...
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Closing Bell: Brooklyn Can Be a Learning City
Students in Columbia’s fall Architecture and Urban Design studio picked 12 areas in Brooklyn to explore how the borough can become a “learning city,” adaptable to change, Curbed reported. Spots...
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Pols, Locals Question Condo Plan for BB Park
Turns out not everybody’s happy about the decision to go ahead and build apartments on the north end of Brooklyn Bridge Park on an empty lot at John Street. Local politicians and community members are...
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Participatory Budgeting Really Is Participatory
A study of the participatory budgeting process that took place in Brooklyn’s District 39 this year revealed that it attracts traditionally disengaged or disadvantaged citizens, reported DNAinfo....
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I hear Gowanus fish have a very unique flavor — perfect if you’re someone that likes to give you dinner guests a little extra something special.
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I would pair a vintage Thunderbird wine to complement the fish’s subtle hints of PCBs and effluence.
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I have an old fishing charter poster that based on the printing, I’m assuming was from the 50′s or 60′s for a boat that was docked on the Gowanus. Somehow in my mind, fishing and Gowanus should never...
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Planning a Gowanus fishing trip? If so, the weather is the least of your problems.
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