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Tuesday Blogwrap

25.11.2009 12:58    brownstoner.com
Gothamist] [SB] [OTBKB] [myrtle minutes] [Lost City]Smith & 9th sunset. Photo by from the .
Tuesday Blogwrap



Closing Bell: Three Days Til Gifted Holiday Market Opens

25.11.2009 12:58    brownstoner.com
The outdoor Flea season but we're not missing a beat: We got the keys to the old Tower Records space on Lafayette and East 4th streets in Manhattan yesterday and our window dressers worked overtime last night to get the
Closing Bell: Three Days Til Gifted Holiday Market Opens

Development Watch: 452 Lafayette Avenue

25.11.2009 12:58    brownstoner.com
Calling all chicken lovers! A new five-story building is going up at 452 Lafayette Avenue in Bed Stuy, right next door to . The structure is slated to have eight residential units.
Development Watch: 452 Lafayette Avenue

Streetlevel: Astro-Turf Now Open "Occasionally"

25.11.2009 12:58    brownstoner.com
The quirky vintage design store Astro-Turf at 290 Smith Street in Carroll Gardens has been closed for most of the past year and a half or so, after initially closing for some brick repair in early 2008. Now, , the
Streetlevel: Astro-Turf Now Open "Occasionally"

House of the Day: 471 Decatur Street

25.11.2009 12:58    brownstoner.com
When 471 Decatur Street was an back in June of 2008, its asking price was $895,000. Now the three-story brownstone is listed for $695,000. Though it's located in one of the nicer parts of Bed Stuy and is in decent
House of the Day: 471 Decatur Street


Operation Grand Slam Nabs 11 in Clinton Hill

25.11.2009 12:58    brownstoner.com
As residents of Clinton Hill and longtime readers of this blog know, the drug dealing and related violence at the corner of Grand and Putnam avenues has long been a scourge on the neighborhood. A couple of weeks ago, a
Operation Grand Slam Nabs 11 in Clinton Hill

Last Week's Biggest Sales

25.11.2009 12:58    brownstoner.com
1. BROOKLYN HEIGHTS $3,310,00047 Sidney Place (left)When this 2-family was a in September '08, it had just been listed for $5,250,000; by it was asking $3,600,000. Entered into contract on 10/9/09; closed on 11/9/09; deed recorded on 11/19/09.2. DUMBO $1,750,00030
Last Week's Biggest Sales

Sprucing Up East River State Park

25.11.2009 12:58    brownstoner.com
Remember that landscaping project slated for East River State Park in Williamsburg that we were about that month? Well, it's in full swing, as a visit this past weekend confirmed. We were kinda digging the raw simplicity of the existing
Sprucing Up East River State Park

Walkabout: Montrose Morris, From Hot to Forgot(ten)

25.11.2009 12:58    brownstoner.com
This is the last in a series of five articles chronicling the life and works of 19th century Brooklyn architect Montrose W. Morris. The previous articles can be found The twenty years between 1885 and 1905 must have been a
Walkabout: Montrose Morris, From Hot to Forgot(ten)

New Muni-Meters for Park Slope

25.11.2009 12:58    brownstoner.com
Park Slope is really moving up in the world. Sections of the neighborhood's most commercial avenues are scheduled to have their old single meters replaced by the more modern muni-meters. The affected areas include Fifth Avenue between Sackett and 3rd
New Muni-Meters for Park Slope

BREAKING: Fire on Smith and Warren

24.11.2009 15:13    brownstoner.com
We've received several tips in the last few minutes that a large fire had broken out at the corner of Smith and Warren Streets. Judging by this photo, it appears the small yellow building one in from the corner at
BREAKING: Fire on Smith and Warren

BREAKING: Goldstein et al Lose Eminent Domain Lawsuit

24.11.2009 15:13    brownstoner.com
The New York State Court of Appeals has just ruled in favor of the ESDC in the closely-watched eminent domain lawsuit brought by property owners in the footprint of its proposed Atlantic Yards project. According to Atlantic Yards Report, "In
BREAKING: Goldstein et al Lose Eminent Domain Lawsuit

New Demolition Rules Going Into Effect Next Week

24.11.2009 15:13    brownstoner.com
IMBY put a post up yesterday that, in addition to providing classic footage of some nocturnal demolition in the South Slope, details the new that are about to go into effect. Starting December 2, contractors will face stricter notification requirements
New Demolition Rules Going Into Effect Next Week

Tuesday Links

24.11.2009 15:13    brownstoner.com
NY Times] [NY Times] [NY Times] [NY Post] [NY Post] [NY Post] [NY Daily News] [Brooklyn Eagle] [NY1]Photo by
Tuesday Links

Monday Blogwrap

24.11.2009 15:13    brownstoner.com
mcbrooklyn] [Local/NYT] [ENY] [BVIB] [All About 5th]Photo by from the .
Monday Blogwrap

Closing Bell: Gowanus Canal, Ready For Its Closeup

24.11.2009 15:13    brownstoner.com
Not that you can really tell from the photo we snapped, but on Saturday night Klieg lights and a smoke machine lit up the area by the Carroll Street Bridge. Filming was in progress for a movie called IMDB's description
Closing Bell: Gowanus Canal, Ready For Its Closeup

Development Watch: 173 Kent Avenue

24.11.2009 15:13    brownstoner.com
This development at 173 Kent Avenue in Williamsburg feels like it's been taking forever—we first wrote about it two years ago. The new building, located directly across the street from Cass Gilbert's 184 Kent, will be six stories tall. You
Development Watch: 173 Kent Avenue

StreetLevel: Lucali Spinoff is Named Giuseppina's

24.11.2009 15:13    brownstoner.com
Eater last week noting that the Lucali sequel in the South Slope will be called Giuseppina's. The 20th Street pizza restaurant's relationship to the Carroll Gardens original is that it's being run by the brother of Lucali mastermind Mark Iacono.
StreetLevel: Lucali Spinoff is Named Giuseppina's

House of the Day: 166 Washington Park

24.11.2009 15:12    brownstoner.com
The brownstone at 166 Washington Park in Fort Greene has been on the market for at least a year and a half by our count. In that time it's been featured a couple of times as an but never as
House of the Day: 166 Washington Park

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