Tuesday Links
Fort Greene Mural. Photo by armadilliz. Paterson and Bloomberg Warn of Huge Deficits [NY Times] Cake Man Raven Cheating Workers? [NY Daily News] Bay Ridger Fights Starbucks Closure [NY Daily News] Reform for City-Led Construction [NY Sun] Clinton Lauds Starrett Pact [NY Sun] Urban Arts Market Launches [Eagle] The G Train Crusader [NY Observer] Heights…
Fort Greene Mural. Photo by armadilliz.
Paterson and Bloomberg Warn of Huge Deficits [NY Times]
Cake Man Raven Cheating Workers? [NY Daily News]
Bay Ridger Fights Starbucks Closure [NY Daily News]
Reform for City-Led Construction [NY Sun]
Clinton Lauds Starrett Pact [NY Sun]
Urban Arts Market Launches [Eagle]
The G Train Crusader [NY Observer]
Heights Books to Go? [Lost City]
Marianne Moore’s Clinton Hill [Kenyon Review]
I’ve walked by that building many a time — it’s actually in Fort Greene, on South Cumberland Street, although I’m told “Fort Greene” only became a designation in the late 70s/early 80s because of the drug problem in the neighborhood and around the park — Clinton Hill wanted to disassociate itself. Interesting, therefore, that FG gentrified more rapidly, but I digress.
Moore stuck it out until 1972, I believe, and I’ve often wondered about the changes she must have seen in the neighborhood in the preceding decade. It’s now predominantly Section 8 housing, on an increasingly gentrified block — right night door to “The Sanctuary” — or whatever that development’s called, the converted church.
I just read the Marianne Moore piece. It is very wonderful.
The Strand book store on Fulton St. in lower Manhattan is closing on August 31 (because of a 300 percent rent increase, coupled with inaccessibility due to Fulton St. construction).
http://www.downtownexpress.com/de_269/strandedbyconstruction.html
I was there a few weeks ago and they had marked everything down 25 or 30 percent, so it’s a good time to visit!
This is going to be the big cause of real estate crasj in NYC – huge state and city budget deficits will mean cuts in all services – getting bkln will become increasingly inconvenient, there will be a spike in crime and huge cuts in school funding. People will flee to the suburbs and home prices will plummet! Damn, I’ve been waiting for a crime wave since I moved back here 9 years ago and finally gave up and bought a house – two wks before the subprime mortgage crisis! Perfect timing…
Thanks for the link.. I wasn’t aware of the store. It looks like a nice place. Luckily, BookCourt and Community aren’t too far away, and The Strand is only one stop in, but it’s always nice to have a place nearby to browse. As you say, it’s nice to stumble upon something unexpected. Much more entertaining than the B&N experience.
buttermilk channel, it’s very sad. It’s the kind of special store that makes book buying fun. I enjoy the experience of getting lost in the shelves looking for a particular read and stumbling upon some others I haven’t heard of or couldn’t previously find. By the way, 11217 suggested a bookstore in DUMBO yesterday, which looked interesting and I’ll re-post here. http://psbookshop.com/
Sad news about Heights Books. Always something good to find there. It has a character that’s becoming more rare in NYC.
“Heights Books to Go?” = more discouraging news for Montague.