Daily Links
July 3, 2008
Thursday Links
Coney Island. Photo by 1987porsche944.
Politics Failed, but Fuel Prices Cut Congestion [NY Times]
On a New Quest, a Tiny Order Leaves Brooklyn [NY Times]
Judge Orders Fence Removal in Red Hook [NY Times]
Kings Co Hospital Honchos Axed [NY Daily News]
Con Ed, Union Reach Deal [NY Sun]
'Thriving, Multicultural' Canarsie [AMNY]
July 2, 2008
Wednesday Links
Fishing in Bay Ridge. Photo by greenbk.
Video Spurs Changes at Kings Co. Hospital [NY Times]
Drivers’ Strike Stalls New York City Construction [NY Times]
Starbucks Closing 600 Stores in the U.S. [NY Daily News]
Size of Budget Spending Increases Up for Debate [NY Sun]
Why Don't Naming Right Count as Subsidies? [AY Report]
Church Stages Pro-Domino Rally [Eagle]
July 1, 2008
Tuesday Links
Greenpoint Waste Treatment Center. Photo by sizeofguam.
Bicyclists Say There's Not Enough Parking For Them [NY Times]
Slope Parking Experiment Ending July 14 [NY Daily News]
Bloomberg: Budget Could Be Worse Next Year [NY Sun]
NYC Job Growth Bests Nation's [NY Post]
Food Co-op to Myrtle Ave.? [Metro]
Rebuilding 100 Clark [McBrooklyn]
June 30, 2008
Monday Links
Brooklyn Museum. Photo by Jan van Raay.
Has the Slope Parking Experiment Been a Nightmare? [NY Times]
As Bill Evolves, Mortgage Debt Is Snowballing [NY Times]
City Point Construction on Horizon [NY Daily News]
BBP's State-of-the-Art Playground [NY Daily News]
Slashed Groups Rip $59.1B Budget [NY Post]
Subway Delays Up 44 Percent [NY Post]
June 27, 2008
Friday Links
Brighton Beach kiosk. Photo by kristiana parn.
Council, Mayor Reach Agreement for $59.1 Billion Budget [NY Times]
Gloom Descends Over Wall Street Again [NY Times]
Prospect Park Alliance Fired Up Over BBQs [Brooklyn Paper]
Bay Ridge Food Co-op Forming [NY Daily News]
Sweep of Unlicensed Contractors [AP via NY Sun]
June 26, 2008
Thursday Links
Williamsburg. Photo by d.billy.
Bay Ridge Blog Helps Lead to Drug Raid [NY Times]
Home Sales, Prices Both Drop in May [AP via Daily News]
Developers Building Lots of Dorms [NY Sun]
Gruesome Attack in Park Slope [NY Post]
Exxon's PR Work in Greenpoint [Eagle]
June 25, 2008
Wednesday Links
Flatbush Lowes. Photo by kipbot.
Approval Is Near for Bill to Help U.S. Homeowners [NY Times]
DOB Eyes Some More New Safety Measures [NY Times]
The Building Boom's Heavy Use of Non-Union Labor [Village Voice]
From Brooklyn, a Rap Campaign Against Tight Clothes [Village Voice]
Victorian Flatbush a Top NY Spot to Buy Old Houses [This Old House]
Preserving Public Housing that Works [Gotham Gazette]
Property Tax Rift Divides Council, Mayor [NY Sun]
Weird: A CBA Block Party on Pacific Street [AY Report]
Acorn, Pratt Target Coney Island plan [Crain's]
NYU-Polytech Merger Approved [TRD]
June 24, 2008
Tuesday Links
Williamsburg. Photo by the real janelle.
Joseph Bruno Announces He Won't Seek Re-election [NY Times]
Agreement Reached on Brownfields [AP via NY Sun]
Waterfalls Project Starts on Thursday [NY Daily News]
Brooklyn Meals for Less Than $5 [NY Daily News]
Questions of Blight in State AY Case [AY Report]
June 23, 2008
Monday Links
Wisdom and Felicity. Photo by wallyg.
Nationwide, Rise in Renters Erasing Gains for Ownership [NY Times]
For Rent-Stabilized Tenants, Increases Raise Fear [NY Times]
Not Ebbets Field, but Close Enough [NY Times]
Panel on 'The Branding of Brooklyn' [NY Times]
Recchia's Office Funded Shady Nonprofit [NY Daily News]
City OKs Tons of After-Hours Work [NY Post]
How Many Locals Are Working at Ikea? [NY Post]
So You Wanna Buy a Foreclosure... [NY Mag]
The 2008 Mermaid Parade in Photos [GL]
More Mermaid Parade Photos! [Forgotten NY]
AY: This Generation's Penn Station? [AY Report]
Out With Gowanus, In With Elan [Curbed]
A Carroll Gardens Life [PMFA]
Letitia James Gets Remixed [Footprint Gazette]
June 20, 2008
Friday Links
Brooklyn Bridge. Photo by evagram.
Symbolic Cobble Hill Tree Avoids Execution [NY Times]
Bed-Stuy Library Reopens After $2M Rehab [NY Times]
Proposal From Albany to Stem Foreclosures [NY Times]
Slope Bank Robbery and School Lockdown [GL]
Rare Dutch Farmhouse to Come Before LPC [Eagle]
2nd Arrest Made for Bklyn Wall Collapse [NY Sun]
Mermaid Parade Descending on Coney [AMNY]
Kids Protest School Cuts [NY Daily News]
Weekend Subway Guide [NY Post]