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Posted by: AA at November 10, 2009 3:30 PM in response to Dustup Over Red Hook Concrete Plant Continues

Yawn, yawn .... yuppies, blah, overpaid, blah, blah ... yeah and those pesky people living in public housing can suck it up too .... it's OK, they'll be compensated for their kids getting asthma by all the new cement factory jobs they'll be getting .... if there are still any unemployed people left after the mass local hiring at IKEA and Fairway.

Posted by: AA at November 9, 2009 11:42 PM in response to Dustup Over Red Hook Concrete Plant Continues

Of course, it's all an invention - let's put an organic farm next to Greco's operation on the Gowanus too (as long as Greco doesn't mind .... well, what does it matter, even if they were there first?) - what could possibly go wrong? We need to get some ballfields on the banks of Newtown Creek too - nice to have some water close by to quench the thirst of the young'ns. Cement plants are totally benign - let's have one right in the middle of Prospect Park while we're at it!

Posted by: AA at November 9, 2009 6:39 PM in response to Dustup Over Red Hook Concrete Plant Continues

The building that Christies is leasing doesn't have windows - it's 162 Imlay. Its "twin", sitting South of it, is 160 Imlay - it's the one that had "windows" knocked out before work ground to a halt with the law suits about zoning, etc, before it was finally resolved in court, 5 years later, around October, 2008, and the residential variance was restored (though it still sits dormant, cloaked in that black material).

Posted by: AA at October 23, 2009 11:19 AM in response to Work in Progress at Christie's Red Hook Warehouse

Excellent - well I hope you've had some of your questions answered - most of which seemed rhetorical at first read. Knickers decisively unbunched.

Posted by: AA at July 6, 2009 10:12 PM in response to EDC Talks Latest Red Hook Waterfront Plans

Hey bg and pb. Before jumping to conclusions about the supposed NIMBYism of the Red Hook residents who are weighing in on this issue and trying to draw attention to some of the negative impacts it may bring - myself included through the blog referred to in this post - you should read some of the writing on this issue. The vast majority of Red Hook residents, businesses, etc., are in favor of a plan that would bring Phoenix, the Water Taxi and other activities to the waterfront. We are saying yes to a working waterfront - yes to the jobs both Phoenix and NY Water Taxi would bring, and yes to trying to maintain the unique character of Red Hook. The criticism of the plan - which has now been signed off on by the Port Authority - is that it doesn't give back to the community in a way that is beneficial to the small businesses and residents in a meaningful way. It also does little to mitigate the impact of the pollution created by not only the trucks, but the increased number of ships which idle 24/7 when in port, belching carcinogenic and asthma producing smoke over Red Hook, Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill (1 ship = 12,000 cars). Go to my blog for some little known information about the impact of these emissions on populations surrounding ports - particularly on the most vulnerable - kids, asthma sufferers, the elderly and minority communities. There are some statements made by the EPA on this very issue, made as recently as last Wednesday, in my recent post and on the side-bar of my blog. It seems fair enough that the people who are being impacted by these sort of proposals try to make sure their kids aren't being poisoned for the sake of the "bottom line" of the Port Authority or the EDC - don't you agree? Or are you also telling the kids of Red Hook, as are the PA and the EDC, to suck it up?

Posted by: AA at July 6, 2009 6:31 PM in response to EDC Talks Latest Red Hook Waterfront Plans