Fort Greene Place's Profile

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Any one know if there is ground floor retail sloted for this building?

Posted by: Fort Greene Place at September 24, 2009 12:09 PM in response to New Website, Logo for 80 Dekalb

Did they have to cut down all those huge trees? I was really pissed when I walked by the other day and they had been removed.

They were at least 40 years old, and provided a lot of shade on that street.

Posted by: Fort Greene Place at June 10, 2009 5:13 PM in response to Checking In On Albee Square

I happened to be in the park with a friend one night quite a few months ago when they were testing the fiber optic 'eternal flame.' They had it running, and it actually looked pretty cool. We walked up to monument and got to chat with some of the workers there. Not sure what happened to the flame over the weekend. Technical glitch?

Posted by: Fort Greene Place at November 17, 2008 2:55 PM in response to Prison Ship Martyrs Monument Rededicated

I agree that the lighting and ambiance of the old orange trains is far superior, but the RIDE on the new trains can't be beat.

Apparently it's computer controlled acceleration and deceleration, so the days of being stuck on a train with a 'jerky' driver (stop, start, stop, start, stop) are gone.

Posted by: Fort Greene Place at November 10, 2008 12:25 PM in response to New F Trains Leaving the Station

Fort Greene Place wrote a review about The General Greene on September 30, 2008 4:46 PM

I took my brother there a few weeks after it opened as a celebratory Welcome To New York dinner. Of course, having read the review in NYmag, I was expecting good things.

The service did not disappoint. It was prompt but not overbearing; friendly but not annoyingly so. They did well considering it was completely packed, with a wait. However, the food left a bit to be desired.

For example: I ordered a fresh, local, organic salad and wound up with what reminded me of a handfull of leaves from an Earthbound Farms container. Organic, yes. Fresh and local, seemingly no.

The ambiance could have used a few finishing touches. Loud, inconsistent lighting (like, flickering - I know it sounds petty but it was comically distracting).

I might give it another try, but I probably won't take anyone I'm trying to impress.

Right now's the perfect time to seed. I reworked my back lawn in early spring, mixing in lots of dead leaves from over the winter with starter fertilizer and peat moss. Let it sit for a week, and the started seeding. The problem I ran into was flooding. We had a few storms that inundated my yard with water, and killed all the young grass. I had to plant shade tolerant seed to start with, so it was pretty fragile.

I'm going to try again this weekend and hope for the best. I'd like to have grass, but I have a feeling I should start researching into alternative ground cover that's less labor intensive.

Posted by: Fort Greene Place at September 18, 2008 5:01 PM in response to Removing small rocks and twigs for soil

Fight it! They need to change the law. It's not working.

Posted by: Fort Greene Place at September 16, 2008 10:12 AM in response to More Tickets for Stoop Drinkers

Belgian Blocks, not Cobblestones.

Posted by: Fort Greene Place at September 12, 2008 5:30 PM in response to Thursday Blogwrap

If we're talking about the creative class (read: hipsters), the G is definitely the new L.

But since we're extolling the virtues of the Q train, I felt compelled to post. It's by far my favorite train in the system. From DeKalb to Chinatown in ~10 minutes. Union Square in ~15. It's amazing.

Posted by: Fort Greene Place at September 10, 2008 10:43 AM in response to Is the Q Train the New L?

I think this is brilliant!

I wish someone would do it for MY block.

Posted by: Fort Greene Place at August 20, 2008 11:12 AM in response to A Different Kind of Neighborhood Watch on E. 7th Street

Landmark Preservation Commission

http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/html/home/home.shtml

Posted by: Fort Greene Place at August 14, 2008 1:23 PM in response to House of the Day: 132 Cambridge Place

Fort Greene Place wrote a review about Flatbush Farm on July 31, 2008 12:16 PM

This used to be one of my favorite places, but after a few misses with the service, I'm sort of afraid to bring new people here.

That said, the garden out back IS really spectacular. And the food has always been good.