I work in the film and television industry, the trucks that have the Pennsylvania plates are from a company called Haddads.
They are the best trucks on the east coast, and no New York doesn't have any company that has anything remotely as nice as theirs, that's why you see them on every major production.
New York needs to keep the tax incentives more than you know, jobs have already started going away like they did in Seattle, everything started filming in Vancouver, now New York productions are going to Toronto, and they don't always take the crew with them.

Posted by: Under the Radar at March 25, 2009 3:08 PM in response to Big Fire on 9th Street?

What,

I rarely agree with many of your posts, but the whole triple the rent thing is stupid. I did also hear that the space Eva Daniels was in will rent for $6,000. ??? Unlike yourself I am more open to the "gentrification process" (wow that sounds like a four letter word) but empty store fronts are not good for any class / sector of our fragile economy. I am scared that there will be more of this to come, and that saddens me.

Posted by: Under the Radar at March 19, 2009 11:31 AM in response to Retail Hardest Hit in Brooklyn

Double edged sword, that project employees a good number of people. Jobs are so valuable in this market.

Posted by: Under the Radar at March 17, 2009 3:56 PM in response to Petition: Say No to Stimulus Money for Atlantic Yards

Did The What just have a heart there and tell us ALL of us to get back here safely on Monday?

Wow

Posted by: Under the Radar at March 13, 2009 4:04 PM in response to Open Thread

I'm all for the Chase, there is no Washington Mutual remotely close so when they switch to Chase I'm in luck.

Posted by: Under the Radar at February 27, 2009 4:25 PM in response to Streetlevel: Chase Revealed on Myrtle

Has anyone eaten at the new Turkish place Deniz yet? I walk past it almost every day and haven't seen a person at a table yet? Bad time to open a restaurant.

Posted by: Under the Radar at February 27, 2009 9:24 AM in response to Open Thread

Wow,

Check out the carpet on the stairs, yuck.
That kitchen looks like is was designed for a studio apartment, not a million dollar brownstone.

Nice location though

Posted by: Under the Radar at February 23, 2009 2:44 PM in response to House of the Day: 356 1st Street

I live right on the Fort Greene/ Clinton Hill border, while the article is great for the neighborhood, it seems like it written by a 5th grader.

Posted by: Under the Radar at February 17, 2009 11:20 AM in response to Fort Greene: City's Best Nabe?

I would have a quandary between the West Village and prime Brooklyn Heights.

Posted by: Under the Radar at February 3, 2009 9:37 AM in response to Open Thread