Thursday Links
Spike Lee Exchange Highlights Gentrification Debate [NY Times] Eyebeam Chooses an Architect for New Brooklyn Home [NY Times] Eight Construction Workers Seriously Injured at Decrepit Ocean Hill House [NY Daily News] Gentrifiers, Hold Your Heads High [NY Daily News] Sittin’ on Top of the World at 388 Bridge Street, Brooklyn’s Tallest Building [Brooklyn Eagle] Red…
Spike Lee Exchange Highlights Gentrification Debate [NY Times]
Eyebeam Chooses an Architect for New Brooklyn Home [NY Times]
Eight Construction Workers Seriously Injured at Decrepit Ocean Hill House [NY Daily News]
Gentrifiers, Hold Your Heads High [NY Daily News]
Sittin’ on Top of the World at 388 Bridge Street, Brooklyn’s Tallest Building [Brooklyn Eagle]
Red Hook, Williamsburg Libraries Invite Artists, Musicians to Move in Upstairs [Brooklyn Paper]
Lit Lounge Is Mating With McKibbin Lofts to Create Terrifying New Club [Gothamist]
New Video Exposes Abuse of Williamsburg’s Female Day Laborers [Gothamist]
JPMorgan to Move 2,000 Employees to Brooklyn [Crain’s]
Most NYC Major Roads in Disrepair [Crain’s]
Councilman Reynoso Vows to Stamp out Irresponsible Development [NY Observer]
W’burg Retail Building Sales in 2013 Trounce Prior Year [NY Observer]
Turning a One-Story Garage Into a Four-Story One-Family Home on President Street [PMFA]
U.S. Home Sales Rise Most in Five Years [TRD]
Barclays Center Hires “Sound Concierge” When Bands Complain About Acoustics [DNAinfo]
They were BOTD a couple of years ago:
http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2011/04/building-of-the-287