Thursday Links
Williamsburg 6. Photo by
Williamsburg 6. Photo by Bluejake
Subduing a Mammoth with a Paintbrush [NY Times]
Residential Sales [NY Times]
Finger Building Sore Point in W’burg [NY Daily News]
Trader Joe’s to Brooklyn [NY Daily News]
30-Year Rates Rise for First Time in 2005 [Bankrate]
Wide Metal Shelving? [Apartment Therapy]
More on Mapping [Unbeige]
The Bluejake photo is of the Austin Nichols & Co. Warehouse in Williamsburg (N3 on the water). The building was desiged by Cass Gilbert (architect of the Woolworth Building, Bowling Green Customs House, US Supreme Court). The current owners are planning a condo conversion (designed by Karl Fischer) which would turn it into this: http://www.kfarchitect.com/portfolio/residential/multifamily/multi-68.html