Thursday Links
City Drastically Pares Back Brooklyn Jail to Cut Costs [NY Daily News] Williamsburg Construction Checklist: 19 Kent Avenue and More [Eagle] Houses — Built and Unbuilt — for Sale Near the Domino Sugar Refinery [Eagle] This Williamsburg Tower’s Got a Ferry Fine Location [Eagle] Williamsburg Apartment Building Likely to Fetch $100 Million [Crain’s] The Red Hot…

City Drastically Pares Back Brooklyn Jail to Cut Costs [NY Daily News]
Williamsburg Construction Checklist: 19 Kent Avenue and More [Eagle]
Houses — Built and Unbuilt — for Sale Near the Domino Sugar Refinery [Eagle]
This Williamsburg Tower’s Got a Ferry Fine Location [Eagle]
Williamsburg Apartment Building Likely to Fetch $100 Million [Crain’s]
The Red Hot Rubble of East New York [NY Mag]
Revealed: 253 8th Street, New Two-Family Park Slope Home [NYY]
Permits Filed: 241 Franklin Avenue, Bed Stuy [NYY]
Joseph Sitt’s Son Drops $9 Million on Williamsburg Retail Building [TRD]
See Lena Dunham Talk with Miranda July About New Book at BAM [DNA]
Uuuhhh… why was this photo chosen for this article? It’s… my house… just a little weird is all.
I would be elated if you did!
Well alright! It is a very beautiful building, my favorite part being the skylights in the interior. I only wish I knew it’s history a bit better – the ACRIS system just says it was built in 1899, which I know is code for “we have no idea”