Tuesday Links
Park Slope brownstones. Photo by kathrynhaynie. The LeFraks Expand Their Empire, Go Upscale [NY Times] A Bank Bet on Condos, but Buyers Want Out [NY Times] Bed-Stuy Owners Try to Lure Young Buyers [NY Daily News] One Hanson Clock Reno is Overbudget [NY Daily News] How to Balance Chain and Local Stores? [Brooklyn Eagle] Boom…
Park Slope brownstones. Photo by kathrynhaynie.
The LeFraks Expand Their Empire, Go Upscale [NY Times]
A Bank Bet on Condos, but Buyers Want Out [NY Times]
Bed-Stuy Owners Try to Lure Young Buyers [NY Daily News]
One Hanson Clock Reno is Overbudget [NY Daily News]
How to Balance Chain and Local Stores? [Brooklyn Eagle]
Boom May Falter Over Building Costs [NY Sun]
Walgreens in Kensington to Stay [Kensington Brooklyn]
They’re excited about a Walgreen’s? Not much else going on I guess.
re: bed stuy article: did they coin the term “brownstoner” in the 70s when the group was formed or has this become a household word, like ‘santorum’?
yeah, the shroud on the clock tower is annoying, but what about the shroud dangling off the prison ship monument in Fort Green Park? That’s a disgrace. How many times will they push back the renovations there by a year at a shot?