Wednesday Links
Flatbush Lowes. Photo by kipbot. Approval Is Near for Bill to Help U.S. Homeowners [NY Times] DOB Eyes Some More New Safety Measures [NY Times] The Building Boom’s Heavy Use of Non-Union Labor [Village Voice] From Brooklyn, a Rap Campaign Against Tight Clothes [Village Voice] Victorian Flatbush a Top NY Spot to Buy Old Houses…
Flatbush Lowes. Photo by kipbot.
Approval Is Near for Bill to Help U.S. Homeowners [NY Times]
DOB Eyes Some More New Safety Measures [NY Times]
The Building Boom’s Heavy Use of Non-Union Labor [Village Voice]
From Brooklyn, a Rap Campaign Against Tight Clothes [Village Voice]
Victorian Flatbush a Top NY Spot to Buy Old Houses [This Old House]
Preserving Public Housing that Works [Gotham Gazette]
Property Tax Rift Divides Council, Mayor [NY Sun]
Weird: A CBA Block Party on Pacific Street [AY Report]
Acorn, Pratt Target Coney Island plan [Crain’s]
NYU-Polytech Merger Approved [TRD]
re tech-nyu merger approval – the chips continue to fall into place for downtown. very exciting to see this exponentially increasing interest and investment in the area.
Who ever said that it was only happening in Brooklyn 12:02?
I read the This Old House issue and it was really interesting because in reading the history of the turnaround in all the historic neighborhoods listed as top historic places in the country to get a good deal on a house — every single one of them described a downturn during the flight to the burbs in the 70’s and 80’s. And then described a return to towns, a return to people living near each other and walking to historic downtowns and having a social center and active participation in their community. A return to aesthetics of old houses. A rejection of beige-carpeted, cookie-cutter crap.
ALL of these towns ALL over the country had that happen there. It is so not only happening here in Brooklyn. People really reallly need to get over that idea.
I don’t think these guys know what tight is. Just becuase you can’t squeeze a carful of clowns in the spare room of your pants doesn’t mean that your clothes are tight.
Truly tight clothes – like the jeans of 1980’s British rockers, are pretty gross.
Bloomberg wears tight clothes
“You walk in urban communities… and you see these young people walking around with pants sagging way down below their ass cheeks and underwear showing—what are you selling? That’s much more homoerotic than fitted jeans.”
Homophobic rappers.
rap campaign against tight clothes? Gee- wonder how tight clothing affects my real estate values? I see how this article really is relevant to brownstoner- You don’t care how you get hits, as long as your site counter keeps going up. And it will thanks to your trolls and the racist a**holes who love this stuff. Good choice, gabby- shows your capacity to focus and pick appropriate material. Really impressive- and yes, I’m being sarcastic.
I agree that today’s youth need their clothes to get even bigger. They’ve already super-sized so shirts end at, and pants begin at, their knees. The only thing left is to ditch the work boots and sneakers for oversized clown shoes.