Wednesday Links
My neighborhood. Photo by jet2000nyc from the Brownstoner Flickr Pool. Sweat Equity Put to Use on a Farm in Sight of Wall St. [NY Times] Nearly 1 in 6 Owners ‘Under Water’ [Wall Street Journal] Officials Step Up Renovations at Crumbling School [NY Daily News] Brookyn’s Getting Greener, But Not From Envy [Brooklyn Eagle] Gowanus…

My neighborhood. Photo by jet2000nyc from the Brownstoner Flickr Pool.
Sweat Equity Put to Use on a Farm in Sight of Wall St. [NY Times]
Nearly 1 in 6 Owners ‘Under Water’ [Wall Street Journal]
Officials Step Up Renovations at Crumbling School [NY Daily News]
Brookyn’s Getting Greener, But Not From Envy [Brooklyn Eagle]
Gowanus Condo Renderings “Deceptive,” Architects Say [Gothamist]
Did that Two Trees gut on St. James go into contract?
It does look surreal! Nokilissa, come drop by my Forum post today.
I love this picture. It reminds me of Mister Roger’s neighborhood, or traveling back through time to peering in at miniature train sets which whoosh past model neighborhoods, moss covered forests and mountains…
And it gives one the visceral sensation of smelling fresh rain. Strange.