Wednesday Links
Real Estate Still in Distress as U.S. Home Prices Fall Again [NY Times] Brooklyn Bridge Under Scrutiny, by Plotters and the Police [NY Times] Marine Park Developer Restarts Project that Broke DOB Rules [NY Daily News] Thieves Steal Bay Ridge Neighborhood Garden’s Pricey Plants [NY Daily News] CB vs. Hipsters on Summer Concerts, Bars in…
Real Estate Still in Distress as U.S. Home Prices Fall Again [NY Times]
Brooklyn Bridge Under Scrutiny, by Plotters and the Police [NY Times]
Marine Park Developer Restarts Project that Broke DOB Rules [NY Daily News]
Thieves Steal Bay Ridge Neighborhood Garden’s Pricey Plants [NY Daily News]
CB vs. Hipsters on Summer Concerts, Bars in Williamsburg [NY Daily News]
City Leads Tour Behind the Scenes at Arena Site [Eagle]
Clean-up Begins at Toxic Norman Avenue Site [BK Paper]
NYS Shadow Inventory May Take 10 Years to Clear [Crain’s]
Brooklyn’s Highest Penthouse Rented for $6,300/Month [Curbed]
Inside the Luso-American Cultural Center [Lost City]
New Round in Fight Over Dumbo Buildings [WSJ]
Ten Things NBBL Doesn’t Want You to Know [Streetsblog]
Videos: Two Walks Near the AY Site [AY Report]
The New York Times story is so wildly out of line and inaccurate it is almost funny.
The story in the WSJ is factually in error. The map was a Federal map, drawn in error, that included 16 Main, a private building. Feds only have some weight cause they gave $250,000 for bulk head work. Was NOT a state map like
WSJ said.
“The police have also locked the hidden access point to the [Brooklyn] bridge’s cables. Security cameras are aimed around the clock on that spot because it was believed a saboteur would need just 15 minutes . . . to sever a few of the thinner cables and undermine the bridge”
I’m not sure which is more frightening:
– That the access point to the bridge’s cables was ever unlocked;
– That cables can be severed in only 15 minutes; or
– That the tourists have returned to the Bridge en masse now that the weather is so nice, making it very challenging to walk home.