Checking out an armoire at the corner store on Court and Second Pl...
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
It looks as though the out-of-context, oversized, Karl Fischer-designed finger building at 100 Luquer Street is nearing completion after almost four years.Just yesterday, Reader Grady noticed that the construction fence had come down. Workers were pouring cement for a new sidewalk this morning and it looks as though they had paved in front of what looks like the building's entryway.Construction of the 11 story building first began in 2007. It was...
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
No, no. Vince Mazzone and his family have not sold out to Puzzo, as the new signs and awning in front of their hardware store would indicate. After all, the Mazzones have operated their hardware store at this location for decades and they aren't going anywhere.The signage, as Vince explained in an email he sent around yesterday is just a movie prop for a new TV show entitled Over/Under, about a day trader who has a gambling problem. Vince Mazzone...
Monday, August 29, 2011
Tracey Bell of National GridAndrew Prophete of National GridGary Riley, Environmental Protection Chair Community Board 6Last night, at a special Community Board 6's Public Safety/Environmental Protection and Permits & Licenses Committee meeting, Tracey Bell, Andrew Prophete and Michael Zukauskas of National Grid, together with some of their colleagues, gave the community an update on the development of their remediation plan for the heavily...
A rat's work is never done in New York City. This inflatable rodent showed up this morning at the corner of Court and Sackett Streets, to protest in front of the development site at 340 Court Street, which has recently been acquired by Alchemy Properties, a development, marketing and consulting firm. Alchemy took over the project after the Clarett Group pulled out.The big, fat rat belongs to Local Union 361, which represents ironworkers in Brooklyn,...
Sunday, August 28, 2011
UPDATE: According to the MTA web site: "With very limited exceptions, service has resumed across the subway system on all lines. However, service will be less frequent than normal, and customers should expect longer waits and more crowded trains. Frequency of service will improve over the course of the day."'Also Sanitation is picking up garbage and recyclables. I just chased them down the block with my paper recycling can. I hadn't put it out...
Third Street at the bridge over the Gowanus this morning was flooded. Incidentally, that is Carroll Gardens' Hurricane evacuation route. Good thing Irene was 'just' a tropical storm. A bit further afield, a giant tree fell over at Montgomery Place in Park SlopeFeel sorry for the car ownerMore photos, these from Reader Rick who took them this morning. Thanks for allowing me to post them here on PMFA, Ri...
(photo above courtesy of Hudson Companies' Inc.)Simp pump under the front entrance of Third and BondA smaller hose coming out of the front door of the buildingAfter Hurricane (Tropical Storm) Irene, some serious basement pumping is going on over at Third And Bond, Hudson Companies' Inc new condo building. It was built right in a flood zone, one block away from the Gowanus Canal.One has to feel bad for those new owners. This will be an ongoing problem...
Just took another walk down to the Gowanus Canal and found quite a few people on the Carroll Street Bridge on this Sunday after the storm.The water level had gone down since the high tide mark at 8 AM. The owner of The Yard at Carroll on the Canal is checking out the situation. Earlier, his property had been flooded.Some traces of the flooding are still visible between the trees on the propertyThe residents of the Satori, the condo building on Bond...
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