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Best Comment Of The Day: Interpreted Data

Anonymous has left the following comment on the post Still Spinning: DEP at Wednesday Night's CB6 Meeting On Gowanus Clean-up:The DEP presentation was a propaganda show.And it would only be fair if Gary's CB6 club would allow all the other Superfund PR... »

What's Your Vision For 'Public Place' In Carroll Gardens?: Public Voice, Public Dream Mural Workshop At The Old Stone House

Our local elected Representatives envision a 774-unit,  mixed-income, mixed-use residential development for Public Place, the six acre brownfield site which runs along the Gowanus Canal and Smith Street.But what do we, as the community want? What would... »

On Wednesday Eve, Come To Meeting With DEP Regarding Gowanus CSOs And Tell The Agency To Stop That S**t From Flowing Into The Canal

Community Board 6 is holding an informational meeting with Representatives of the NYC Department of Environmental Protection on "the findings from the Environmental Protection Agency's Superfund Site investigation and Feasibility Study relating to the ... »

Best Comment Of The Day: Priced Out Of Carroll Gardens?

Anonymous has left the following comment on the post "Did Owner Of "Green Onion" Children's Boutique On Smith Street Simply Walk Away?": I've bought many gifts here; sometimes the staff was a bit flakey, but never especially pushy. What's more interest... »

Music, Migration And The Maghreb: A Lecture On Jewish-Muslim Musical Collaboration in North Africa and Beyond At Proteus Gowanus

Another great event at Proteus Gowanus. Join Chris Silver of jewishmorocco.blogspot.com for a lecture with discussion and recordings from North Africa and Israel.Music, Migration and the Maghreb:Jewish-Muslim Musical Collaboration in North Africa and B... »

Halstead Property Buys Cobble Heights Realty And Heights Berkeley Realty

Big Real Estate News in Brownstone BrooklynHalstead Property, which is already well represented in Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Boerum Hill and the Heights, has just bought both Cobble Heights Realty and Heights Berkeley Realty, two small neighborhood... »

Get Ready To Vote: Councilmember Lander and Residents Unveil Participatory Budgeting Ballot

Councilman Brad Lander of the 39th Council DistrictWhat to do with a $1 million dollars? That was the question Councilman Brad Lander of the 39th District Council posed his constituents at several assemblies back in October 2011. The purpose was to ide... »

"Smith Bike" Coming To Smith Street

In the last week, the storefront at 149 Smith Street, at the corner of Bergen Street, got a makeover with a coat of fresh paint.  I stopped by to talk to the workers, who told me that a new bike store, appropriately called "Smith Bike",  will be coming... »

Films On Solitary Migration At Proteus Gowanus

Here is another great event at Proteus Gowanus, the interdisciplinary gallery and reading room at 543 Union Street. I love this place.  If you have never been, check it out.The Wayfarers: Films on Solitary MigrationTuesday, March 6, 8pm543 Union Street... »

Best Comment Of The Day: Talking Out Of Both Sides Of Their Mouths

Anonymous has left the following comment on the post "Final BSA Vote On Whole Foods Took 9 Seconds": Ironic that this news follows your interview with J&M and the need for areas like Gowanus that are zoned for industry. Whole Foods is not being put the... »

Historic District Council And Preservationists Continue Push Against Shrinking Coignet Building Site In Gowanus

’Historic District Council (HDC), the Citywide Advocate for New York's Historic Neighborhoods, is currently circulating a petition to be sent to the NYC Council's Landmarks Subcommittee in regards to the landmark Coignet Building on the intersection of... »

Battle For Brooklyn: Free Screening At Issue Project Room In Gowanus

If you have not yet seen "Battle for Brooklyn" by husband-and-wife-team Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky, here is your chance. Gowanus Institute, Rooftop Films and Issue Project Room present:Battle for Brooklynthe Oscar shortlisted and critically accla... »

BSA Delays Decision On Gowanus Whole Foods Market Till February

If the lawyers and representatives of Whole Foods Market's thought that the NYC Board of Standards And Appeals was going to reach a decision on their request for a use variance (§72-21) to permit a food store (UG6) in Gowanus, contrary to use regulatio... »

'Tales Of The Gowanus' At Proteus Gowanus

Want to learn more about the history of the Gowanus Canal? Proteus Gowanus, the interdisciplinary gallery and reading room at 543 Union Street will be hosting an evening of wine and conversation with Leslie-Arlette Boyce, lead author of The Glory of Br... »

A Glimpse Inside The Landmarked Coignet Stone Building On Third Street In Gowanus

Historic photo of the Coignet Stone Company BuildingLate this morning, I was alerted to the fact that there was a demolition truck in front of the landmarked Coignet Stone building on the Whole Foods site.  I immediately grabbed my camera and walked ov... »

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