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... »
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... »
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 ... »
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... »
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... »
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... »
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... »
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... »
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... »
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 (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... »
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... »
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... »
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... »
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... »
