By Jess Wisloski
Atlantic Yards: The Bloomberg administration illegally diverted more than $22 million
in city funds, using the money as a slush fund to further the agenda of
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, city Comptroller William Thompson charged this
week.
Comment.
By Ariella Cohen
On a recent steamy morning, the goddess Minerva was given her annual wax.
Comment.
By Jess Wisloski
Twenty-five years ago, the smells wafting up from the cracks between cobblestones
in DUMBO weren’t a topic anyone would call the city about.
Comment.
By Jess Wisloski
Calling themselves Wal-Mart No Way, a group of friends, activists and
neighbors in Park Slope this week began distributing spoof ads mocking
the mega-retailer’s attempts to market itself in Brooklyn.
Comment.
By Jess Wisloski
A developer that paid $12 million for four lots next to the Brooklyn Academy
of Music’s Harvey Theater in Fort Greene plans to build a large-scale
luxury condominium complex, a spokeswoman for the developer said.
Comment.
By Jess Wisloski
Following the state’s July 26 approval of a general project plan
for the Brooklyn Bridge Park, planners this week announced the date of
the only hearing that will take public comment on plans for a waterfront
housing, open space and commercial development along the Brooklyn Heights
waterfront.
Comment.
By Jess Wisloski
Brooklyn Heights and Cobble Hill residents who support the idea of a waterfront
park that would stretch from the Manhattan Bridge to Atlantic Avenue,
but who at the same time disagree with the new Brooklyn Bridge Park plan’s
reliance on high-rise condominium development. are banding together to
voice their dissent.
Comment.
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