October 21, 2006: Vol. 29, No. 41
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Not Just Nets
Saturday, Oct. 21, 2006
Cheap housing advocates push for more changes in subsidy program
Development: Affordable housing advocates called on Mayor Bloomberg this week to quit subsidizing the construction of luxury apartments, saying his long-awaited reform proposal for a controversial property tax break didn’t go far enough. Comments (1).
Stinger bites two rivals
Coney Island: Give us the jellyfish! Comment.
Fourth Ave could get school for free
Development: Build a school, get aboard the Fourth Avenue gravy train. Comment.
Bring back a trolley!
Editorial: Calls to restore trolley service to Brooklyn probably started the day after trolley service — like the Dodgers — left Brooklyn. Comment.
Locals: City dragging feet at Owls Head
Development: Nearly a year has passed since Mayor Bloomberg promised to staunch the stench from the Owls Head Water Pollution Control Plant, and the update is … it still stinks. Comments (1).
Beloved music store to close
Development: Cobble Hill will lose another of its colorful institutions when the Musician’s General Store closes at the end of the month, squeezed out by soaring rents in the fast-changing neighborhood. Comment.
D’Town czar Chan’s ‘lofty’ business plan
Downtown plan: If you build it, they will come — but with two-million-square feet of office space being built in Downtown Brooklyn, planners still don’t know who “they” are. Comment.
Trolley idea is derailed
Bridge ‘Park’: See our editorial. Comment.
Room boom
Downtown plan: The Brooklyn Marriott’s 280-room annex has swung open its doors on Adams Street, bringing its total number of rooms in the often sold-out hotel to 660. Comment.
Mickey Mouse plan
Red Hook: Elected officials from Washington to City Hall this week derided Mayor Bloomberg’s plan to turn the Red Hook and Cobble Hill waterfront into a maritime-themed tourist attraction as “Disney on the Waterfront.” Comment.
