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Development archive

Not Just Nets

Saturday, June 16, 2007

Slope to Shaya: Fix J.J. Byrne Park now

Park Slope: The local community board wants the city to deny developer Shaya Boymelgreen a key permit until he fixes a park damaged during construction of his Novo condo. Comment.

Dyker Heights house is now one for the ages

Bay Ridge: A college thesis has finally made history: Dyker Heights’s famed “Saitta House” has made it to the National Register of Historic Places — thanks to a New York University medical student who did his college thesis on the neighborhood’s under-appreciated history. Comment.

Armory plan advances?

Park Slope: Workers are indeed putting the finishing touches on a $16-million renovation of the Park Slope Armory — but that doesn’t mean neighbors will be lifting weights and running laps any time soon. Comment.

Flaming bar on market: Site for sale, but Hank’s will stay

Downtown: A building housing a legendary, century-old Atlantic Avenue bar that was once so popular with Mohawk Indian ironworkers that it became an informal union hall is for sale. Comment.

Look for union label: Pols rally against Downtown hotel project

Downtown plan: Protesters and elected officials rallied last Friday in Downtown to protest the use of non-union labor in the construction of twin hotels. Comment.

Fourth Avenue rising right

Editorial: Grabbing a beer on the new Fourth Avenue provides an object lesson in the difference between good development and bad development. Comment.