July 14, 2007: Vol. 30, No. 27
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Not Just Nets
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Park or parking? DUMBO decides
Downtown: The once trash-strewn parking lot at Pearl and Water streets in DUMBO has been transformed into what supporters say will become a neighborhood hangout, but others feel isn’t worth the valuable parking spaces it is sitting on. Comment.
Trader Joe’s in the bank
Downtown plan: It’s official: Trader Joe’s is coming to Atlantic Avenue. Comment.
‘Block’ busted building is for sale
Atlantic Yards: A Dean Street house that was the site of a bizarre attempt to seal in a family that was still living inside is on the market again. Comment.
Is Kohen Ridge Ratner?
Yellow Hooker: If Andrew Kohen’s plan to build a Home Depot in Bay Ridge is defeated, you can thank — or blame — Bruce Ratner. Comment.
Dogs and costumes and shrubbery — oh, my!
Carroll Gardens: A developer’s plan to build apartments on a gritty block in the Columbia Street Waterfront District has turned into a near parody of the old saga of builders and their displaced tenants. This time, the displaced tenants are not the needy, the sick or the homeless, but pampered cats and dogs, fancy costumes, and lush foliage. Comment.
Update: CB10 backs Home Depot
Atlantic Yards: Despite considerable anger, Community Board 10 backed a developer’s plan for a Home Depot on Eighth Avenue in Bay Ridge Comment.
Yassky: Stop Ratner gravy train
Atlantic Yards: Bruce Ratner will reap a whopping 50-percent profit on his Atlantic Yards investment, a prominent Brooklyn lawmaker charged this week as he called for an end to the massive taxpayer subsidy of the mega-development. Comment.
