December 20, 2008: Vol. 31, No. 50
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Stableton?!
Kensington: Residents of a seven-square-block micro-neighborhood south of Prospect Park are succeeding in their quest to have the community renamed “Stable Brooklyn” — yes, that’s the name of the neighborhood, not the local bumper-sticker slogan. Comments (4).
Vote is ‘docked’! Big crowd delays CB2 vote on Walentas tower
DUMBO: David and Jed Walentas’s proposal for an 18-story building next to the Brooklyn Bridge is so controversial that when all of the angry opponents and passionate supporters were finished speaking at the first public hearing on the project, members of the community board no longer had time to vote. Comments (7).
The (not-so-big) dig
Bridge ‘Park’: The promise of construction of the Brooklyn Bridge Park development along the DUMBO and Brooklyn Heights waterfront may be a symbol of a glorious future for the borough — but it has also revealed a scintillating symbol of Brooklyn’s glorious past. Comment.
Another Coney dream
Editorial: Our editorial board is skeptical of a Municipal Art Society scheme for Coney Island. Comments (3).
A bunch of clowns
Mean Streets: The fight over a pair of controversial Williamsburg bike lanes has gotten so wacky that cycling activists sent in the clowns — literally. Comments (10).
Abandoned ship
Coney Island: It’s a race against time to save two iconic structures from the recently closed Astroland park in Coney Island. Comments (5).
Work on Bridge ‘Park’ to start today (no, really)
Bridge ‘Park’: The construction of Brooklyn Bridge Park is supposed to begin today. Comments (1).
Exclusive! Green Church to become a school
Bay Ridge: The city is moving towards buying the land that was once home to Bay Ridge’s beloved, but now-demolished, “Green Church” for a new school, The Brooklyn Paper has learned. Comments (2).
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