By Lisa J. Curtis
While many mourned the passing of 16-year-old
neighborhood stalwart Cucina restaurant in Park Slope, many more
were pleased to discover that chef Michael Fiore has remained
at the location to start anew.
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Prospect Park-lovers in their 20s and 30s
are invited to skate after hours at Wollman Rink on Jan. 21 for
"Skating Under the Stars," the Prospect Park Alliance
Junior Committee’s annual fundraiser.
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By Paulanne Simmons
As part of the continuing celebration of
its 50th anniversary, Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts
opens its "Broadway Series" on Sunday, Jan. 30, with
"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers."
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Two Brooklyn institutions, the Academy
of Music and the Botanic Garden, will host celebrations in honor
of civil rights pioneer Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday,
Jan. 17.
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The article headlined "’Beacon’
Lights It Up" [GO Brooklyn, Jan. 1] incorrectly identified
the composer of "Beacon." Dan Siegler is the composer.
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By Karen Butler
Donald Margulies may have a Pulitzer Prize
under his belt, a teaching job at Yale University, a family and
a home in Connecticut, but the 50-year-old Jewish playwright
insists he will always be a Brooklyn boy at heart.
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By Jess Wisloski
More than 200 residents
of Brooklyn Heights and Downtown were left without telephone service Friday
and Saturday after a construction crew working on the nearly completed
Court House apartment building knocked out a Verizon relay box.
DUMBO-based Two Trees Management, owned by father-and-son development
team David and Jed Walentas, is building the 321-unit mixed-income high-rise,
which will also include a YMCA and ground-floor retail, on Court Street
between Atlantic Avenue and State Street. A 700-space, underground parking
garage has been in operation at the site since September.
Around 11 am, on Friday, J
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By Jess Wisloski
A series of high-rise residential buildings under construction or planned
in DUMBO have residents concerned that the city and local government has
been too lackadaisical in assessing the impact of project-specific zoning
allowances.
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By Jess Wisloski
City officials this week ordered contractors for Ikea to stop the demolition
of a Civil War-era building in Red Hook after inspectors found it contained
higher levels of asbestos than the Swedish home furnishings giant had
reported.
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By Jess Wisloski
Ask many of the Brooklynites who for 20 years led the charge to create
a park along the DUMBO, Fulton Ferry, Brooklyn Heights and Cobble Hill
waterfronts what they think of the new plans for Brooklyn Bridge Park,
and if nothing else, they’ll concede on one point — 13 is an
unlucky number.
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LETTERS
D’town
perfect place for Brooklyn Wal-Mart
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