Michael Randazzo

Michael Randazzo

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Farewell Officer Brathwaite: Luminaries Send 88th Precinct Mainstay Into Retirement In Style
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Farewell Officer Brathwaite: Luminaries Send 88th Precinct Mainstay Into Retirement In Style

l. to r., Officer Sargent, Public Advocate James, Officer Brathwaite, Council Member Cumbo, 88th Precinct Council President Delia M. Hunley-Adossa, 88th Precinct Council Vice President John Harrison (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus/Michael Randazzo)After two decades of faithful service to Fort Greene and Clinton Hill, Officer Varlos Brathwaite is retiring

Ingersoll Meeting Turns Contentious Over Who Qualifies For LGBTQ-Friendly Senior Housing
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Ingersoll Meeting Turns Contentious Over Who Qualifies For LGBTQ-Friendly Senior Housing

Public Advocate James took center stage (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus/Michael Randazzo)When a contentious meeting Monday night at the Ingersoll Community Center about a proposed building with 145 affordable apartments for seniors — including those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ) — threatened to devolve into chaos,

PrattSIDE’s Putnam Triangle Plaza Sculpture: A Q&A With Professor Mark Parsons
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PrattSIDE’s Putnam Triangle Plaza Sculpture: A Q&A With Professor Mark Parsons

Image via PrattSIDE.As the debate continues over the future of Putnam Plaza [/blog/2015/06/24/gentrification-and-its-discontents-the-conversation-around-putnam-triangle-plaza/] , Mark Parsons [https://aap.cornell.edu/people/mark-parsons], an architect who is also a professor in Pratt Institute’s undergraduate architecture program, responded by email to questions about a proposed sculptural installation

Gentrification And Its Discontents: The Conversation Around Putnam Triangle Plaza
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Gentrification And Its Discontents: The Conversation Around Putnam Triangle Plaza

A stark tale of Brooklyn gentrification is playing out in Clinton Hill, as it has over the past four years [http://fort-greene.thelocal.nytimes.com/2012/06/13/on-fulton-street-locals-debate-what-an-improvement-even-is/] . Despite opposition from some of the merchants and residents [/blog/2014/12/08/clinton-hill-residents-debate-city-redesign-of-putnam-triangle-plaza/] it is intended to serve, Putnam Triangle

Local Soccer Club Kids Greet NY Cosmos Player Keasel Broome In Fort Greene
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Local Soccer Club Kids Greet NY Cosmos Player Keasel Broome In Fort Greene

Photo by James Zhang.BY MICHAEL RANDAZZO Last Friday afternoon, April 24, Ingersoll Community Center’s expansive basketball court was filled with nearly 80 kids happily dribbling balls — with their feet. The occasion? A culmination celebration for a three-month community soccer project [/blog/2015/02/20/st-francis-coca-cola-assist-local-soccer-group-spreading-fun/] organized by Young

Stork’s Special Delivery: Two Hawk Chicks Born High Above Fort Greene
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Stork’s Special Delivery: Two Hawk Chicks Born High Above Fort Greene

Photo by Gerri Hernández [http://www.gerripix.com/].BY MICHAEL RANDAZZO Last Monday, April 20, Gerri Hernandéz, who has been closely monitoring a pair of red-tailed hawks living in Fort Greene [/blog/2015/03/24/unexpected-guests-pair-red-tailed-hawks-nest-liu-brooklyn-%20 athletic-lights/], noticed that the female hawk was “restless” after weeks of being rooted

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