Farragut Houses
Image via New York Times [http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/19/nyregion/promised-a-supermarket-five-years-ago-a-housing-project-is-still-waiting.html?_r=0] .The long-delayed Admiral’s Row supermarket project and the ongoing food access issues that its absence brings into sharp relief were highlighted last week in a New York Times article [http://www.nytimes.
advocacy
Marks Jewish Community House (Source: Google Maps)The story of Sheepshead Bay resident Yefim Ulitskiy, published by the New York Times’ Neediest Cases [http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/06/nyregion/after-his-ex-wifes-death-juggling-care-for-his-daughters.html] on January 5, describes a man whose ex-wife has died and struggles to take care of his
A History of New York in 101 Objects
There is a ton going on at the Brooklyn Historical Society [http://www.brooklynhistory.org/] in the next couple of weeks, including free programs and events that are half-price if you’re a member of the BHS or Green-Wood [http://www.green-wood.com/]. Here’s some of our upcoming favorites,
fig tree deaths
Comment after comment, they agreed: The fig trees, from Brooklyn to Queens and the Bronx, were dying in record numbers. On the Figs 4 Fun forum [http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/95-if-not-all-fig-tree-died-in-queens-ny-disaster-6888363] , they consoled one another over lifeless trees; fig growers from New York to Pennsylvania encouraged one another and
New York Times
Melissaclicks [http://instagram.com/p/ogtVNIqP6O/] captures what The Times noticed today: there is a lot of filming here [/blog/art-music/the-adderall-diaries-new-mtv-series-more-filming-in-the-neighborhood-this-week] ! Thanks to Nicole, Stephanie, and Jamie for sending in the link, and if you haven’t seen it yet, behold the article that rings true but we just
jackie goldstein
Yesterday’s New York Times Real Estate section featured Crown Heights, Brooklyn: A Place of Her Own [http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/30/realestate/crown-heights-brooklyn-a-place-of-her-own.html?hpw&rref=realestate&_r=0] , the story of Manhattan native and 25-year-old Curbed [http://curbed.com] employee Jackie Goldstein’s search
New York Times
Source: Rob Bourdon via FlickrA majority of New Yorkers indicated that they would support the upcoming ballot measure that would allow for the development of seven casinos. The New York Times is reporting [http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/01/nyregion/poll-finds-support-for-new-casinos-in-state.html?hpw] that the poll, conducted by Siena
Bridges
Source: atomische via flickr.comThe New York Times published an editorial [http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/05/opinion/the-price-of-made-in-china.html] by economist Peter Navarro that admonishes the MTA for using Chinese steel products in a key portion of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge [/mta-pushing-ahead-with-plan-to-use-chinese-steel-on-verrazano-deck-project/] restoration project. Navarro, who is a professor
funding
Earlier this week, neighbor and NY Times Gotham columnist Michael Powell [http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/newyorkandregion/columns/gotham/index.html] gave a glimpse inside Prospect Park [http://www.prospectpark.org/]‘s disappearing city funding with his article, Reducing Some City Parks to the Status of Beggars [http://www.
moving to kensington
Kensington is now on the map as a “…kind of hidden secret.” [http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/realestate/moving-deeper-into-brooklyn-for-lower-home-prices.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0] The New York Times [http://www.nytimes.com/] reported in it’s Real Estate section that families are looking beyond, say, Park Slope
New York Times
photo credit: Todd Heisler/NYT [http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/08/13/sports/basketball/SPTSNETS0813.html?ref=basketball#5] The Brooklyn Nets don’t actually live or practice in Brooklyn, but YOU GUYS, what if they did?! The Times uses the build up to Barclays Center’s opening to
New York Times
Or at least, getting more expensive. According to the New York Times, it seems that the laws of supply and demand are still working perfectly. Jill Seligson Braver, an associate broker at Brown Harris Stevens, told the Times that the current market reflects “a level of activity I have not
hiram monserrate
from Salon.comThe last time same-sex marriage was up for a vote in the New York State Senate, Carl Kruger didn’t just vote against it. In 2008, Senator Kruger, along with Hiram Monserrate, Pedro Espada and Ruben Diaz, Sr., threatened to change parties if a vote on gay marriage