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Ballgreen on Lenox? What the Heck is a Ballgreen?
At 186 Lenox they were going to build this back in 2008:Now comes this pic from an eagle-eyed reader:Coming Winter 2015. That's pretty dang ambitious, unless they really mean Winter 2016. Which begs...
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Interview with New District 17 Superintendent
Parents...start your engines.Rachel Holliday Smith interviewed new District 17 Superintendent Clarence Ellis. If you're at all interested in improving the schools around here, please reach out to him...
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Made with Love?
I'm sitting here reading how Alicia Boyd wants you to write in her name for State Senate. And I'm eating some Mary's Gone Crackers, which are organic, gluten-free, wheat-free, non-gmo, whole-grain....
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Start Starchin' Them White Collars
Thanks David Colon for his always spot on reporting in Brokelyn. The below is his.Do you live here? Sorry. via Google Street ViewReal estate speculation! Sometimes it takes the form of horrible arson....
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Interesting Twist On Lefferts Home Razing
272 HawthorneFrom Rebecca and Brownstoner comes news that a developer has purchased an old wood-frame house with a wide lot and is planning on building two side-by-side row houses in its place -...
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New Biz Alert
That joint next to the Subway that used to be Purple Berry for a minute? Gonna be a taqueria, run by owners who run some other taco joints in hot-to-trot nabes of BK. This from a full-grown man in...
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Flowers On Ocean
No, the Q's not gone poetic, and that's not the name of an indie-rock band from the Twin Cities (Portland/Bushwick). Flowers on Ocean, with supporting act the Parkside Plaza, is all about daffodils....
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Meet Your New Superintendent AND Chancellor
Rare opportunity alert. District 17's CEC give you a chance to meet the two most important people in your child's education. After the teacher. And the principal. And the lunch supervisor.
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Vote Wavny
She's qualified. She's your neighbor on Hawthorne Street. She's smart. She's fair. For all these reasons, don't forget to vote for our homegrown justice, Wavny Toussaint.
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Voter Suppression...NYC Style
I don't know about you, but there's something about Election Day that brings out the worst of my self-righteousness. I start thinking about all the people all over the world that can't exercise their...
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Tuesday's Community Board Meeting, In Verse
Were you there? No? Here's what you missed, in a poem:We met at SUNY DownstateWe were told not to stay there too lateOnly from seven to nineSo we tried to start right on timeNo one knew ol' Robert's...
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Lost Dog Needs Owner
From those who found him: This very scared little guy was caught on Clarkson and Flatbush. He's pretty filthy, and we're guessing he's been outside for a while, but we actually have no idea.We're...
View ArticleAwesome Mural at Prospect Park Station Needs Your Help
I know it seems like the Q is always asking you to give $$ to one thing or another. But sometimes, a little cash is warranted. As in artist Kwenci Jones' modest request for support as he looks to...
View ArticleMTOPP Over the Top
Wow. The last 72 hours have seen a lot of zaniness on the escalating Alicia Boyd vs. CB9 front. Basically she nearly had an aneurism after Monday's reconvened CB mtg because there was supposed to be a...
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The Lawsuit
The below pretty much speaks for itself. I would add that CB9 will be represented by NYC Corporate Counsel, and while I'd like to say the lawsuit is a mere distraction, it's upped the stress level...
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Funny, Unless You're Living There
Now that 123 on the Park is occupied, a strange war has brewed with the Post Office. It appears that they're not recognizing 123 Parkside as an actual address. Letter carriers are refusing to deliver...
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Blog Training
People often ask how the Q does it. Blogging, fighting ignorance, channeling his inner child all the while shopping at the Gem and raising children, in that order. It takes discipline, and strength....
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Worth a Close Reading
The good folks at PPEN have provided a summary document of their goals for a Zoning Study. It could serve as a nice anecdote to some of the screech we've been hearing from other quarters. It's been...
View ArticleLet's Push Forward
The Q just wrote a letter to CB9 and I'm sharing it with you all because I'm sick and tired of sending private requests and tactical suggestions to the leadership and getting no response or action. For...
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A Tale Of Two Restaurants
Hard to believe just two years ago you couldn't get a decent cup of coffee, glass of wine or bistro burger around here. Now, you can spend ALL of your discretionary bourgie dollars right here in...
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