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Boo! Haunted House Becomes Pricey Apartments
To be honest, I'm not sure what I think anymore. Neighborhood stakeholders have thumbed their noses at creating affordable housing - you know below market rent stabilized? And along with the mad dash...
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Another Bites the Dust...
Recognize this corner? Not for long.From the article in NYREJ: It never gets easy to read the phrase "take full advantage of the emerging neighborhood." oy.Zoned R7A, 100 Lenox Rd. allows for...
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Jesse Hamilton, III wants to know...what's the big deal?
As I write this, New York's "progressives" are busy tearing each other apart. Sure, it's entertaining to read how the Independent Democrats are a bunch of lying, thieving turncoats who favor the Trump...
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The Rubbin' Spoonful
Rub Is All You Need?No, actually. You need a good hunk of meat too, but like the Spice Girls once put it "Be a little bit wiser baby, put it on, put it on." because the "two become one." (see below...
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And the beat goes on...
Me used to shout from the treetops, droogs. Now my type gets hilariously made fun of on blogs like F-bushed, which has quickly emerged as a must-read around here. In his latest, he pulls no punches at...
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Abdo To the Rescue Again and Again
When we first met Abdo Zandani many years ago, he was struggling to find his niche on Parkside Avenue. It's hard to remember so far back, but there was a real need for internet access back a decade...
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Tomorrow - Civic Minded - Local Politics Without the Bullshit
The Q makes no bones about his support of local firebrand Diana Richardson, most likely YOUR State Assemblyperson. If you're looking to get more involved in the community, I'd like to direct your...
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Caton Flats < Cate Bush
Ugh. Since when does adding "flats" to your name sound like a good idea? Flats. Flat tires. Flat empty spaces. Flat walls. Flat paint. Minnesota Flats. Flatulence. Flatty, flatyy, flat, flat. I guess...
View ArticleGoing For Woke
A recent charity baseball game between Liberals and Ultra-Liberals ended in an alarming brawl earlier this week, portending greater fights to come. In the age of Trump, those of us on the left of the...
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Grateful Historic Districts To Begin Building "Affordable Townhomes" In...
Coming soon, all over. A new proposal is for a couple hundred on and near the old Spice Factory site, instead of market and affordable high-rise.Imagine you're someone with family take-home pay between...
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Ah My Beloved Clarkson
The war is over before it began. There will be no new affordable housing on my forlorn rough and tumble block. Just more middle-of-the-road market rate housing. The poorest have been booted, legally or...
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The Ten Commandments of Moses Fried
Thou Shalt Not Rush To Create Apartment Hotel On Parkside AvenueThou Shalt Wait, in fact, About 10 Years From Your First Application Before Getting Permit (see below)Thou Shalt Illegally Rent To...
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IDC Gone? What's A Girl To Do?
Update: Today's Crain's says "former" IDC member Jesse Hamilton's been breaking the law with his campaign headquarters. As a lawyer, he should know bettter.The Independent Democratic Caucus was...
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On A Slow Week Of News, This'll Rev You Up - LM Echo!
Let's see. President announces we'll bomb a middle eastern country - unilaterally and illegally! Most powerful man in congress to step down! President's "fixer" under investigation has office raided by...
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Ooh Uber Baby, It's A Wild World!
Teaser: Guess whose Community Board just lost its FOURTH chairperson in as many years? See below...Who knew Uber did brick 'n' mortar? Sure they have schmuckie-yuppie offices in places like Manhattan...
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Eve-Lyn Williams - A True Neighborhood Hero
The Q first met Eve-Lyn (pronounced how it looks) Williams 7 years ago. I attended some meetings at 265 Hawthorne to watch her feistily shepherd a wary apartment building through a process to becoming...
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Where are the black people?
The Q has seen and posted dozens or renderings of projects in Brooklyn. It really doesn't surprise me that renderings rarely feature people of color, even when the building is going up in a mostly...
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Show and Zell
Have you seen him outside the train stations? From the first to second time the Q saw Zellnor Myrie he became noticeably less shy, like a man coming into his own as a candidate. It's an interesting...
View ArticleGet Outa Town! Or rather, Stay! It's the PLG Arts Festival
The Q digs, he digs, he really does. I love a good home-grown festival! PLG Arts is kickin' ass and takin' names. Just look at all this cool stuff to do without pulling out a Metrocard!Listing of...
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