There's a section of BH called Willowtown? What are the borders?

There is a small residential corridor along Duffield and Concord Streets. I always wondered what that was called.

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Posted by: Kevin Walsh at November 20, 2009 10:30 AM in response to New Cafe for The Heights

Let that be a lesson. Swaying the LPC is easy as tinkling the keys and swelling millions of units.

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Posted by: Kevin Walsh at November 19, 2009 4:44 PM in response to Thursday Blogwrap

Good God.

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Posted by: Kevin Walsh at October 2, 2009 10:15 AM in response to The Venetian Unveiled

This old gag is brought up every few years, whether its' the ditch in Cobble Hill or the elevated highway in Sunset Park. Where is the money coming from for this? The big dig cost Boston billions. Even if the mob doesn't get involved with this, it would still cost billions...

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Posted by: Kevin Walsh at September 21, 2009 11:29 AM in response to What to Do with the BQE Ditch

Diamond installed tracks on Conover and Reed Streets a few years ago, he ran out of funds, and the city then promptly ripped them up and paved them over. Now they want to restart the whole thing again?

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Posted by: Kevin Walsh at August 18, 2009 12:40 PM in response to Resurrecting Red Hook's Trolley Tracks

Can we hit the reset button and turn Williamsburg back over to the Polish, Slavs and Latinos in $500 per month apartments?

What was so wrong with that, anyway?

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Posted by: Kevin Walsh at July 13, 2009 1:08 PM in response to The Epitaph of Epitaphs for Williamsburg's Boom

Arby's, Restaurant of Death. They demolished historic Niederstein's in Middle Village, and will now set about despoiling Gage and Tollner.

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Posted by: Kevin Walsh at June 11, 2009 12:20 PM in response to LPC Gives Arby's Go-Ahead for Historic Fulton Mall Space

More of 'em here

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Posted by: Kevin Walsh at June 9, 2009 1:07 PM in response to Walkabout with Montrose: What's in a Name?

Another fertile locale for stained glass: walk up to cemetery mausoleums and peer through the door. You will likely be rewarded with beautiful stained glass.

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Posted by: Kevin Walsh at April 28, 2009 7:16 PM in response to Walkabout With Montrose: Through Colored Glass, Brightly

That thing looks like the Brooklyn House of Detention, a block away.

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Posted by: Kevin Walsh at April 28, 2009 12:08 AM in response to Lots of Love for the Schermerhorn House

>>>Especially in a city with an excellent mass transit system (yes, it is, compared to anywhere else in the country) and a climate and topography which allows people to ride their bikes a substantial portion of the year.<<<

Extra bike lanes are fine but riding a bike is not the solution for many. Some are over 50 or out of shape and would find a bike commute every day taxing or even dangerous. The ideal solution would be light rail or extra subway lines, but as we've seen, upstaters are in no mood to help subsidize the system we have now, much less build new lines.

Dedicate bus-only lanes on major thorofares like PPW, 4th Avenue and the numbered avenues in Manhattan. Build local and express bus lanes, it's much more affordable than subways. Have some bike lanes for people in shape enough to do that every day as well.

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Posted by: Kevin Walsh at April 18, 2009 1:28 PM in response to Two Lanes for Two-Wheelers on Prospect Park West

That thing looks like it has a coat of rust already. Monolithic, brutal, and ugly.

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Posted by: Kevin Walsh at February 9, 2009 12:46 PM in response to 268 Wythe Revealed: You Likey?

Fulton St is already subtitled for Harriet Ross Tubman.

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Posted by: Kevin Walsh at January 19, 2009 12:46 PM in response to Martin Luther King Jr. Place: Small and Often Forgotten

>>>From the slums of Malaysia to the highrises of Singapore, from the projects of East L.A. to the suburbs of the O.C., from the ivy-clad stone buildings of Cambridge, England, to the stucco apartments of Houston, TX<<<

I'm not sure I could keep globetrotting Grace happy.

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Posted by: Kevin Walsh at January 8, 2009 2:23 PM in response to Condo of the Day: 970 Kent Avenue,

>>>>CH: I’m starting to see different people in the neighborhood. For the first time in life, my neighbors are Caucasian. You see them jogging, skateboarding, food shopping, with children in strollers, walking their dogs. This building got equipped with security cameras… [the] paranoid Caucasians [are] moving in.

then...

>>>>CH: I got jumped coming home from work. I was walking from Eastern Parkway and Nostrand Avenue, coming down Nostrand. I got to Fennimore, minding my business when one dude ran up behind me and that was it… my face broken in three places. I believe it was a gang initiation. It was random.

Dude wants it both ways. If security measures are to be interpreted as paranoia, be prepared to get jumped.

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Posted by: Kevin Walsh at December 10, 2008 1:20 PM in response to What's it Like in Flatbush?

Nahhh...just plant some trees and open it, already. I stand by my comment.

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Posted by: Kevin Walsh at November 26, 2008 12:16 PM in response to Brooklyn Bridge Park: The Timeline Emerges

2013??!!! to finish a PARK? Plant some grass, stick in some benches, and let's go.

For the love of God, they built the Empire State Building in one year.

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Posted by: Kevin Walsh at November 25, 2008 2:14 PM in response to Brooklyn Bridge Park: The Timeline Emerges

"By the way... I actually think the Ikea aesthetic (including their little park with the crane and other remnants) has turned out to be quite nice and fitting for that part of the city. But maybe I just like big blue things and path to stroll on."

I don't know. I was over there the other day, and it's a sea of concrete and metal. Even the waterfront path is mostly 'rete, with a couple ship parts strewn in to mollify the oldtimers, I suppose.

I don't think Ikea could have done anything to satisfy me, though.

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Posted by: Kevin Walsh at September 26, 2008 4:11 PM in response to Not Just BJs for Red Hook, But a Whole Mall

"This is the equivalent of going to McSorley's and immediatley not knowinig to say "Light or Dark."

Actually that happened to me once. I won't make the same mistake again, but someone tell me why hostility has to ensue if you're a newbie and don't know the rules...

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Posted by: Kevin Walsh at September 26, 2008 4:04 PM in response to [Virtually] Duking It Out Over Windsor Terrace