http://www.brooklyn11211.com/11211side/ 11211 randomness en Copyright 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:42:31 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Northside, this time. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/nyregion/thecity/12car.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink http://www.brooklyn11211.com/11211side/2008/10/northside Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:42:31 -0500 The president and vice president of Bushwick Associated Supermarket have been indicted for various crimes related to underpaying (or not paying at all) workers at its supermarket (located at 220 Knickerbocker). Sleazy. http://www.northcountrygazette.org/2008/10/09/super_illegal/ http://www.brooklyn11211.com/11211side/2008/10/associated-sleazy Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:35:18 -0500 Even Australians can see it - Williamsburg is becoming "white collar". Or as Dave Sitek put it: > a lot of people have left Brooklyn to flee the jocks http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/music/making-waves/2008/10/09/1223145494569.html http://www.brooklyn11211.com/11211side/2008/10/making-waves Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:18:59 -0500 Shocking news! Changing term limits will disrupt the great musical chairs tournament of 2009. http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/candidates-left-in-limbo-over-term-limits/ http://www.brooklyn11211.com/11211side/2008/10/musical-chairs Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:09:54 -0500 I still say the slowest project in the neighborhood is 80 Metropolitan. Karl moving backwards would still be faster than 80 Metropolitan. This is a project that has worked six days a week for two years, and is still is not closed up (the first windows were installed two weeks ago).]]> http://www.gowanuslounge.com/2008/10/10/development-notebook-the-slowest-karl-is-still-sloooow/ http://www.brooklyn11211.com/11211side/2008/10/slow-karl Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:44:00 -0500 bring together Poles and Dominicans. It _is_ a small world, after all. **Later Update:** Kudos to the *Post*, for the best headline on this story: "Wurst Gang Ever".]]> http://gothamist.com/2008/10/10/police_busts_greenpoint_meatery_for.php http://www.brooklyn11211.com/11211side/2008/10/hot-keilbasa Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:31:36 -0500 Brownstoner]]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/real-estate/ghost-condos-mccarren-park http://www.brooklyn11211.com/11211side/2008/10/ghost-condos Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:09:59 -0500 Again, I think term limits are good in theory, bad in practice (and particularly bad in practice here in NYC). I also think that Bloomberg has been a very good mayor (which isn't to say Thompson, Wiener, et al wouldn't also be). But I don't think this is the way to undo term limits. The people have spoken (twice) - they (we) may be horribly misguided, but the people have have spoken.]]> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/01/nyregion/01bloomberg.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink http://www.brooklyn11211.com/11211side/2008/09/threepeat Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:59:53 -0500 Yes, this is really GL territory, but in Bob's absence, it had to be noted: fewer free rides from Ikea. http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2008/09/24/2008-09-24_ikea_cutting_out_shuttle_service.html http://www.brooklyn11211.com/11211side/2008/09/ikea Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:17:33 -0500 10 or 12 years ago, Utne Reader outed Williamsburg as the next hip neighborhood (we laughed). Now BusinessWeek is claiming Bushwick as an a up and comer (we cry?). http://bushwickbk.com/archives/632#more-632 http://www.brooklyn11211.com/11211side/2008/09/bw-hearts-bushwick Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:12:44 -0500 And then there were four. With just under a year until the Democratic primaries, Assemblyman James Brennan has announced that he is withdrawing from the race to succeed Bill Thompson. That leave Yassky, Katz, Carrión and Weprin still in the running. All this assuming, of course, that term limits remain in effect... http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/24/assemblyman-drops-out-of-comptroller-race/ http://www.brooklyn11211.com/11211side/2008/09/brennan-out Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:54:39 -0500 As I mentioned a while back, I wonder if the shift to smaller units will turn out to be chasing a passing market?]]> http://curbed.com/archives/2008/09/24/second_toll_northside_piers_tower_hits_the_market_in_burg.php http://www.brooklyn11211.com/11211side/2008/09/northside-ii Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:41:26 -0500 Great news - the backhoes are out in force at McCarren Pool. http://curbed.com/archives/2008/09/24/hipster_hangout_no_more_mccarren_pool_destructoporn.php http://www.brooklyn11211.com/11211side/2008/09/mccarren-demo Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:37:21 -0500 The Observer reports on the Wall Street crisis from a Brooklyn perspective. If the coming depression closes down Sea, it might be worth it. (The Brooklyn Inn, on the other hand, would be an epic loss.) http://www.observer.com/2008/real-estate/brooklyn-borough-wall-street-crisis-across-east-river http://www.brooklyn11211.com/11211side/2008/09/view Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:35:03 -0500 NAG first reported earlier in the week. ]]> http://www.brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/2008/09/residents_of_gr.php http://www.brooklyn11211.com/11211side/2008/09/gha Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:30:45 -0500