• Governors Island NY Times on Governors Island: "Big on Ambition"

  There's been a lot of ink, virtual and otherwise, already spilled on Governors Island. But today, NY Times architecture critic Nicolai Ouroussoff proclaimed that the new site "could well become the most inspired public park built here in generations." He also said the plan is "humble in scale but big on ambition."

  Published by Gothamist on December 20, 2007.

• Washington St. and Water St. LPC Approves DUMBO Historic District

  Built in 1887 for Robert Gair Co., which made boxes, printed labels, stationery and other paper products.

  Published by Gothamist on December 18, 2007.

• 20 Jay St. LPC Approves DUMBO Historic District

  Built in 1909 for the Arbuckle Brothers who ran the nation's largest coffee roaster and packaging company

  Published by Gothamist on December 18, 2007.

• 135 Plymouth St LPC Approves DUMBO Historic District

  Built in 1901 for EW Bliss, a machinery manufacturer

  Published by Gothamist on December 18, 2007.

• 5th ave. and 36th st Bang! Zoom! To The Jackie Gleason Bus Depot

  n 1988, the Jackie Gleason Bus Depot was renamed in memory of the Brooklyn native whose most famous role was acerbic bus driver Ralph Kramden on the classic television show The Honeymooners. In fact the logo for the depot is based on the title sequence for the show. The depot takes up several blocks on 5th Avenue in Sunset Park, across 36th Street from Green-Wood Cemetery.

  Published by Gothamist on December 12, 2007.

• Prospect Heights Nets' Brooklyn Arena Delayed Until 2010

  The NY Times is reporting that the Nets won't be playing in Brooklyn for the 2009-2010 season because the arena won't be finished until 2010. The Times attributes the delay to legal challenges.

  Published by Gothamist on December 12, 2007.

• 733 Ocean Parkway Buildings Dept Head Shielded Scarano from Regulators

  Specifically, Lancaster hid a charge that the architect signed off on unsafe conditions at the site where Anthony Duncan Sr., a construction worker, was crushed to death in 2006 when a building collapsed. In exchange, Scarano removed himself from the department's self-certification program.

  Published by Gothamist on December 10, 2007.

• Fulton St. and Ashland Pl. Stalled BAM Cultural District Gets Kick Start

  The move was partly an effort to quell critics who claimed that locals were being overlooked - and even displaced. Take Todd Triplett, who, with his partners, put $1.2 million into an old liquor store to create a performance venue, recording studio and art nonprofit at Fulton St. and Ashland Pl. only to receive a letter from the city that the property was being taken via eminent domain. And that was just weeks before they were supposed to open.

  Published by Gothamist on December 5, 2007.

• East 180th Street Maintenance Facility (Bronx Park Ave. and 180th St.) A Visit to the East 180th Street Maintenance Facility

  Sunday, we took a Transit Museum tour of the East 180th Street Maintenance Facility led by Joseph Tassiello, the Superintendent of the facility. He explained the role of the shops and how the modern Bombardier R142 subway car has made his job easier in getting the thirty-three 10-car-trains in service on the 5 train every day.

  Published by Gothamist on December 4, 2007.

• Museum of Contemporary Art (235 Bowery) Ouroussoff Caps Month With "New Museum" Review

  Designed by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of Japan-based SANAA, the highly refined seven-story, 174-foot building succeeds, says Ouroussoff, on a "spectacular range of levels: as a hypnotic urban object, as a subtle critique of the art world and as a refreshingly unpretentious place to view art." At $50 million, about $800 million less than MoMA's recent expansion, it also was relatively cheap to build. NY Magazine has the cost at $64 million.

  Published by Gothamist on November 30, 2007.

• New York Times Building (41st Street and 8th Avenue) Ouroussoff Lukewarm on New NY Times Building

  Nicolai Ouroussoff, the architecture critic for the NY Times, enjoys working in his employer's new headquarters, he writes today, but the building designed by Renzo Piano falls short of the best skyscrapers in the city.

  Published by Gothamist on November 20, 2007.

• 176 Perry St Highest Asking Price Ever for Downtown Triplex

  The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Sun Microsystems co-founder Bill Joy is selling his 11,000 square-foot condo at 176 Perry St. for $40 million. It's the highest asking price ever for a downtown residence.

  Published by Gothamist on November 16, 2007.

• 144 N. 8th St Brooklyn Architect Scarano Talks Back

  On the halted 16-story Finger Building at 144 N. 8th St. in Williamsburg, which was scorned publicly for its height: "The Finger Building is a tragedy," said Scarano, pointing to the original rendering on a wall in his Brooklyn office. "It was vested under the old zoning, the DOB audited the job, it's professionally certified and in compliance. But it went against the grain in one respect -- Williamsburg was being rezoned [to 10 stories]."

  Published by Gothamist on November 6, 2007.

• 357 Clermont Ave Bands on the Run

  These days the New York Road Runners Club is in charge of the music, receiving applications from bands and securing permits for them. One of those bands, the Bishop Loughlin High School’s marching band, has been at it for 30 years, each year playing the Rocky theme song over and over and over again.

  Published by Gothamist on November 5, 2007.

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