The Closing: Brooklyn and Its Bikes; NYU's Mutating Expansion; The Door Loosens at The Gramercy Park Hotel
By Thornton McEnery September 15, 2011 5:37 pm
reprints170 Broadway sale breaks nine figures. [Crain’s]
Chalk one up for Mayor Mike, smoking is down 14% across the five boroughs. [NY Times]
DOT is going “open-source” with its bike share station placements plan. [StreetsBlog]
… and Brooklynites have just the spot. [Brooklyn Spoke]
NYU plans to green-up its much reviled Washington Village Superblock. [Curbed]
… but it’s not being entirely unreasonable about over-spreading the “Purple Fog” of its 2013 expansion. [Crain’s]
One infamously decrepit Cobble Hill brownstone is getting a much-needed facelift. [Brownstoner]
The DOT is getting a rap on the knuckles from AAA over tunnel fare hikes. [The Journal]
Local pols are agreeing on one thing; Delancey Street is a death trap. [StreetsBlog]
Tonight’s unveiling of his wife’s carousel is just a little tease of David Walenta’s plan for the Brooklyn Waterfront. [Brooklyn Eagle]
The Gramercy Park Hotel releases plan to ease access for the disabled (no word yet on its plans for admitting the poor, uncool or ugly). [NY Times]
