Brooklyn Preservation Council at Scotto's
The Brooklyn Preservation Council will meet at 6 PM on Tuesday, July 9 at the Scotto Funeral Home, 106 First Place in Carroll Gardens.
On the agenda are reports on the Marylander Memorial Park project, the proposed Sunset Park Historic District, the Charles Carroll Commemoration, and the Carroll Gardens Historic Districts.
If you have a community concern you'd like to add to the agenda, or to
Portside Fundraiser at Fort Defiance
On Tuesday, July 30, John Frizzell's Red Hook bar Fort Defiance, at 365 Van Brunt Street, named for the Revolutionary-era fort in Red Hook, will host a fundraiser for local waterfront advocacy organization Portside.
Portside, headquartered aboard historic retired tanker The Mary A. Whalen, is searching for a new anchorage, having been forced to give up its berth at the Red Hook Container
Too Many Dogs And Too Much Noise
This morning I am in Cullybackey surrounded by Banjos, chewed up crayons and dog poo. Tonight I hope to be in Lovely Leitrim to celebrate my youngest sister's birthday. Last night I decided on early bed as I have been very tired. I managed to get there just after midnight. At one a.m. I was woken by the sound of the Banjos going to bed. Mother and son were in high spirits and giggled and squealed at the amusing antics of the dog pack. I considered screaming at them to shut (the fuck) up but decided against it for two reasons, the first being that I hadn't the energy and the second that it would be churlish. Four hours and ten minutes later (5:10 am) the two youngest dogs were gambolling and frolicking in the attic, up and down the stairs and along the landing. I swear a couple of bull stirks could hardly have been louder. I was churlish.
I am the Princess and the Pea of noise. Why can everyone else sleep through din? Why am I not a hermit living on a lonely island?
Still. Party time. Who knows - I might even enjoy it.
P.S. As I finish off I can hear Benjamin Banjo playing ball with the two youngest dogs in the room next to me. Bert is trying to squeeze a few moments more shut-eye in that same room. This pleases me. I hope he is suffering as I suffered.
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I am the Princess and the Pea of noise. Why can everyone else sleep through din? Why am I not a hermit living on a lonely island?
Still. Party time. Who knows - I might even enjoy it.
P.S. As I finish off I can hear Benjamin Banjo playing ball with the two youngest dogs in the room next to me. Bert is trying to squeeze a few moments more shut-eye in that same room. This pleases me. I hope he is suffering as I suffered.
Seaside Summer Concerts in Coney Island
The 35th Anniversary Seaside Summer Concert Series, which, except for the season opener with Cheap Trick on Friday July 12, and the closer with Chicago on Wednesday August 21, is scheduled on Thursday nights at 7:30 PM, will take place at West 21st Street and Surf Avenue in Coney Island next to MCU Park.
Bring your own seating. There are a limited number of $5 rental chairs in a designated
Atlantic Yards Inspires a City Council Run
Bruce Ratner's neighborhood-killing Atlantic Yards project made both a preservationist and a politician out of Ede Fox. The veteran Brooklyn Community Board 8 member has announced a City Council run.
A City Council staffer for six years with extensive landmarking and ULURP experience, Fox is the founding member of progressive political club Prospect Heights Democrats for Reform.
The club
Piping Gas through Gateway National Park
There are seven miles of high-pressure gas pipeline waiting to run up out of the Atlantic Ocean through the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens to Avenue U in Brooklyn through the Gateway National Recreation Area.
Two companies, two pipelines: Williams/Transco, building the Rockaway Lateral; and National Grid, building the Brooklyn-Queens Interconnect. One project, one mission: bring more