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Cobble Hill Tree Fund - May 3
Josh Guttman | April 28, 2008
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The Cobble Hill Tree Fund will hold its Annual Plant Sale on Saturday, May 3rd from 10:30 to 2:30pm at the Clinton Street entrance to Cobble Hill Park. Direct from the fund:
We expect to have an excellent selection of annuals for planting in gardens, tree pits and window boxes. There will be plants for both sun and shade. Our flyer can be viewed at www.CHTreefund.org. We also hope to have some good perennials.
Exposed asbestos at 340 Court St?
Josh Guttman | April 22, 2008
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Got this email forwarded to me today from someone in the neighborhood. If his suspicions are well founded, this is more than a little concerning.
Hi all,
The “little boy” somewhere within me secretly loves watching the demolition taking place at the 340 court st site… I like watching the machinery, the plasma torches, etc, etc… It’s fun!
However, today I saw something less fun. They’re taking apart the smaller of the two ill-fated buildings at the moment, and they exposed these hot-water pipes which are encased in with what appears to be asbestos insulation. They then started trying to break the pipes by swinging the backhoe-like arm of the excavator laterally, but this ended up breaking off chunks of the asbestos, along with the tell-tale spindly white fibers which are no doubt flying around our neighborhood at the moment (not to mention their own working environment).
I’m no expert on this stuff, but it seemed troubling so my roommate took a picture of the pipes with the asbestos insulation that remains (it used to go all the way up and down the pipes).
Sigh…
- Ben
Gowanus Yacht Club Opens!!
Josh Guttman | April 20, 2008
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As Gothamist reported Thurdsay, our favorite summer neighborhood bar, Gowanus Yacht Club is now open!! While today isn’t necessarily a day for GYC, there’s plenty of summer left for PBRs, hot dogs and hamburgers. I’m glad to see this place is still around. As you might recall, there was talk of closing it last year after some irritable neighbors complained.
From the Desk of Marty Markowitz - Joey Riley
Julia Lipkins | April 1, 2008
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Tonight is your last chance to eat a three-course, prix-fixe menus for $23…and also not gain a pound in the process. BP Markowitz who says, “one of the reasons I’m fat is because I go home, eat and fall asleep” proclaimed that “anyone who participates in Dine in Brooklyn has nothing to worry about…This week is calorie-free.”
Between meals, Markowitz took the time to name a baby kangaroo at the Prospect Park Zoo. “Riley,” as seen below, is the third kangaroo to be born in Brooklyn.
