Staceyjoy is rallying Brooklyn knitters, crocheters, sewers (?), and people who just plain love thread, to attend Crocheting the Hyperbolic Plane: A Talk by David Henderson and Daina Taimina, who will discuss "their discovery of crocheted models of hyperbolic space, a geometric
form found in the crenellation of lettuce leaves, the anatomy of sea
slugs, and the shape of the physical cosmos." Venue: The Kitchen, 512 West 19th Street (Between 10th and 11th Aves), NYC, Saturday, February 5th at 5:00 pm. $5. And could you pick up some crenellated lettuce on the way home? Thanks.
Psst.
We’ve got a little poll going on in the Forums.
UPDATE: Underhill Playground upgrades "Real Soon Now"
Joan says she spoke to Marty Maher, who is in charge of capital projects for Brooklyn parks: "He told me that it has been bid out a 3rd time – the first, bids came in way too high; the second time they were out of order; and now it’s been bid out again. They have to wait 60 days for bids to come in, and then approximately another 30 days to award it. Based on that timeline, construction will start late spring or early summer. It won’t be postponed anymore, given how long it’s taken this project to get off the ground."
COMING SOON (hopefully): a design schematic for the proposed upgrades.
GET USED TO IT
Hello, sardines on the 2 train. Make room for displaced A and C train riders. FOR THE NEXT 5 YEARS. We investigated the tip freshnvegas left in Comments, and yes, it is "bad news for all those who take the train at Clinton/Washington." New York Times: "… the A and the C – have been crippled
and may not return to normal capacity for three to five years after a
fire Sunday afternoon in a Lower Manhattan transit control room that
was started by a homeless person trying to keep warm…" Mr. Vegas wonders, "Will this have repercussions on the real estate market?" [Photo excerpt: NYT]
Recent Home Sales – 11216 edition
January sales in Brooklyn 11216:
106 Brooklyn Ave, $332,695, 1553 sq ft, tax value$9,331
361 Hancock St, $477,000, 1800 sq ft, tax value $13,184
61 Jefferson Ave, $410,000, 1967 sq ft, tax value $8,052
217 Macon St $470,000, 1875 sq ft, tax value $9,313
192 Madison St, $450,000, 2000 sq ft, tax value $3,881
207 Madison St, $580,000, 1433 sq ft, tax value $6,289
Alternate Side Parking: Street Cleaning Suspended
Alternate side parking regulations are suspended through Saturday, January 29th to facilitate snow removal. Parking meters remain in effect throughout the city.
Update: The next "official" date is February 9, a DOUBLE BONUS street cleaning holiday, where you can keep your car idle in observance of Asian Lunar New Year, or Ash Wednesday, or both. Go look at the entire 2005 calendar of street cleaning suspensions.
[Newsletter] Prospect Place/Underhill Ave. Block Association
In case the mailman trampled it, or your neighbor picked it up instead, or you accidentally threw it away with the all the menu flyers, or it’s now buried under 2 feet of snow, you can download our copy (PDF) here.
Highlights:
-PHNDC update announcement
-Jeffrey Dreiblatt showing at Gallery on Dean
-List of neighborhood restaurants and businesses
-Recipe: Sweet Potato Stew with Turkey (or Chicken) Sausage
[FreshDirect] New – Four Creme Brulees for $10
Just added at FreshDirect. Buy it here.
Wait, frozen? How do they do that? Are they pre-torched? It would be cool if this came with a mini disposable gas torch.
New Ratner Plan: Some Details
Jess Wisloski writes in The Brooklyn Papers: “The affordable and market-rate housing component in plans for the Atlantic Yards arena complex will likely expand by 1,300 units… The additional housing would eliminate 1,502,889 square feet of office and commercial space from Atlantic Yards, the executive said, but would help the
company speed up the process of building and occupying the properties.”
“One of the four towers around the arena, all of which are being designed by architect
Frank Gehry, would remain for office space …” All 4 were previously slated to be office space.
Full article… (DIAL-UP WARNING: You have to download the entire 3.24MB PDF of the paper to read a single article!)
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