Proposal Presented for Greenpoint Park

"A team of volunteer urban planners and landscape architects debuted their proposal for the new state park on Kent Avenue in Williamsburg that utilizes the former industrial space as an ecologically sustainable riverside park. The proposal, which was shown to the public last...

Adventures in CoWorking #2, Friday Morning in Williamsburg

I did not get much work done in Williamsburg (Brooklyn, New York...Not Virginia) last Friday morning for my second shot at CoWorking.  Our Internet access went from slow to inexistent.  A positive side effect of the lack of Connectivity was that instead of being...

Kitchen Pirates...Alternative 'Restaurants' like 'The Whisk and Laddle' in Wi...

This 'alternative' restaurant illustrates how 'Small is The New Big' (one of Seth Godin's mantras or selling points). Located in a 95 year old industrial building on the Williamsburg (New York City not Virginia) waterfront, 'The Whisk and Ladle'...

Verizon FiOS Service Introduced in Brooklyn, NY

"Verizon announces that its ultra-fast FiOS Internet service is now available to customers in parts of Brooklyn's Canarsie, Mill Basin, Georgetown and Bergen Beach communities. The service is also available in several buildings in Williamsburg and downtown Brooklyn. FiOS...

CONDO CRACKDOWN: CITY SLAPS LAX B'KLYN BUILDERS

"Since late June, Department of Buildings agents have been cracking down on new development projects along the burgeoning Williamsburg and Greenpoint waterfronts, issuing stop-work orders to 20 of 29 existing excavation sites, according to a Post review of DOB records."