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Street of Blinding Light in the South Slope

January 7th, 2008 · 55 Comments

Ever wonder why people can become somewhat desperately angry when a new building rises in their midst? The tall building at 162 Sixteenth Street in the South Slope, called the VUE, has been one of the most contentious new buildings to go up in all of Brooklyn. Even posts about the building tend to develop […]

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Rumor Watch: Big Development Taking Shape in South Slope?

November 27th, 2007 · 1 Comment

The big strip of new developments and construction sites on 16th Street in the South Slope (that’s “Suite Sixteen” in the photo above) may be getting a new addition. Via the South Slope news group: Rumor on the street is Ganmar electronics is sold to the developer currently building next door, as well as the […]

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Bklink: They’re Really Calling It "Sun Slope"?

October 20th, 2007 · Comments Off on Bklink: They’re Really Calling It "Sun Slope"?

When we saw this yesterday, we couldn’t get it out of our minds: A six-unit condo on Sixth Avenue with an awful history (including the death of a worker) is trying to market itself as being in “Sun Slope.” Dear God.–Brownstoner

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Tags: Greenwood Heights · South Slope · Sunset Park

Park Slope Vue Petition Endorsed by Community Board

October 19th, 2007 · 13 Comments

That petition about the quality of life and development issues surround the Park Slope VUE at 162 16th Street was taken to Community Board 7 this week and the board is reported to hve voted unanimously to endorse the petition. Activist Aaron Brashear has sent out this email: Bo Samajopoulos, representing the Concerned Citizens of […]

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South Slope’s "Vue" Petition Goes Online

October 12th, 2007 · 12 Comments

Like any good Brooklyn neighborhood effort, the one to ask for “responsible and lawful development” in the South Slope and at 162 16th Street (aka the Vue) quickly morphed into an online effort. As to the Vue, the iPetition says: Please help ensure the safety and security of our community in the face of the […]

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South Slope Construction Joy Report

September 12th, 2007 · Comments Off on South Slope Construction Joy Report

We found a couple of items in the email flow from the South Slope, where residents often detail the challenges and problems caused by neighborhood development sites: 1). Our Car Hit by the Jerkoffs @ 230 16th. “My mother had the car parked across the street from us (257) That big construction site was apparently […]

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Another Arborcide in the South Slope

September 11th, 2007 · Comments Off on Another Arborcide in the South Slope

We don’t know how many Brooklyn trees have been the collateral damage in the ongoing development boom. All we can say is that we see a significant amount of anecdotal evidence suggesting that a modest amount of deforestation is taking place. The latest tale of development doing in a tree comes from the South Slope: […]

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South Slope Demolition Porn

August 12th, 2007 · Comments Off on South Slope Demolition Porn

That building at 18-20 Jackson Place in the South Slope that finally collapsed after significant damage during construction is almost down. Aaron Brashear of Concerned Citizens of Greenwood Heights, who was among those trying to spread word of the danger back in the spring, writes: All the displaced folks are in for the weekend, than […]

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Partially Collapsed South Slope Building Being Demolished

August 11th, 2007 · Comments Off on Partially Collapsed South Slope Building Being Demolished

Most of that building at 18-20 Jackson Place in the South Slope that partially collapsed on Wednesday has been demolished and neighbors at 16 and Jackson Place will be allowed to return home. In the meantime, residents that have complained about the deteriorated state of the building are upset at a suggestion that weather caused […]

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South Slope Building Finally Collapses, Neighboring Bldg Cleared

August 9th, 2007 · Comments Off on South Slope Building Finally Collapses, Neighboring Bldg Cleared

Perhaps you recall the case of 18-20 Jackson Place. We posted about the problem and safety issues back in May, which is why we say “finally” in the headline. Well, there’s no need to worry about the building or the slow response by city officials. As you may know, it partially collapsed yesterday. Here’s some […]

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Park Slope Food Creeps South: The Project Me! Report

August 9th, 2007 · 7 Comments

Guest blogger Krista Garcia of Project Me!, the wonderful food blog that features both great items on restaurants and recipes, was kind enough to file a report on the movement of Park Slope-style eateries into the blocks to the south. Check it out: In the early twenty-first century I inhabited Brooklyn’s barren wasteland in the […]

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Selling Real Estate: The Homemade Approach

July 27th, 2007 · 1 Comment

We got the photo above from the Concerned Citizens of Greenwood Heights mailing list. The email that came with it said: Passed by this stunning new establishment today. See attached. I Guess you could call it “hanging out your shingle,” except it looked like scrap of aluminum siding and a sharpie doing the magic. Gotta […]

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Tags: Real Estate Marketing · South Slope

Fifth Avenue Supportive Housing Development Approved

July 19th, 2007 · Comments Off on Fifth Avenue Supportive Housing Development Approved

Perhaps you recall the supportive housing development the Fifth Avenue Committee has been trying to build at Fifth Avenue. Well, many months after the public discussion about the building at 575 Fifth Avenue started, the City Council has voted unanimously to approve it, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reports. The building, which will have 49 units […]

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Tags: Affordable Housing · South Slope

The Prospect Avenue Sandwich Building

June 1st, 2007 · Comments Off on The Prospect Avenue Sandwich Building

We were going to feature this building as a “What Were They Thinking?” entry, but realized that the issue with it isn’t so much its over-the-top ugliness, as the fact that it’s sandwiched between two other buildings in a most unpleasant way. Don’t get us wrong, 422 Prospect Avenue in the South Slope is pretty […]

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All in a Day’s Development: Black Markets, Damage, Scams, Death, Etc.

May 29th, 2007 · 1 Comment

The Daily News is looking into the dark side of the development boom in Brooklyn and elsewhere around the city that has been chronicled by many bloggers, but which has gotten only fleeting attention in the mainstream press. What the paper finds comes as no surprise to residents whose quality of life has been violated […]

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This is How it Works in the South Slope on a Holiday Weekend

May 27th, 2007 · Comments Off on This is How it Works in the South Slope on a Holiday Weekend

Yesterday, we ran the YouTube vid of the South Slope dust storm from construction at 15th Street and 8th Avenue. This morning we found this email about the 406-408 15th Street project. It gets at the utter ineffectiveness of Department of Buildings’ orders and points out how they are routinely ignored by developers: They have […]

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Planning Commission Approves Fifth Avenue Supportive Housing

May 26th, 2007 · Comments Off on Planning Commission Approves Fifth Avenue Supportive Housing

The City Planning Commission has approved the Fifth Avenue Committee’s plan for affordable, supportive housing at 575 5th Avenue. The plan has some opposition in the community, but had also won a large number of supporters. Borough President Marty Markowitz had opposed it and there is some sentiment among observers that it was because the […]

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South Slope Construction Brings Added Joy: A Dust Storm!!!

May 26th, 2007 · Comments Off on South Slope Construction Brings Added Joy: A Dust Storm!!!

For those of you that want a fix of construction fun this Memorial Day weekend, we highly suggest the video above, posted by South Slope blogger IMBY, who has carefully chronicled the quality of life horror that has unfolded at 15th Street and Eighth Avenue as a massive pit has damaged adjacent buildings and seriously […]

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Another South Slope Disaster Area

May 21st, 2007 · Comments Off on Another South Slope Disaster Area

Q: How bad can things get in Brooklyn when property owners and/or developers create quality of life problems that escape the attention of or are ignored by a nonfeasant Department of Buildings? A: Horrendous. Take the awful case of 18-20 Jackson Place, a small street in the South Slope between 16th Street and Prospect Avenue […]

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City Works to Avert South Slope Mosquito Plague

May 16th, 2007 · Comments Off on City Works to Avert South Slope Mosquito Plague

Looks like the South Slope Mosquito Plague might be averted. The Department of Buildings is working with a building to drain a big lake at 230 16th Street. South Slope community leaders, in fact, say they got an email from a Department official noting a “pro-active DOB.” The Department says it was aware of the […]

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Things to Look Foward To: South Slope Mosquito Breeding Season Approaching

May 15th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Ah, summer in Brooklyn. Nice walks around the neighborhoods. Outdoor parties. Celebrate Brooklyn. And, monster swarms of mosquitoes from the construction site next door. We’ve spied a couple of these water-filled babies in Williamsburg and thought they would be God’s gift to mosquitoes as soon as the season arrived. Now, from the South Slope comes […]

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Celebrating Two Years of South Slope Crack with More Crack

April 17th, 2007 · Comments Off on Celebrating Two Years of South Slope Crack with More Crack

If 1504 Eighth Avenue in the South Slope ever collapses into the construction site next door that destabilized it, it will really become a symbol of collateral damage in the Great Brooklyn Land Rush of the Early 2000s. Blogger IMBY notes that the project that has turned life for its neighbors into a small Brooklyn […]

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