We have seen some vile things related to construction in Williamsburg, but the paint attack on a backyard turtle named Myrtle, possibly by workers at 5 Roebling Street (aka the former Giant Fart Cloud Building), takes the Trophy of Repulsiveness. It’s a small thing in the context of the destabilization of buildings, illegal construction and […]

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There something interesting looking about 210 N. 10 Street in Williamsburg as it come down and its walls briefly look like those of a burned building that has partly collapsed. The chairs in the lot next to it with the rubble also add a nice touch and we also like the upright vacuum in front […]

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After all the drama associated with the ugly demolition of 5 Roebling, aka the Giant Fart Cloud Building, we can report that everything is down and has been carted away. In fact, we can confidently report that the site is clean because part of the fence is down and the site has been left open, […]

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We weren’t able to get to this yesterday, because we already had a Construction Site du Jour post with the Red Hook Ikea’s early invite to the general public to walk through their fence and check things out, not to mention the recurring issues at the Whole Foods site in Gowanus. However, this post about […]

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These signs have been pasted up outside the former site of the Manhattan Chocolate building at 580 Union Avenue in Williamsburg, which is in the process of becoming a condo. The firm that tore down the old building is the same one involved in the tear down of 5 Roebling, aka the Giant Fart Cloud […]

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Last week, it was Foghorn, the lovebird. This week, it was Sugar the cockatoo. After posting about her deep fears of being rendered homeless as the Giant Fart Cloud Building is brought down, blogger Bad Advice writes of the loss of Sugar: If you’ve ever gotten your haircut at the Brooklyn General Barber Emporium, you […]

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Myrtle the Turtle, the poor creature that was spray painted in Williamsburg, possibly by construction workers at 5 Roebling Street, whose sad story we broke on Monday, made a bit of splash in the press yesterday. She was written up in amNY and Newsday (well, the same story), made 1010 WINS and Channel 2 (with […]

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Here’s a very random “Best & Worst” of Brooklyn list that is probably more notable for what we’ve left out than what we’ve included. In any case, here’s our take on the obligatory end of the year list: Achievement in Hellish Construction/Demolition1) 143 Huron Street. This building appeared to have been virtually above the law.2) […]

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There were many big stories in Brooklyn this year, but there was less drama in 2007, particularly with so many critical and controversial decisions having been made in 2006. Clearly, the Coney Island drama was the top development story of ’07, but it was followed closely by the continuing saga of Atlantic Yards, which could […]

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Every Sunday, we like to take a look at a few comments that GL readers have left during the previous week. Here’s a selection from the last seven days: Burg’s Giant Fart Cloud Demolition is a Scary Mess. “A similar situation is going down on bedford ave. near reel life, on the same side of […]

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As you may know, we also hang around in Curbed’s corner of the blogosphere from Monday through Friday. Here’s a sampling of this week’s Curbed goodness that didn’t appear on GL: Caroll Gardens Hell Building Has Big Roof Thing (above) Williamsburg: Land of the ‘Giant Fart Cloud’ A Visit to the Atlantic Yards ‘Community Liaison […]

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