Pier 1 in the Morning

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Published June 12, 2010 at 11:05 a.m.

Runners pound the pavement as M/V Ambassador, a self-unloading dry bulk cargo ship, passes under the Manhattan and Brooklyn bridges, heading seaward after discharging a cargo of Canadian crushed stone at Brooklyn Navy Yard ...

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Cancer Cluster Map, and What Lies Under Brooklyn

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Published June 9, 2010 at 2:26 a.m.
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While we're all thinking about the oil spill, CORD reminds us that New York State recently unveiled a cancer cluster map. CORD says: ... "In our humble opinions, we all need to keep a careful eye on this map (though it is slow to upload on some computers) especially those of us along the Gowanus Canal Corridors AND Public Place areas as many more residences are ultimately planned for those sites.   That will obviously expose us all to even more risks of varying kinds due to all the toxic

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Brooklyn seamstress finds new career painting murals

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Published May 6, 2010 at 7:19 p.m.

Evelyn Talarico has painted 10 murals of various sizes in her neighborhood, many of them in Wallabout, a small section between Clinton and Flushing Aves. near the Brooklyn Navy Yard ...

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Dumbo Links Week of 25May2010

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Published May 1, 2010 at 1:15 a.m.

The following are selected links from this past week on blogs and websites with discussion about Dumbo (and its neighboring areas):Dumbo Start Up Tough Mudder, 28Apr10, NYTDigitalDumbo Here I Come, 28Apr10, technbiz.blogspotShopRite Coming to Brooklyn Navy Yard, 26Apr10, NYP55 Poplar St, #2F, $789k, 1054sqft, 27Apr10, BrownstonerBrooklyn Bridge Park to still include housing, 28Apr10, YNFulton Ferry [ ... ] ...

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On This Day in History: April 28Tough Old Gal From Brooklyn

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Published April 27, 2010 at 11:00 p.m.

In an incident on April 28, 1945, during WW II, a battleship that had been launched at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on June 11, 1944, proved how tough a Brooklyn war ship could be ... Construction of the 57,430 ton craft began on January 29, 1944, sponsored by Miss Margaret Truman, daughter of then Senator from Missouri Harry S. Truman, (later president) and commissioned to the Navy on June 11, 1944. It was the last Brooklyn-made battleship commissioned in the U.S ...

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ShopRite Coming to Brooklyn Navy Yard's Admiral's Row

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Published April 27, 2010 at 4:45 a.m.
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A ShopRite supermarket will be constructed as part of a new development at the Admiral's Row site in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, according to Crain's NY.  The plan involves knocking down all but two of the 11 historic but crumbling structures. More at Crain's ... Rendering courtesy of GreenbergFarrow.  ... - Curtains for Brooklyn Navy Yard's Admiral's Row?  ... - Images From Admiral's Row Forum, Brooklyn Borough Hall  ... Go to McBrooklyn's HOME PAGE ...

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Tour Brooklyn Navy Yard by Bicycle

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Published April 22, 2010 at 12:00 p.m.

If you haven’t checked out Brooklyn Navy Yard, which borders Vinegar Hill, Urban Oyster is bringing us a great chance to explore the Yards by bike. Explore the Brooklyn Navy Yard’s transition from being one of the nation’s foremost naval shipbuilding facilities to becoming a national leader for sustainable urban industrial parks. Learn about the [ ... ] ...

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VINEGAR HILL: Navy Yard supermarket moves forward

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Published April 27, 2010 at 11:00 p.m.
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See this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... By Stephen Brown ... The Brooklyn Paper ... The city wants to build a much-needed supermarket bigger than the Red Hook Fairway in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, but preservationists are deriding the announcement as premature given the many bureaucratic hoops to come for the long-stalled project ... Nonetheless, Navy Yard CEO Andrew Kimball predicted that construction will begin on the football field-sized Shop Rite supermarket in late 2011 or early 2012 — a

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Sentimental Journey

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Published Feb. 4, 2010 at 4:20 p.m.

Gonna take a sentimental journey ... Gonna set my mind at ease ... Gonna make a sentimental journey ... to renew old memories ...                             ...                         ...                               S.S. Argentina                             ...                                postcard courtesy of VintagePostcards.com ... By 1946 the

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9-11 memorial passes a test at Brooklyn Navy Yard

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Published Jan. 27, 2010 at 12:00 a.m.
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See this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... By Andy Campbell ... The Brooklyn Paper ... It’s taken almost 10 years, but the centerpiece of the proposed 9-11 memorial at Ground Zero is nearing completion — and the prototype was tested last week at the Brooklyn Navy Yard ... Designers have been fine-tuning the 30-foot waterfalls — part of architect Michael Arad’s “Reflecting Absence” — behind the scenes at the Brooklyn Navy Yard so they can do their work without everyone kibitzing ...

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