In our current issue we wrote an editorial about the Revere Sugar Factory site that has been owned by Thor Equities since 2006. At times plans were floated for its use, including box stores and college dorms. Nothing materialized and it has remained basically unused since then. Last week it seemed to us that the Haddad Film Truck Company had […]
Month: October 2014
Our Sandy memories – Kimberly Gail Price & George Fiala
The second anniversary of Superstorm Sandy is just about upon us. Many of our readers are intimately and painfully aware of these images. We are grateful for all the recovery work that has occurred in the past two years, and all that continues. We share these photos with all our readers in mind. – George & Kimberly
Triangle Smell Follow-up
In our current issue we wrote about a meeting last week that took place at the offices of the Triangle roofing company. For almost two years, Triangle has been burning hot tar in their building at 36 Coffey Street. The tar is used for roofing jobs, and the heating takes place in two special trucks. The putrid smell has been […]
Menchaca Statement on Valentino Pier Bathrooms
I heard a variety of views during recent community meetings and conversations on the proposed comfort station at Valentino Pier Park. Some expressed the strong need for a bathroom in that area while others described issues with the comfort station as proposed. Ultimately, I have decided to pull the funding from this currently proposed project. The roughly $2 million […]
Beautiful Fall day for Red Hook Harvest Festival, by Kimberly Gail Price
An annual tradition that took a Sandy break returned this past weekend with the Red Hook Community Farm Harvest Fest. A steady stream of people came out to the farm to hear local musicians, watch a pie eating contest, and snap pictures with John Quadrozzi’s goat. Vendors included Kevins, who sold out of their jambalaya very early and local apiaries […]
PortSide NewYork & other hidden Sandy Stories, by Portside
This story was written collaboratively by the PortSide team Dan Goncharoff, Peter Rothenberg, Carolina Salguero and John Weaver. Andrea Sansom provided recommendations about the overall message and editing advice. PortSide NewYork has been invited by the Red Hook Star Revue to tell our Sandy story, a story largely hidden, like so many in Red Hook. We believe our story offers […]
Red Hook Farm survives Sandy and presents 2014 Festival, by Diehl Edwards
The youth empowerment organization Added Value is preparing for the Red Hook Community Farm’s 11th annual Harvest Festival on Saturday, October 25th from 10:00am until 4:00pm. The event, which will be held at the farm itself, located on the corner of Beard St and Ostego St, will feature the musical styling of the Brooklyn band City Billies, catering by the […]
Red Hook and the 1964 World’s Fair, by Mary Ann Pietanza
You know, if someone had told me back in the sixties while living in Red Hook that the very person responsible for my crossing the highway to avoid the dangerous Hamilton Ave footbridge to get to the other side of the BQE, was actually the same person who gave us all a once-in-a-lifetime and now defunct attraction of all attractions […]
Editorial: Elephants in the room
Over the past year, Red Hook has seen its share of controversial land-use proposals. Some of these notable controversies include: BASIS International School, a private primary school; Spacworks’ proposal to utilize half of the Red Hook Library for studio space; Urban House Recovery, an upscale detox facility; and a multitude of issues involving Valentino and Coffey Parks. Now, Red Hook […]
Menchaca flexes his muscles on parks issue, by George Fiala
At a meeting organized by a recently formed Red Hook park advocacy group, freshman City Councilmember Carlos Menchaca sped the community toward a quick resolution of the Valentino Pier bathroom controversy. Menchaca first became known to Red Hookers two years ago, when he was sent to the community by his then-employer, Council Speaker Christine Quinn. His job was to convey […]