This past week afforded me a rare opportunity to see the corporate mind in action. I was invited to take part in a weeklong public relations event held by the world’s biggest chemical company on the occasion of their 150th anniversary. As a representative of the media, I actually got to ask the actual CEO of their North American operations, which […]
Month: May 2015
SummerStage kicks off Red Hook summer with a great week of free shows!, by Halley Bondy
For eight years, SummerStage has delivered high quality concerts to thousands of Red Hook residents for free. True to form, the 2015 lineup will include heavyweights like legendary rapper Scarface and homegrown Brooklyn talent like Troy Ave. For the first time however, the programming in Red Hook Park will also include dance, theater, film, and family fare. “Red Hook is […]
Red Hook studied by world’s largest chemical company, by George Fiala
Our little hidden village continues to make waves globally. BASF, a huge German chemical company with worldwide operations, chose Red Hook as a case study in understanding and perhaps solve some problems that cities of the future may encounter. During a facilitated process reminiscent of the recent NY Rising program. BASF is a giant conglomerate that began 150 years ago […]
Big Idea Week comes to PS 15, by George Fiala
Big Idea Week is a program that started at PS 307 in Dumbo a couple of years ago. According to its website: “Many students have heard of Twitter but have never met an app developer. Big Idea Week is bridging that gap. For one week, students and mentors from local businesses engage in an exchange of ideas and inspiration. The […]
Cobble Hill to change forever as LICH becomes skyscrapers, by George Fiala
If Cobble Hill thought losing their hospital was bad – they ain’t seen nothin’ yet. A crew of well dressed professionals representing the Fortis Group, presented what seemed like a take it or leave it proposal for residential development of the former Long Island Hospital (LICH) campus at the annual meeting of the Cobble Hill Association (CHA). They presented two […]
Growing up on a Lehigh Valley Barge, by Halley Bondy
Lehigh Valley Barge #79 is a spectacular site for a brief waterfront visit. Now, try to imagine growing up there. Imagine waking up in the morning to find your house in a different state, hauling buckets of water on board to do your laundry, or transporting your mother to the hospital by sea so that she can give birth […]
Summit Academy banquet a huge success, by George Fiala
The Summit Academy one of Red Hook’s two local Charter Schools. They work to be a college preparatory academy, teaching grades 6 – 12, including special education students. Summit was founded in 2009 by Executive Director Natasha Campbell and is located in the former PS 27 building on Huntington Street. Their first ever awards dinner was held on Saturday, April […]
Man vs. Nature: The Life of a Barge, by Kimberly Gail Price
The Lehigh Valley Barge #79 was built in 1914, and celebrated her 100th birthday last year. She is the last of her kind. The barge was built entirely of long-leaf yellow pine, or Pinus Palustris. Boards cut from these trees are very heavy and will not rot, making them extremely suitable for shipbuilding. The trees mature after 100 to 150 […]
Red Hook History: When graft was “honest” – the story of Coffey Park, by Connor Gaudet
In his folksy 1903 memoir Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, the very skilled ring democrat George Washington Plunkitt eloquently defended the manner in which so many politicians got rich off of taxpayer dollars. He states, “My party’s in power in the city, and it’s goin’ to undertake a lot of public improvements. Well, I’m tipped off, say, that they’re going to […]
Friends of Red Hook Library inaugurates LEGO drive.
The first meeting of the resuscitated Friends of the Red Hook Library was held last Saturday at the library. Our first project is begun. Once a month the library hosts a Lego group. Kids who sign up come in and create all kinds of things out of Legos. Thing is, the library could use more blocks for the kids – […]