Last month Estate Four released new artist renderings of their plans for the Red Hook waterfront. The NY Times published them alongside an article headlined “Stylish Plans for Sleepy, Industrial Red Hook.” This of course made major news in our little part of town, and so we asked readers to comment. What follows are responses submitted via email and Facebook. […]
Month: February 2015
Brooklyn Stage Company performs Beckett’s Endgame at Sunny’s, by CarloVogel
Bobby Cole’s long established (1992) Brooklyn Stage Company (BSC) is performing Samuel Beckett’s Endgame at Sunny’s Bar through the end of the month. Cole has numerous productions under his belt and will be tackling Endgame with aplomb no doubt; Tom Keener directs. BSC’s (and their Manhattan sister company Mortals Theater) credo is to “seek to breathe new life into classic plays […]
Editorial: Menchaca roils the waters, by George Fiala
While some (including us) might call Carlos Menchaca’s first year in office an evolution, in the vital things he has held fast to his principles – the most important being that a democracy is for all the people. He is no thoughtless revolutionary. While he signs his emails “in solidarity,” he never looks to divide people into “us and them.” Instead, as we […]
The 76th Precinct loses a gem, by George Fiala
Captain Justin Lenz, head of the 76th Precinct since October 2013, tweeted that his last day at the precinct was “bittersweet.” We feel the same way. Lenz, who was transferred to the 101’st Precinct in the Rockaway’s at the beginning of this month, was one of the reasons we felt that the Red Hook community has been very lucky lately. […]