tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347540662024-03-23T10:57:55.302-07:00Center for the Study of BrooklynM. Bradshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12185856278022716590noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34754066.post-27299465706643463012007-06-07T13:52:00.000-07:002007-06-07T13:59:15.506-07:00Another Disaster for Brooklyn in 1957: New Catholic Diocese for Long Island[Reprinted from Newsday, June 7, 2007]By Paul MosesAs it celebrates its 50th anniversary, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre deserves to be celebrated for speedily bringing a wealth of schools, parishes and other services to Nassau and Suffolk counties. But it should not be forgotten that its creation has been P. Moseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294454966640439207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34754066.post-10883879441395401012007-05-03T08:36:00.000-07:002007-05-04T04:34:21.414-07:00Howard Golden's WarningBy Paul MosesFormer Brooklyn Borough President Howard Golden offered some interesting observations about the development boom that is re-shaping Brooklyn when he visited the Brooklyn College Library on April 26 to offer some introductory comments in a conference called "The Roots of Modern Brooklyn."He complained that Manhattan is being overbuilt with luxury housing, P. Moseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294454966640439207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34754066.post-17528969436448371132007-04-24T11:36:00.000-07:002007-04-24T12:02:26.968-07:00Neglected Story: How 9/11 Debris Hit BrooklynBy Paul MosesBack on Aug. 23, 2002, Newsday reported that the number of respiratory patients doubled at some Brooklyn hospitals after the World Trade Center crumbled. The paper also published a vivid front-page satellite photo showing the trail of fallout from the twin towers as it spread straight south across Brooklyn.As Newsday reported (and as I P. Moseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294454966640439207noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34754066.post-1169226711113115462007-01-19T08:45:00.000-08:002007-02-12T12:35:40.900-08:00Roadblock for Congestion PricingBy Paul MosesA new poll by the Quinnipiac College Polling Institute exposes the idea of "congestion pricing" - charging drivers to enter Manhattan - as the Manhattan-centric idea it is.The findings, released Jan. 18, note that New York City voters reject the proposal by a 2-to-1 margin, even though most recognize traffic congestion as a serious problem. Residents M. Bradshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12185856278022716590noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34754066.post-1166798413170370632006-12-22T06:33:00.000-08:002006-12-22T06:40:13.193-08:00Brooklyn's Vietnam Veterans: An Oral HistoryBrooklyn College and the Brooklyn Historical Society are teaming up in a partnership this fall to present an oral history exhibit about Brooklyn's Vietnam veterans. The aim is to record the memories of all kinds of folks - members of the Marines, Navy, Air Force and Army. These interviews are digitally recorded, transcribed and returned to the M. Bradshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12185856278022716590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34754066.post-1166725513590399622006-12-21T10:11:00.000-08:002006-12-21T10:25:13.616-08:00Tax BreaksBy Paul MosesThe City Council’s vote on Dec. 20 to rein in a major tax break for building housing marks an evolution in City Hall, even if many Council members were looking for deeper changes in the program.The 421-a program, in effect since 1971, allows developers a hefty tax break if they build new housing. Those building in certain areas – Manhattan, more or less between 14th and M. Bradshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12185856278022716590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34754066.post-1165942596029083402006-12-12T08:52:00.000-08:002006-12-12T14:02:24.600-08:00Gridlock AlertBy Paul MosesThe annual proposal to charge motorists for driving into Manhattan has arrived once again, as surely as the appearance of Santa Claus at the end of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Supporters call the concept “congestion pricing.” To opponents, it’s just a new tax.I have to admit that I drive to work at Brooklyn College from my home in Marine Park. Occasionally, I M. Bradshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12185856278022716590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34754066.post-1162916208711405352006-11-07T07:10:00.000-08:002006-11-07T08:16:48.876-08:00Snags in Greenpoint-Williamsburg Re-zoningBy Paul MosesFor more than a year, the ongoing controversy surrounding the city's re-zoning of the Greenpoint-Williamsburg waterfront has been reported on in such papers as the Greenpoint Star, the Daily News' Brooklyn section and the Village Voice. The New York Times has now contributed a Nov. 6 piece by Damien Cave, "City Sees Growth; Residents Call ItM. Bradshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12185856278022716590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34754066.post-1161706409247745412006-10-24T09:02:00.000-07:002007-01-27T18:38:55.306-08:00Atlantic Yards and Housing DisplacementBy Paul MosesI spent some time not long ago speaking to elderly people who were swept from their apartments in the wave of housing displacement that followed re-zonings in Greenpoint-Williamsburg and Fourth Avenue in Park Slope. Now, the Atlantic Yards project poses the possibility of further displacement in Brooklyn.The draft environmental impact statement M. Bradshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12185856278022716590noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34754066.post-1161100636218861232006-10-17T08:53:00.000-07:002006-10-17T08:57:16.220-07:00Housing Links... Below are some links to websites concerned with housing displacement and gentrification in Brooklyn. For even more info, visit our Reports page.The Differential Impact of Gentrification on Communities in Chicago. Study by The Center for Urban Research and Learning at Loyola University-Chicago 'There Goes the 'Hood': Gentrification in New York City Story by M. Bradshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12185856278022716590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34754066.post-1160498766278242742006-10-10T09:44:00.000-07:002006-10-10T09:46:06.286-07:00"Brooklyn on My Mind" event October, 23rdBrooklyn on My Mind, a reading series featuring prominent Brooklyn writers, will resume at Brooklyn College on Monday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. in Whitman Auditorium. In this series, Leonard Lopate of WNYC Radio's "The Leonard Lopate Show" moderates the discussion and readings by some of the foremost writers living in and/or writing about Brooklyn.On Oct. 23, M. Bradshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12185856278022716590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34754066.post-1159977944476996682006-10-04T09:05:00.000-07:002006-10-04T09:05:44.483-07:00A View from Brooklyn: Remembering Who We Are By Paul MosesWhen we held a forum at Brooklyn College to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of the Brooklyn Eagle, we intended it to be something more than an exercise in nostalgia.Our interest was in how Brooklyn is being covered today, an important factor in determining whether anyone pays attention to its issues. Rev. Raymond A. Schroth, M. Bradshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12185856278022716590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34754066.post-1159978879143885542006-10-04T08:00:00.000-07:002006-10-04T09:44:03.700-07:00Welcome to the Center for the Study of Brooklyn Blog!M. Bradshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12185856278022716590noreply@blogger.com0