tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post2524166139484426030..comments2023-08-03T04:18:15.359-04:00Comments on Found in Brooklyn: Surprise visit by the Toll Brothers at Gowanus Community Meeting.Lisannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03249500003559750141noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post-73266488333735003482008-03-06T16:41:00.000-05:002008-03-06T16:41:00.000-05:00Global warming will increase from the residents wh...Global warming will increase from the residents who reluctantly move to Maplewoood NJ in their search for affordable housing. Development in Brooklyn is better for the environment than additional suburban sprawl.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post-8711395913114160402008-03-06T09:29:00.000-05:002008-03-06T09:29:00.000-05:00I think that person was talking about the fact tha...I think that person was talking about the fact that when it rains more as it will in the future because of global warming, more flooding and more sewage run off will occur in and around the canal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post-70062190675080060072008-03-05T16:27:00.000-05:002008-03-05T16:27:00.000-05:00A new building in Brooklyn will not impact "global...A new building in Brooklyn will not impact "global warming" or the precipitation cycle one iota. <BR/><BR/>That's the dumbest comment I've ever seen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post-77241856972920856712008-03-04T18:57:00.000-05:002008-03-04T18:57:00.000-05:001:49pm ... Welcome to Gowanus! Stop by our fireho...1:49pm ... <BR/><BR/>Welcome to Gowanus! Stop by our <A HREF="http://eng202lad101.tripod.com" REL="nofollow">firehouse</A> and introduce yourself! The closed firehouse is miles away but the new, EMS station is at Carroll / Bond. Scrape off some of the lead paint on the building exterior for a souvenir to take home!<BR/><BR/>The fact is - new housing pays 10x the amount of RE tax than the current properties ... for the same struggling schools and overcrowded subways. These new Liberals are financially supporting the rest of Carroll Gardens and keeping our City running.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post-24030251266657143042008-03-04T13:49:00.000-05:002008-03-04T13:49:00.000-05:00Oh, I see so we should just let a company with a h...Oh, I see so we should just let a company with a history of ignoring enviromental issues build on a sewage filled flood plain with no infrastructure to support it?<BR/><BR/>Traffic, transportation, schools, police, fire (where is the closest firehouse now that the main one was closed in the neighborhood?) <BR/><BR/>Toll Bros. are building up on a grade to avoid flooding, but where will their runoff and sewage go? Back into the canal or onto Bond Street which will be then be more of a valley than it already is.<BR/><BR/>Global warming is a reality and the result of it is more rain, more rain, more flooding, more flooding, more sewage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post-7724022638438844052008-03-04T13:40:00.000-05:002008-03-04T13:40:00.000-05:00yes, and no one seems to mention what happens if t...yes, and no one seems to mention what happens if they DON'T re-zone...are you ready for "light industry" picking up the area? You all sound hysterical...let's hear some real facts please...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post-89754730326247165742008-03-04T13:16:00.000-05:002008-03-04T13:16:00.000-05:00Interesting. A lot of posters here against the d...Interesting. A lot of posters here against the development but very few actually commenting as to why.<BR/><BR/>Good heavens, a well-scaled mixed-use development that creates new public space, new affordable housing, and cleans up a brownfield. How could anyone ever be for that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post-65361482272217087742008-03-04T10:21:00.000-05:002008-03-04T10:21:00.000-05:00Buddy Scotto is a horse's ass and his drum beating...Buddy Scotto is a horse's ass and his drum beating for this gave him something very valuable he'd otherwise lack: A LIFE, or should I say a celebrity life, which even in this small world is worth more to him than the earthen riches that drive other people.<BR/><BR/>re: Toll Brothers, unless you work for them, there's not enough BAD that can be said. My mind was elsewhere tonight, my apologies, but PLEASE realize they will buy anyone and anything they can, from the politicians to the locals the press (usually the cheapest of all). DO NOT BE FOOLED for even a moment.<BR/><BR/>Lastly, Found In Brooklyn is the great-- and dare I say it, SEXY-- exception but isn't it "interesting" how the various local industries who were displaced or still extant are hardly ever mentioned? In other words, by portraying the area as near empty, abandoned, etc. it only fuels the bullshit ambitions of Toll, of Scotto, of the canoe dipshits who think they'll get a new dock or whatever.<BR/><BR/>Anyone who doubts the Bloomberg Admin and their idiot pimps on the internet only concern is for short term growth, or "advertising" revenue is a fool. I will talk to Buddy about just what the words "estuary" and "flood plain" mean later, since the bright lights flashing seem to have scrambled his memory.<BR/><BR/>La vecchiaia e carogna,<BR/><BR/>LennyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post-39073335809214130302008-03-04T09:25:00.000-05:002008-03-04T09:25:00.000-05:00I OWN and am opposed to this. Do we all really ne...I OWN and am opposed to this. Do we all really need to hear over and over again about how Buddy fought to get the canal cleaner forty years ago? It is still a cess pool.<BR/>Honestly, Toll, CPC, and even the GCDC need to start talking to the people who live east of Hoyt and not running to Buddy for a sound bite on everything canal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post-22060869145981358012008-03-04T08:49:00.000-05:002008-03-04T08:49:00.000-05:00The CG community has advocated for redevelopment a...The CG community has advocated for redevelopment and cleanup for five decades so Toll is correct - there is a strong community desire for affordable housing on the Gowanus Canal. Now that it may actually happen, people are scared.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post-25661510448395685942008-03-04T00:57:00.000-05:002008-03-04T00:57:00.000-05:00Yes there was a lot of good energy in the room. Ni...Yes there was a lot of good energy in the room. Nice to go to meeting where people were actually allowed to speak and not be subjected to a slide show by a develperor a community board commentary rules.Lisannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03249500003559750141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post-4633332731172902512008-03-04T00:26:00.000-05:002008-03-04T00:26:00.000-05:00http://tolltruth.blogspot.com/2006/09/in-robert-to...http://tolltruth.blogspot.com/2006/09/in-robert-tolls-own-words-from-toll.html<BR/><BR/>for some interesting info about Toll Bros.<BR/>They do not have a great track record.<BR/><BR/>Excellent recap of the mtg. Thank you. I loved the part where someone asked the Toll Bros reps point blank if they would abandon the project of they knew the community did not want them. "Yes," BUT they added that they had met with members of the community who DID want them - namely the Gowanus Community Development Corp. (synonymous with Gowanus Conservancy). Mr. Buddy Scotto, who founded that group, stood up and told the group that it was because of his efforts that the canal was cleaner, that the pumping station was working, and he went on to say that the only people against development are renters in the area who do not want to see their rents go up.."which they will" Well the people I know who are not for the Toll Bros project are home owners -so Mr. Scotto is wrong here. Hmm...last time I heard Mr. Scotto say that the only people against development are unions because they do not want to see jobs go away (because of rezoning from commercial to residential)- <BR/><BR/>This is going to be some interesting battle...and with the energy in that room, I am putting my money on the community!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com