Mark Jacobson, “The Lampshade: A Holocaust Detective Story from Buchenwald to New Orleans”, Simon & Schuster 2010. By Alysia Santo. At a New Orleans garage sale following hurricane Katrina, a lampshade made out of human skin is sold to a social worker named Skip Henderson for $35, described as a Nazi relic made from “the...
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December 29, 2010December 29, 2010Politics
Red Hook’s Zoning Battle: Housing versus Industry
By Lea Khayata. Jay Amato thought he had it all planned. He was going to build his own house on a piece of land he bought at the corner of Van Brunt and Conover streets in Red Hook, Brooklyn. But the city rejected his construction permit for not complying with the zoning requirements. Amato’s property...
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December 1, 2010December 6, 2010Brooklyn Life
European Green Homes Take Root in Park Slope
By Léa Khayata When Justin Stewart bought a brownstone to renovate in Park Slope last year, he wanted to see how close to zero energy consumption he could get. “The question was, how do we get there?” he says. Then he heard about the German “passive house” standard that promised energy reductions up to 90 percent....
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November 18, 2010December 1, 2010Crime
Are Homeless Murders Hate Crimes?
Kenneth Garrett, a homeless new yorker, sips a coffee in Central Park (Alex Alper/The Brookyn Ink) By Alex Alper. Last month, a 58-year-old black man named Ben Lully was shot and killed on Lincoln Terrace in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. His address, according to the NYPD, was 197 Bowery Street, a Manhattan homeless shelter. Violence against...
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November 18, 2010November 18, 2010Brooklyn Life
The “Kid Boom” in Gentrified Red Hook
By Lea Khayata On a late weekday afternoon, Valentino Pier Park, in the south west end of Red Hook, looks like any neighborhood park. Kids on their scooters and bikes are playing around the pier while their parents watch over them, enjoying a breathtaking view of the Statue of Liberty, before walking home on cobblestoned...
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November 4, 2010November 4, 2010Live Wire
Shake Shack to open in Brooklyn
Shake Shack will open in Fulton Street Mall next year, taking the place of Tony’s Famous Pizza on the corner of Fulton and Adams street, according to the NY Daily News.
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November 4, 2010November 4, 2010Live Wire
Brooklyn plastic surgeon named President of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons
Malcolm Z. Roth, MD, F.A.C.S., the Director of the Division of Plastic Surgery at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn was named President-Elect of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, SFGate reports. He was elected at Plastic Surgery 2010, the Society’s annual scientific assembly. Dr. Roth will focus on patient safety and education regarding plastic surgery...
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November 4, 2010November 4, 2010Live Wire
Old cemetery in South Williamsburg might be turned into a garden
The Brooklyn Greenway Initiative, a local organization working to create 14 miles of mostly waterfront bike and pedestrian paths to connect Greenpoint to Bay Ridge, presented a project to turn this abandoned cemetery into a publicly accessible pollinator habitat – a wildflower meadow that would promote plant diversity in the area, according to The L...
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November 4, 2010November 4, 2010Live Wire
10,300 pirated DVDs seized in Brooklyn
10,300 counterfeit DVDs of Nigerian movies were seized by investigators under District Attorney Charles Hynes in Brooklyn, after complaints by the African country’s “Nollywood” film industry about rampant piracy the AFP reports. They also found high-volume disc copying machines, hundreds of blank DVDs, and pre-printed labels for movies in the nine stores targeted. Known as “Nollywood,” the...
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November 4, 2010November 4, 2010Live Wire
The Brooklyn Hospital Center unveils its new Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
The Brooklyn Hospital Center (TBHC) unveiled its new Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) this morning under the direction of Dr. Louisdon Pierre. The $1.2 million unit will house six patients, according to MyLittleO.com. “This unit is part of our effort to become a model urban community teaching hospital providing quality healthcare to the more than...