Dumbo NYC

Spotted: Kelly Rutherford and Connor Paolo (Lily van der Woodsen and Eric van der Woodsen) filming an indoor dining scene in Bubby’s in Dumbo. Eric was all suited up. Now what are the upper East siders doing in Dumbo and suited up no less? We sense trouble brewing for the Humphrey household…

xoxo

Also seen were Penn Badgley (Dan Humphrey), Matthew Settle (Rufus Humphrey), and Ed Westwick (Chuck Bass) filming in and around Dumbo. (Thanks Winnie for the guest blurb and to Sabrina for the photos.)

{Gossip Girl Filming notice, 06Oct2008}

What: Seining Workshop for Kids
When: Saturday, Oct 11, 11:30pm - 1:00pm
Where: Beach in Brooklyn Bridge Park, Dumbo

Find out what lives in the waters under the Manhattan Bridge! Join experts from the Coastal Marine Resource Center and the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy as we use a 30-foot seining net to catch fish and other remarkable East River creatures. Families and kids can take a good look at the fish before we release them back to their homes and keep a tally of our catch. We provide field guides, identification keys, and plenty of fun to go around. Space is available for 30 kids plus their parents/guardians. To reserve a place, e-mail Kara Gilmour, Education and Stewardship Coordinator.

For more info, go to www.brooklynbridgepark.org.

Tivoli Home, a Scandinavian kitchen, houseware, and home furnishings celebrates their 2 year anniversary at 111 Front Street with their biggest sale ever. If you’re looking for some items to furnish your home with, many of their items are on sale through October 31. Congratulations Tivoli!

Tivoli Home Shop, (located in the DUMBO General Store Cafe & Bar)
111 Front Street, DUMBO Brooklyn, NY 11201

Previously:{2007 Summer Sale at Tivoli Home, 18Jul2008}
{The Scandanavians Are Coming To Dumbo, 13Sept2006}

(Photo by Josh Derr)

Community Board 2, which serves Dumbo, (as well as Bridge Plaza, Brooklyn Heights, Clinton Hill, Fort Greene, Fulton Ferry, the Downtown Business District, Metrotech, Atlantic Center, Renaissance Plaza (the Marriott Hotel) and the Brooklyn Navy Yard), voted last night to change alternate side street parking in the entire CB2 area by a vote of 4-1 in favor. An attendee emailed us the general changes as follows:

1. Where there is currently “No Parking 8am to 9am”and metered parking thereafter, the revision would have one-half hour window (instead of one hour) between 7am to 9am. This will reduce the time of no parking to one half hour and will begin the no parking at the earlier hour.
2. On commercial streets (in the core of the business district) sweeping occurs three times a week on each side during the hours of midnight to 3am. The proposal is to break this into two sessions: midnight to 3am and 3am to 6am.
3. A major change will be on residential streets where the frequency would be reduced from two days of sweeping (per side) to one of sweeping per side. Further, in Brooklyn Heights, the sweeping (per side) would take place on one day per week with No Parking in three different sessions: 8:30am to 10am, 9:30am to 11am and 11:30am to 1pm.

This looks like good news for residents who park on the streets. On the other hand, will the reduced number street cleanings be a problem? For residents who park their cars on the street, how do you feel about these proposed changes?

{Community Boards, NYC.gov}
{CB2 website}

We previously reported that Dumbo is Brooklyn’s priciest neighborhood, according to the Real Estate Board of New York report. The report, the 2nd Quarter 2008 residential sales report was released yesterday on their ResidentialNYC.com site. The average Brooklyn apartment sale price was up 3% from 2007 Q2 ($484k) to 2008 Q2 ($500k), and median went from $440k to $448 for a 1% increase. While the average and median prices went up during this period, the recent stock market and financial turmoil will likely have a negative effect in NYC in the next few quarters.

According to the report, in Brooklyn, Vinegar Hill/Dumbo condo average prices increased 33% to $1,342,000 compared to last year, due in part to the larger impact of high-priced sales on the reduced number of sales in this quarter.

{ResidentialNYC.com}

 (Photo by Henry N. Seymour, Cazenovia, NY)

We’ve all seen countless photos and photographers take shots of the Manhattan Bridge from Washington Street. This one is from a visitor who send us his photo after a rainy evening in June. The lit up Empire State Building is nicely framed in the archway under the bridge. Thanks Henry for the photo.

Galapagos Art Space in Dumbo Brooklyn is holding another debate party tonight. American World Jewish Service, AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps, Bronfman Youth Fellowships, and Jews for Racial and Economic Justice are hosts starting at 7:30pm.

Michelle Collins, writer and comedian for VH1’s Best Week Ever, will emcee the event, which will include: pre-debate issues discussion with Anya Kamenetz (author of Generation Debt) ,Jonathan Tepperman (Assistant Managing Editor, Newsweek International), and others.

Highlights will include election trivia, information about local social justice opportunities, voter registration tables, free snacks, and a specially brewed Rosh Hashanah (New Year) cocktail. Parties will be happening simultaneously in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington DC. Please RSVP by registering at www.debatewatch2008.blogspot.com.

AJWS and AVODAH are tax-exempt organizations under the Internal Revenue Code and as such they do not engage in propaganda, influence legislation, or participate or intervene in any political campaign on behalf of, or in opposition to, any candidate for public office. This is a non-political, and thus non-partisan, event that promotes AJWS and AVODAH’s mission of advancing social justice.

Presented in partnership with The Goethe-Institut New York, this event is first in a series exploring sustainable design on the urban scale. It will be moderated by MoMA Art Architecture and Design curator Andres Lepik.

What: Goethe-Institut and Galapagos Art Space Present “What is Green Architecture?”
When: Monday, October 6, 7:30pm
Where: Galapagos Art Space, 16 Main Street, Brooklyn, NY

The Goethe-Institut New York presents “What Is Green Architecture?”, a new series of conversations, lectures, and events exploring the cutting-edge developments in the field and their impact on contemporary life as well as implications for the future.

In conversation with moderator Andres Lepik, Steffen Lehmann (**bio below) will discuss how “Green is the New Black” in terms of emerging urban design principles and strategies for energy-efficient cities beyond the individual building. He will also speak about Australia’s first zero-emission urban development, Taree Waterfront Masterplan.

“What Is Green Architecture?” series curator and moderator Dr. Andres Lepik is currently Curator in the Architecture & Design Department of The Museum of Modern Art. The theme of this presentation is to explore and assess emerging urban design principles and practical strategies for more energy-efficient cities, beyond the scale and scope of the individual building. The talk will reflect on sustainable design on the urban scale and critically examine new strategies for eco cities.

This pairing is truly extraordinary as Galapagos Art Space is working towards becoming New York City’s first LEED certified “green” cultural venue.

**Steffen Lehmann, PhD, holds the UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Urban Development for Asia and the Pacific, the professorial Chair in the School of Architecture and Built Environment at the University of Newcastle (NSW, Australia), and is founding director of the s_Lab Space Laboratory for Architectural Research and Design (Sydney-Berlin). He is editor of the USpublished Journal of Green Building, and his book, The Principles of Green Urbanism is forthcoming (Routledge, London, 2009). After graduating from the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London (1989) he worked with James Stirling in London and with Arata Isozaki in Tokyo. Prior to his current position in Australia, he ran his own ideas-driven practice in Berlin, where he designed numerous award-winning buildings and was instrumental in the urban re-development of Berlin’s city centre in the 1990s.

{galapagosartspace.com}
{Goethe-Institut New York}

Gossip Girl will be filming in Dumbo on Wednesday, October 8, 2008 between 8am-11pm on the following streets:

• Front Street between York and Adams Streets
• Water Street between Main and New Dock Streets
• Old Dock Street

If you are parked on any of these streets, reminder to move your car. Will there be a Dan and Jenny Humphrey sighting, where they’re supposed Brooklyn loft is located? Or will Serena and Blair show up to visit the Humphrey loft? If anyone gets any photos, please email us.

The following are selected links from this past week on blogs and websites with discussion about Dumbo (and its neighboring areas):

• Bubby’s 5th Annual Pie Social, 29Sept08, TONY
• Grandfather Clock by Rob Price @ Spring, 30Sept08, cool hunting
• Young Soon Kim, Artistic Director, White Wave Dance Interview, 01Oct08, movmnt
• 20 Henry Sales Office Open, 04Oct08, Brooklyn Eagle
• Dumbo’s One Glass Productions Fundraiser, 02Oct08, broadwayworld.com
• DUMBO’s Pricetag Continues to Grow, 02Oct08, Gothamist
• In DUMBO, It’s Easy Being Green, 02Oct08, Brooklyn Eagle
• NY Times Explores Brooklyn Heights, 02Oct08, NY Times
• Brooklynites Come Out For DUMBO Fight Night, 03Oct08, Brooklyn Eagle
• Dumbo Fashion Report, 21Sept08, fashionflock
• Spike Lee Moves to Dumbo, 27Sept08, Brooklyn Paper
• Dock Street Project Coming Up for Land Use Review, 01Oct08, Brooklyn Eagle
• New York Wine & Food Festival, 01Oct08, Village Voice
• Baxter and Liebchen Review, 02Octt08, chictip.com
• NYC Wine & Food Festival, 01Oct08, Metromix

Dumbo Art Under the Bridge Festival Reviews:

• Projekt Projektor Pics In Dumbo, 29Sept08, daily session
• Art Under the Bridge Review, 30Sept08, Art21.org
• Art Fest Photos, 03Oct08, artcal.net
• Art Enthusiasts Throng DUMBO, 29Sept08, Brooklyn Eagle
• DUMBO Arts Festival, 29Sept08, culturebyrachel
• D’Art Buoy Overview, 30Sept08, dartbuoy