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Liquor Store Sign, DeKalb Avenue, Fort Greene Brooklyn. March 3, 2011. Photo by The Preservator.

Queens Graffiti Mecca Faces Redevelopment - via WNYC Culture
If you've ridden the 7 train, you know this building in Long Island City. I can't see how planning more lux-y development in Long Island City is a good idea right now. Not well-timed.

The Old American Dream Is A Nightmare - via Grist
Jim Kunstler, an old favorite, chats with Grist, breaking down why the skyscraper won't save us, how the New Urbanists have won, with requisite smatterings about the national debt and - of course - peak oil. And - beware the photo - our man looked better sans mustache. (Also, I saw someone reading his peak-oil futurist novel, World Made By Hand, on the subway this morning.)

Hoping Gowanus Canal Cleanup Turns Up Old Treasures - via NYT

What is not to love about urban archaeology of the forgotten Gowanus landscape?! Superfund = superfun!