Bklink: Big Green Monster

The Big Green Monster on Diamond Street in Greenpoint from Karl Fischer is now fully on view for the world to see. Here is what Hot Karl might have thought in designing it: “Let’s see, this building is slated to be in a neighborhood called Greenpoint. What can I do to make it ‘fit in’ with the ‘feel’ of the neighborhood. Hmm… I could reduce the scale so it would jibes contextually with the rest of the block. NAH. Wait a minute…I know, I’LL MAKE IT GREEN! But what shade of green… hold on it’s coming to me…” Let’s call the color Newtown Creek Chartreuse.–New York Shitty

Bklink: Immaculate Construction

The building at 48 Box Street continues to be a miracle of virtually immaculate construction. Having been hit by a series of Stop Work Orders, the building has still gone up rather nicely and might even be called a “masterpiece of illegal construction.” It’s friend at 95 Clay Street, on the other hand, hasn’t even bothered with permits, so there were none to violate.–New York Shitty

Bklink: East Greenpoint Rezoning

“The Department of City of Planning has the rezoning of ‘East Greenpoint’ next on their list…a large 170+ block area east of the BQE…City Planning has promised to have the larger rezoning (covering an area roughly from Maujer Street north to Newtown Creek) into the public review process by Autumn of this year.”–WGPA

Bklink: Art or Collapsing Building?

We have written about 1000 Manhattan Avenue before. Now, there is an entire story attached to it: “Two crossing steel beams—one apparently holding up the other—were placed against the building’s façade and onto the sidewalk. At the end of the beam, which is wrapped in yellow caution tape, there is a mysterious wooden box…At first glance, the structure looked futile, but on closer inspection the beams are preventing the building’s swelling bricks from crashing down onto the pavement. The rain gutter bends along the faÇade’s perilous curve. To get into the G&R Deli on the ground floor, one is forced to duck under the joists or to circle around the structure to enter the store. The whole thing resembles a Mark Di Suvero sculpture carelessly hammered together by a bunch of mentally disabled teenagers. It looks like a dangerous joke.” There is much more to it.–Brooklyn Rail

Street Couch Series: Greenpoint Futon

This futon comes from India Street in Greenpoint via Miss Heather. We’re taken by its proximity to the G Train.

Bklink: Chihauhua with Hoodie and Fauxhawk

Depending on one’s point of view the dog named Miss Mordred in Greenpoint is either very cute or quite grotesque. It all depends on how one feels about chihuahuas and, specifically, ones wearing body length apparel that resembles a hoodie with a faux hawk. So, it’s either awwwwhhhh or eeewwwhhhh.–New York Shitty

Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: Greenpoint Bike Edition

Our Roving Correspondent returns to Greenpoint for this image, which she titled “Dali’s Bike” and it certainly is. It is melting on Russell Street in Greenpoint.

Bklink: Forgotten NY in Greenpoint

The wonderful Kevin Walsh, the force behind the Forgotten NY website and book, will be at Word Books in Greenpoint on Thursday (3/6) at 7:30PM. He will be doing a presentation followed by a Q&A. Word Books is at 126 Franklin Street. The event is free, of course.–New York Shitty

Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: Greenpoint Edition

It’s not a Street Sofa, but a street chair and this image from Miss Heather presents quite a number of interesting elements. Our particular favorite is the bottle of Zywiec beer beside it.

Bklink: The Oil Spill

Haven’t read a nice, long feature story on the Exxon-Mobil Oil Spill in Greenpoint recently? Want a refresher on the “55-acre plume of oil floating on top of groundwater 30-40 feet underground” and how people “have been living with the spill for more than 50 years, enduring vapors seeping into some basements and wafting through the streets from nearby Newtown Creek, which the petroleum trickles into”? Well, then here is some weekend reading.–Plenty