Overheard at the Checkout Counter- December 17, 2006 At my local bookstore and presented here without further comment: A woman working the register, speaking to two others: "The Explorer is registered in my name because Uncle Danny has a little DUI problem. Chuckles. I'm a 19-year-old female in New York State and the insurance is still expensive!"http://www.startsandfits.com/2006/12/overheard-at-checkout-counter.html Win-Win-Win- December 10, 2006 The scaffolding is off at Fultonhaus, 119 Fulton Street at Dutch Street in Lower Manhattan's Financial District. This is an example of what might be called small-scale upfill development, and it embodies many principles that Jane Jacobs described as being beneficial for a city neighborhood.Here the developer added six stories to an 87-year-old building, nearly doubling it size while converting the lower floors from obsolete commercial space into condominium apartments. The history of the...http://www.startsandfits.com/2006/12/win-win-win.html |