links for 2009-05-28

• Brooklyn gas supplier National Grid may owe most for Superfund cleanup of Gowanus Canal
  (tags: gowanus brooklyn)
• Google Book-Scanning Pact to Give Libraries Input on Price
  (tags: google libraries)
• 1984: The masterpiece that killed George Orwell | Books | The Observer
  (tags: orwell 1984 biography)
• MTA To Extend G Line To Church Ave — Transit Blogger
  (tags: subway nyc brooklyn)
• Streetsblog » A Pedestrian Is Killed, So Let’s Ticket — Pedestrians?
  (tags: nyc transportation cars)
• How Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan Manages to Be Equal Parts Jane Jacobs and Robert Moses — New York Magazine
  (tags: transportation nyc)

links for 2009-05-04

• Teenage Engineering
  (tags: art music audio design technology engineering innovation hardware)
• Streetsblog » DOT: Nine New Public Plazas in the Works
  From the article: "DOT has announced its selections for round one of the NYC Plaza Program, which invites non-profits throughout the boroughs to propose the development of new public spaces. According to DOT, applicants were chosen based on organizational and site-specific criteria, with special consideration given to areas with low- to moderate-income populations. A total of nine projects in Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx were selected."
  (tags: Urban nyc planning)