As the above photo shows, there are crews out tearing up Boerum Place today. The new sidewalk contours have been outlined, and now holes are being dug. Could the Park Ave. of Brooklyn be not far behind? Don’t miss another shot of guys standing around the big hole after the jump.
The second annual Brooklyn Book Festival is happening on Borough Hall Plaza and around the area September 16, a week from Sunday. Last year featured luminary Jhumpa Lahiri among others, and this year the featured authors list is long, with highlights including Dave Eggers, Jonathan Lethem and Jonathan Safran Foer. Over a hundred booksellers will crowd the plaza in front of Borough Hall. Mark your calendars, check out all the events, and show up to stock up on winter reading!
Several stumps are all that is left of the beautiful Ginkgo trees once living on the Boerum Place median at Joralemon Street. Though the city has plans to plant a green median strip all along Boerum Place, for now it appears we’re losing green rather than gaining it.
As previously reported, DOT is planning a number of improvements to the Boerum Place corridor, including extending the planted median along Boerum Place to Atlantic Avenue. The project was originally slated to begin in the fall of 2006. Hopefully the new greenery will materialize soon.