Downtown Brooklyn Icon on Market (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)

Willoughby Street. 11 projects on 7 blocks

Looks like Willoughby is getting one hell of a facelift.
Willoughby St: From Stepchild To Downtown Development Site (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
Downtown Brooklyn Land Rush (The Real Deal)
Downtown Brooklyn Businesses face Termination (Associated Content)
On the Outs in Brooklyn (Villiage Voice)

$10 billion in 10 years

"DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — About $10 billion will be spent in the next 10 years to build a new Downtown Brooklyn, an unprecedented amount of money. The new Downtown will be developed at a pace never experienced before in this borough."
(Brooklyn Daily Eagle)

A Strange Turn of Events for One of the Duffield Homes

It appears to be that the owners of one of the alleged Underground Railroad homes may be up for sale at Remax for 4.5 million bucks. This includes 20 stories of air rights. I can't wait to see how this one goes down.
Undergound RR: Consultants Caught In Another Lie (Brownstoner)
Things Get Curiouser: Underground Railroad House Up for Sale?(Gowanus Lounge)

Another Downtown Development Site Goes on Market (bde)

Big Demolition to begin soon on Willoughby Street

Ulimately, this is going to change the neighborhood in a big way.

A Wallmart Downtown (Brooklyn Record)

Albee Square Developer to Get $100 Million Discount?
(Gowanus Lounge)

$15M FOR 'HERALD SQUARE IN B'KLYN' (NYP)

Picture is courtesy of the New York Post
And here comes the neighboorhood.... in Sping of 2008 that is.

Rendering of 75 Flatbush Extention

It's to be located at Tillary Street & Flatbush Ext. As per The New York Sun, it will be 21 stories and have 108 units. It's designed by Ismael Leyva Architects.
(Image is courtesy of http://www.ilarch.com/)

Jitney's Brooklyn Line Revealed: Count 'Em, Five Stops! (THE BEACH)

‘Prime’ Retail Spaces Exist in Downtown Brooklyn Area (BDE)

New Downtown Brooklyn Park Opens(BDE)

More Developments in Downtown Brooklyn

Deadly bike lane on Tillary

Interesting Blog with a tilt toward Downtown Brooklyn. McBrooklyn

I thought I would share this with everyone. There are a lot of great posts centered on the Downtown area.

BAM Cultural Center: More Than Just a New Library (BDE)

Parking permits for Downtown Brooklyn residents

"The purpose of residential permits is not to guarantee every resident a parking space: That simply cannot be done. The purpose is to prevent people from elsewhere, including other neighborhoods in Brooklyn, from using Downtown as a dumping ground for their cars. Park here, take the subway into Manhattan and laugh all the way." (BDE)

Deciding the Fate of the Duffield St. Houses (Brooklyn Record)

It looks like there will be a meeting today at 11 am to decide the fate of these houses.

Starbucks opens in Metrotech. Right in our backyard. Get your drink on.

(Located next to Polytech’s main door on Jay Street (at 6 MetroTech Center), tables have been set out under artist Paul Sisko’s giant red sculpture “Balanced Cylinders.”) {BDE}