Local artist Ian Clyde is having an opening exhibition for his latest art this Thursday at Superfine in Dumbo. It’s from 6-9pm but stay late for drinks at Superfine’s bar.

Artist statement:
“In my paintings I try to capture moments that precede turning points in a story. I use animals to symbolize various political and religious affiliations. The animals relationship to its environment changes because of its size or appearance.”

Exhibition runs through April 25, 2010

Superfine
126 Front Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
718-243-9005

Reader Drew sent the below letter to Senator Squadron and City Councilmember Steve Levin who says that the recent reinstatement by Mayor Bloomberg of the ban on helicopter tours by Mayor Giuliani is ruining the atmosphere of the newly opened Brooklyn Bridge Park. We’ve noticed some of these choppers come very close to the bridge. Are they out of control? A copy of the letter after the jump.

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(Plymouth Street looking South)

(Water Street looking North)

Curbed posted more proposed renderings of the Toll Brothers’ 205 Water Street building.

To us, the design seems to be consistent with the area (but what do we know?), but what is that protruding top part in the photo below? It looks unfinished, but perhaps that’s the look they’re going for.

(Plymouth Street looking South)

The Landmarks Preservation Commission had scheduled a review of the plans for April 6, but has been “Laid over”, for a future date. What do you think of the design?

(Water Street looking North)

Photos from Curbed.

Previously:
{205 Water Street Plans Revealed, 18Mar2010}
{Toll Brothers to Build Condos at 205 Water St, 07Jan2010}
{Demolition at 205 Water Street, 24Jan2007}
{In the Press: Demolishing 205 Water Street, 27Jan2007}
{Stop Work Order Violation Issued at 205 Water Street, 14Feb2007}

(Photo courtesy of Charles Ryder)

The following are selected links from this past week on blogs and websites with discussion about Dumbo (and its neighboring areas):

• Get to Know Jay Street, 28Mar10, NYMag
• New Orleans 2nd Line over the Brooklyn Bridge, 30Mar10, NOLA
• Dumbo Makes its Bid for Google Fiber, 26Mar10, MediaBistro
• DUMBO Visit, 28Mar10, powderblueorbit
• 100 Gold St 50% Sold, 29Mar10, BK Eagle
• Priviledged Store, 01Apr10, BBMag
• BBPark to get Toilets, 01Apr10, NYP
• Barneys Co-op Store Comes to Atlantic Ave, 31Mar10, BK Eagle
• The Greening of the Waterfront, 02Apr10, NYT
• Divas Do Dumbo, 03Apr10, nycdinerdivas
• Bridgeview Tower Cuts Pricing, 31Mar10, Curbed
• Brooklyn Arts Council Benefit, 30Mar10, BK Eagle
• Dumbo’s Howaboutwe.com, 30Mar10, Stern
• Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 1 user’s guide, 29Mar10, BK Paper
• BKLYN Designs Sets 2010 Line-up, 29Mar10, Interior Design
• DOT Takes Over Brooklyn Greenway Plans, 30Mar10, Gothamist
• Brooklyn’s FASHION 500, 01Apr10, Clutch

From the DumboNYC flickr pool, Jane Kratochvil writes, “The work on the demolition of the National Cold Storage building continues. Goodbye old friend…”

This building is being torn down at the Brooklyn Bridge Park. See entry at fadingad.wordpress.com for more info. Parts of it were demolished and salvaged for the park. (Also see Figure 7-11 (PDF)).

Resonance is a group show of 10 emerging artists, which will run from April 1st – 26th at the Rabbitholestudio Gallery, 33 Washington St. in Dumbo.

The opening reception will be today, Thursday, April 1st, from 5-9pm. Beer will be provided care of Pabst Blue Ribbon. There will be a DJ from 7-9pm.

RABBITHOLESTUDIO is pleased to present “Resonance,” a group exhibition featuring the work of ten emerging artists, from Brooklyn and across the country. This exhibition considers the significance of the word “resonance,” its diverse meanings across disparate fields and within different contexts, and then focuses on its implications to the visual arts and painting.

The exhibition features work by Firelei Baez, Brendan Carroll, Xuan Chen, Andrew Graham, Linling Lu, Julie Oppermann, Devin Powers, Camilo Sanin, Elisa Soliven, and Marela Zacarias.

The show was curated by Julie Oppermann, whose large-scale Moiré paintings, featured in the show, provided the inspiration for the theme.

The exhibition proposes that the term “resonance” connotes discrete energies, vibrations, ideas, or concepts, which are made stronger via their interaction and overlap with one another. Through this agenda, each work in the show represents a permutation and interpretation of a common theme. Centering in on the concept of resonance, and the medium of painting, each artist explores what this means in terms of their own work. Thus, when the works are all brought together for the exhibition, the ideas, questions, thoughts and concepts generate a dialogue that reverberates back and forth between the paintings, growing stronger and louder and finding meaning through the interaction.

From the Dumbo Improvement District:

O’Crepes (O for Organic) has just opened this week on Front Street between Pearl & Jay. The organic crepe shop is open daily from 10am. You can order one of the specialty combos with names like Architectural Digest (original crepe filled with chicken, mushrooms, ratatouille, onions, & swiss cheese) or Morning O’Crepe, or create your own from their sweet & savory, crepe & filling options.

O’Crepes is located at the retail/street level (next to PS Bookshop) and is part of the SHOP @ Green Desk space.

O’Crepes
143 Front Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Previously:
{SHOP @ Green Desk Opening, 25Jan2010}