By Tom Acitelli 2/14/08 3:43pm

Brooklyn's Creative Capital

I got an email this morning from the Center for an Urban Future. They will host a forum on March 5 entitled, "Harnessing Brooklyn’s Creative Capital: The Impact of Self-Employed Creative Professionals on the Borough’s Economy." So, come one, come all, ye playwrights and graphic designers, ye aspiring novelists and copywriters. Admission’s free, but space Read More

By Staff 6/15/06 1:11pm

New Dawn for Manufacturing in Sunset Park


The Federal Building.

The Center for an Urban Future, a New York City-based “think tank dedicated to independent, fact-based research about critical issues facing New York’s future,” released a study yesterday urging the city to redevelop two buildings in Sunset Park, smack-dab in the newly minted southwest Brooklyn industrial business zone.

The I.B.Z., you’ll Read More