LICH Property Back on the Market; Ellis G Sues the City; and More Brooklyn Briefs

-  Four former Long Island College Hospital (LICH) parcels in Cobble Hill are back on the market. Brooklyn Eagle 

- A Brooklyn girl with an affinity for working with meat. The L Magazine

- Brooklyn downtown preservation is overreach, foes say.  Crain's NY

- Brooklyn director's nonfiction film nominated for "Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You" at tonight's IFP Gotham Independent Film Awards. WSJ

- Artist Ellis Gallagher, who has been arrested three times by the NYPD for drawing on the sidewalk with chalk, is now suing the city for $1 million. Brooklyn Paper

- Make this while apples are piled a mile high at farmers markets: Beecher Apple Pie, from the Plymouth Fair Cook Book by Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher. Brooklynology

- Compromise, schmompromise: Many still oppose the appointment of Cathie Black as Schools Chancellor, even with her little helper. Brooklyn Eagle

- NYC guide to getting rid of your old crap.  Brokelyn 

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