Brooklinks: Monday Daily Grind Edition

Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related news and images. By way of explanation, the photo above is of a Christmas tree set up by the grip crew of an indie film called "Life in Flight" that is shooting in Red Hook, across from the doomed Revere Sugar plant.

• Revere Plant Coming Down [NYDN]
• Big Urbanism is Back [NYT Mag]
• Brooklyn Gun Violence [The Cannon]
• Developer Tax Break Backlash [Courier Life]
• The Ground Beneath Our Feet (& Cornstarch) [IMBY]
• No Trans Fat for You! [Brooklyn Heights Blog]
• Myrtle Ave Storefront Update [Clinton Hill Blog]
• Quadruple Murder-Suicide in Fort Greene [NYT]
• $35K Bogus Charge Spree at Atlantic Center Target [NYPost]
• Swimming With Polar Bears, Part I [The Vanity Projector]
• Swimming With Polar Bears, Part II [The Vanity Projector]
• Forget Brooklyn Trees, We Cut Ours on Long Island [Brooklyn Mama]
• Christmas Lights on Aster Court [GerritsenBeach.net]
• PS321 Holiday Craft Fair Finds: We Want a Sock Monkey Too [OTBKB]
• Unexpected Holiday Gifts [Random Brooklyn]
  

(Our condolences to the Gothamist family. The co-editor of Phillyist, Star Foster, passed away suddenly on Sunday. She was very young and very talented and it is very, very, very sad.)