From The Heidelberger Papers America blog: “One of the few well preserved of classic New York City transit minutiae. Taken at the Montague Street entrance of the Court Street subway station.” (Photo: Matt Heidelberger) Share this Story: Tweet
About Chuck Taylor
Journalist Chuck Taylor worked as a writer and Senior Editor at Billboard magazine for 14 years, has interviewed more than 500 entertainers and music executives, and penned front-page stories for Billboard about Celine Dion, Paul McCartney, Diana Krall, Elton John, Bette Midler, James Taylor, Tony Bennett and many more. He has been interviewed on an array of music and pop culture topics for ABC's “20/20,” “CBS Evening News,” CNN FN, VH1's “Behind the Music,” MTV, BBC and A&E's Biography"; and has been quoted in the New York Times, USA Today, TV Guide, People, Entertainment Weekly and numerous others. He is a voting member of NARAS (Grammy Awards).Author Archive | Chuck Taylor
Found: Keys To Your Brooklyn Heights Kingdom?
Via Craigslist: “Mysterious Keys found in Brooklyn Heights (Clark Street Station). I found keys on the platform of the Clark St Station on the Uptown 2/3 side. If these are yours, describe them.” The reply link is here. Share this Story: Tweet
‘Hail No': Initiative To Bring Livery Cabs To The Boroughs Is A Bust (For Now)
In a rare defeat for NYC Mayor Bloomberg and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Manhattan Supreme Court Justice ruled Friday that the popular initiative to allow 18,000 livery cabs to take street hails from Manhattan to the outer boroughs and the upper reaches of the city is a no go. No doubt, this should […]
It’s Official: NYC Bike Share Delayed Until Spring 2013
Earlier this week, New York City’s anticipated Bike Share Program—including locations in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn Bridge Park and Downtown Brooklyn—already faced delays that threatened to push the highly touted initiative to summer’s end. But now it’s official: The wheels of progress have been locked until at least March 2013. Mayor Bloomberg announced Friday that Bike […]
Heights History: Cadman Plaza Public Library Branch, 1966
The Brooklyn Heights Public Library at 280 Cadman Plaza West & Tillary Street was full of book-smart promise when it opened May 31, 1962, offering modern technology and a streamlined system for checking out and returning books. The series of pics (below), taken in February 1966, in fact, reveal a clever conveyor belt that sent […]
Construction On Hicks Progresses, Serenity On Remsen Regresses
The sidewalk reconstruction bedlam in front of 200 Hicks Street at Montague is rapidly easing, as progress moves forward at a nice clip. Over the weekend, a hole in front of the residential building was getting wider and deeper, but as of Thursday, fresh white cement curbs have been poured and reshaped at the corner, […]
Brooklyn Heights ‘Signs’ Off On DOT’s Mixed-Case Lettering Mandate
Street signs in Brooklyn Heights will soon be following the letter of the law. The Federal Highway Administration has mandated that your tax dollars be spent on replacing 250,000 capital-letter street signs in New York City with mixed-case—specifically utilizing a condensed version of the Clearview typeface (licensed as ClearviewHwy). So far, about 11,000 street name […]
Birthplace of Whitman’s ‘Leaves Of Grass,’ Cranberry & Fulton, 1949
This sketch of the “Birthplace of Walt Whitman’s ‘Leaves of Grass’” depicts the corner of Cranberry & Fulton streets (which is now along Cadman Plaza West heading to Old Fulton Street) dated September 11, 1949. It is signed by Josephine Barry. Legend has it that the red brick print shop in Brooklyn Heights where Walt […]
Filmmaker Heather Quinlan Discusses Her Breakup Cookbook Blog In NY Daily News
BHB contributor, filmmaker and Brooklyn Heights resident Heather Quinlan, who recently completed documentary “If These Knishes Could Talk,” is interviewed in a New York Daily News story about… ice cream. The piece hinges on the fact that Jon Stewart offered a pint of Ben & Jerry’s to console Robert Pattinson on “The Daily Show” after […]
Looking Up: Half-Dozen Skyscrapers On The Rise In Downtown BK
It appears the historic Williamsburg Bank building at 1 Hanson Place, which stood for decades as the tallest structure in Brooklyn, at 512 feet & 37 stories, is now just one of the crowd. As gentrification continues in Downtown Brooklyn, at least a half-dozen highrise residential towers are in the works. The New York Observer […]
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