After the LPC told the owners of 70 Henry Street to go back to the drawing board last year with their proposal to build a mixed used structure on the site (pictured), architects Gerner Kronick and Valcarcel‘s revised plan was presented to CB2 this week. Brownstoner reports that the firm is not allowing publication of […]
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Empire Stores Redevelopment Plan Revealed
It was announced last week that Midtown Equities had been chosen as the developer for the adaptive re-use of the historic Empire Stores warehouse buildings, which extend along Water Street between Dock and Main streets in DUMBO. There was, however, no immediate announcement of which of the anonymous “team” entries revealed in June was the […]
Views from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade at Twilight
A few evenings ago, your correspondent took a stroll along the Promenade, starting shortly after sunset. A sloop was sailing in the harbor. (More photos and text after the jump.) Shortly after, the South Street Seaport Museum’s historic schooner Pioneer rounded the tip of Manhattan, heading out on an evening cruise. Holding her torch aloft, […]
All Along No Watchtower
The Jehovah’s Witnesses have been steadily moving out of town for several years, though the continued drop-in visits by would-be converters has had many asking, “Are they going or what?” Well, with the Watchtower signs now gone, it looks like they’re really nearly almost gone. So the future of your immortal soul is now in […]
Karl on 177 Montague and Neighboring Brooklyn Heights Architecture
Mr. J. has put together an impressive video presentation (after the jump) focusing on the Brooklyn Trust Building, now occupied by Chase Bank, the upper floors of which are being converted for residential use. He then gives us a tour of some neighboring architectural gems, including the Brooklyn Historical Society, St. Ann and the Holy […]
Congregation B’nai Avraham Awarded “Sacred Sites” Grant
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle reports that Congregation B’nai Avraham, 117 Remsen Street (between Clinton and Henry), Brooklyn Heights’ only Orthodox synagogue, has been awarded a $10,000 “Sacred Sites” grant by the New York Landmarks Conservancy. The funds will be used to assist in restoration of the facade of the 1850s vintage brownstone faced Italiante style […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
On Saturday evening, August 10, soccer fans can watch the New York Red Bulls play a road game against the Columbus Crew on a giant screen at the Harbor View Lawn, Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park. The game starts at 7:30, but plan to arrive by 7:00 to get a good spot. The event is […]
I’m Calling It “Fort Myer”
I’m not sure what this new structure is [Update: I am now; it’s a new granite prospect. See here and scroll down to “Pier 3 Uplands”; thanks to Nancy Webster] that’s being built on the uplands of Pier 3 in Brooklyn Bridge Park, between Clark and Pierrepont streets, and the interactive map is no help. […]
Grace Church Awarded “Sacred Sites” Grant
Grace Church, 153 Hicks Street (between Grace Court and Joralemon Street) is one of three Brooklyn churches to receive a Robert W. Wilson Sacred Sites Challenge Grant from the New York Landmarks Conservancy. The award is in the amount of $30,000. From the Conservancy’s press release: The brownstone Grace Church was designed by renowned Gothic […]
Test Version–Not Open to Public–of East River Floating Pool to Arrive Next Month
Remember our post two years ago about a proposal to build a floating swimming pool that would use filtered East River water and be located off the DUMBO section of Brooklyn Bridge Park? If you’re like me, you thought,”Great idea, but good luck making it happen.” Now it seems the promoters of the idea, led […]
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