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Landmarks Says No Go To Willow Street Backyard Pool

By on May 20, 2013 3:58 pm in Architecture, Brooklyn Heights

Residents of 105 Willow Street who applied to excavate their backyard 25 feet deep for an in-ground pool got a thumbs down from Landmarks, according to a story in Brownstoner. The application called for excavation of the property’s rear yard, “putting in a pool and whirlpool underground with a barrel vault ceiling and a skylight, [...]

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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby

By on May 15, 2013 11:59 pm in Architecture, Arts and Entertainment, Comedy, DUMBO, Election 12, Election 13, Events, Gardening, Government, Kids, Maritime, Nature, Obituaries, podcast, Red Hook, Religion, schools, Shopping

This coming weekend is a big one for events at Brooklyn Bridge Park. On Sunday, the Park will celebrate the 130th anniversary of the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge with a marathon reading of Hart Crane’s epic poem The Bridge at the Granite Prospect on Pier 1 starting at 3:00 p.m. More details here. The [...]

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Four Brooklyn Heights Churches in “Sacred Sites” Event This Weekend

By on May 13, 2013 2:47 pm in Architecture, Brooklyn Heights, Events, History, Religion

This coming weekend–Saturday, May 18 and Sunday, May 19–the New York Landmarks Conservancy will hold its third annual Sacred Sites Open House event. Among the houses of worship participating are four Brooklyn Heights churches. The First Unitarian Church, 50 Monroe Place (corner of Pierrepont) will be open Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. There [...]

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Mid-Week Walk Photos: Brooklyn Heights and Brooklyn Bridge Park

By on May 5, 2013 1:18 am in Architecture, Arts and Entertainment, brooklyn bridge park, Brooklyn Heights, Nature, Photos, Sports, Traffic

Late Wednesday afternoon I took a walk north along the Promenade, across the pedestrian bridge to Pier 1, south along the Brooklyn Bridge Park walkway to Pier 5, then up Joralemon to home on Montague. Cherry blossoms provided a splash of color at the Promenade’s north end. Brilliant green ferns on the Pier 1, Brooklyn [...]

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After Less Than A Year, 40 Willow Place Mansion Flips For $7.65M

By on April 30, 2013 2:32 pm in Architecture, Brooklyn Heights, News, Real Estate

It was less than a year ago—in August 2012—when the 7,400sf, three-story, 45-foot-wide modernist mansion at 40 Willow Place sold for a wicked $7.35 million—a mere shaving off its October 2011 list price of $7.5M. Curbed reports that “Brooklyn’s most valuable townhouse” has again changed hands. About four months ago, it was back on the [...]

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More Photos From My Walks; Brooklyn Heights and Nearby

By on April 29, 2013 9:40 pm in Architecture, brooklyn bridge park, DUMBO, Food, Fulton Ferry Historic District, Maritime, Photos, Sports, Visual Arts

A floral display on a stoop on Henry Street between Joralemon and Remsen. Photos in this post are from several walks over the past two weekends. A colorful row of townhouses on Joralemon between Hicks and Furman. Sand volleyball season has started on Pier 6. South Street Seaport Museum’s schooner Pioneer, seen from Pier 6. [...]

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St. Ann’s Warehouse Again Seeking Approval to Build in Tobacco Warehouse

By on April 18, 2013 11:15 pm in Architecture, brooklyn bridge park, Fulton Ferry Historic District, Government, Landmark Preservation, News

You may recall the lengthy legal battle over the St. Ann’s Warehouse theater’s attempt to build a new performance space inside the 19th century Tobacco Warehouse in the Fulton Ferry Historic District, which led to a court decision holding that the transfer of the Tobacco Warehouse space from Brooklyn Bridge Park had not been done [...]

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Mid-day Walk Photos

By on April 14, 2013 12:22 am in Architecture, brooklyn bridge park, Brooklyn History, Gardening, Maritime, Nature, Photos

Having slept in for a while this morning, I got a somewhat later start than usual on my Saturday walk, heading out shortly before noontime. As I walked, I noticed that the Forsythia, which were just beginning to bloom last week, and pear blossoms, which were not to be seen then, were profuse along Hicks [...]

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VIDEO: What Some Of The Empire Stores Proposals Would Look Like

By on April 12, 2013 10:27 pm in Architecture, brooklyn bridge park, DUMBO, Landmark Preservation, Video

The design proposals for Empire Stores in DUMBO are now online. Our Karl Junkersfeld has created a nifty video to walk you through all of the ideas.

Watch it and read the full presentation after the jump.

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An Inside Look At Future Condo Site: 172-174 Montague

By on March 27, 2013 6:30 am in Architecture, Brooklyn Heights, Development, Streets

In February, BHB bid a final farewell to Brooklyn Heights’ long-lived Eammon’s In Brooklyn and the Hallmark store next door, as demo began on the buildings at 172-174 Montague Street. We were able to catch a glance inside the now-leveled grounds earlier this month as the gates opened momentarily, revealing the future site of the [...]

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