This Saturday, October 29, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., if you go to the courtyard of Plymouth Church, on Orange Street between Henry and Hicks, you will be transported back to the era of the Civil War, which Plymouth’s fiery abolitionist preacher, Henry Ward Beecher, may have helped to bring about, and where Abraham […]
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Cruisin’ with Hart Crane on Sands Street
Ephemeral New York takes a look at the seedy history of Sands Street and mentions how much one time Brooklyn Heights resident/author Hart Crane sure liked to “cruise” the strip:
Happy Birthday One Time Brooklyn Heights Resident Arthur Miller
The Brooklyn Eagle marks the occasion of what would have been former Brooklyn Heights resident Arthur Miller’s 96th birthday with a great article detailing the highlights of his life here. Brooklyn Eagle: During his time in Brooklyn Heights, Miller “never gravitated toward a society of writers.” He was far more likely to explore the livelier […]
Riverside Trees in Their Youth: Early 1900s
To counter allegations by Pinnacle Group, which seeks to remove the trees in the courtyard between the A.T. White Riverside Apartments and the BQE to build an underground parking garage, that the trees are of recent growth, Bill Ringler, President of the Riverside Tenants’ Association, has done some sleuthing and found this photo, dating from […]
Keeping the Brooklyn Heights Promenade Garden Growing
In a guest column for the Brooklyn Eagle this week, Brooklyn Heights Promenade gardener Jonathan Landsman writes about one of his favorite volunteers:
“Context\Contrast” Opens Thursday at BHS
Context\Contrast: New Architecture in Historic Districts, 1967 to Present will open at the Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street (corner of Clinton), this Thursday, October 6, starting at 6:00 p.m. The opening is free, and all are invited. BHS members are invited to a preview starting at 5:00 p.m. Refreshments will be served at the […]
Downtown Brooklyn Highrises Gain Unanimous Landmarks Approval
Area preservationists scored a long-awaited victory Tuesday as the Landmarks Preservation Commission unanimously approved the “Borough Hall Skyscraper Historic District,” a series of 21 historic highrises in Downtown Brooklyn, on the border of the Heights.
Reminder: St. Ann’s Church to Commemorate 9/11 This Sunday Afternoon
As we previously reported, the Church of St. Ann and the Holy Trinity, at Clinton and Montague Streets, will host “Sanctuary STILL” this coming Sunday afternoon, September 11, 2011, the tenth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center. The Church has provided the following details about the event: On Sunday, […]
Goodbye Pilgrims, Plymouth Church Rocks It Old School
Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims, the historic Brooklyn Heights institution on Orange Street announced today that is returning to its original name. The congregation will now be known as Plymouth Church, just as it was when the legendary Henry Ward Beecher preached there. “Of the Pilgrims” was added in 1934 when Plymouth merged with the […]
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