The NY Observer today reviews the new biography of Gypsy Rose Lee, Karen Abbott’s American Rose. As mentioned on our Hidden Brooklyn Heights Walking Tour, while living at Brooklyn Heights famous “February House” Lee wrote a book that was eventually made into a movie:
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City Acts to Save 186 Remsen
Built in the late 19th century, the office building at 186 Remsen Street has, in the memory of your correspondent, been the national headquarters of the NAACP, the home of Little Flower Children’s Services, and, for the past decade or so, vacant. Now the City is moving to save it.
Mike Bloomberg, John Lindsay, and a Storm
The British Telegraph continues its coverage of the blizzard here.
Heights Preservationist Martin L. Schneider Discusses Landmark Battle Memoir
As previously reported here, Brooklyn Heights preservationist Martin L. Schneider has released a memoir about the struggle to landmark Brooklyn Heights. Now, BHB’s Heather Quinlan interviews Schneider about the book in a video exclusive after the jump.
Eagle: The Henry Street Resident Who Got Hitler’s Autograph
The Brooklyn Eagle writes about Francis X. Harwin who lived at 62 Henry Street and asked for and received Adolph Hitler’s autograph in 1936:
Diamond Roughed Again: Movies in Tunnel Cancelled
The movies in the tunnel under Atlantic Avenue, scheduled for this past weekend, were cancelled by order of the NYFD. Brooklyn Daily Eagle: On Friday night, a day before the weekend showings, the Fire Department called Rooftop Films and insisted that the programs be canceled, according to Rooftop’s Lela Scott MacNeil. Also on Friday, [Bob] […]
CB 2, in Divided Vote, Supports “Skyscraper” Historic District
At yesterday’s meeting at St. Francis College, Community Board 2 decided to support the proposed “Skyscraper” Historic District. The Brooklyn Paper: At its monthly meeting, Community Board 2 voted 16–10 in favor of the new district, which would designate certain towers on Livingston, Court and Montague streets as worthy of historic preservation. The vote came […]
New Yorker Covers BHA’s Wolfe-Fest
Ian Crouch, a writer for the New Yorker magazine, attended Monday’s “Evening at Mr. Wolfe’s”, presented by the Brooklyn Heights Association, and wrote an account of the event for the magazine’s blog, The Book Bench. Mr. Crouch misidentified the address of Thomas Wolfe’s one-time home, which is at 5 Montague Terrace, not Montague Street, but […]
CB 2 Meeting at St. Francis Wednesday Evening to Consider “Skyscraper” Historic District
Community Board 2 will have its monthly meeting this coming Wednesday, December 8 beginning at 6:00 p.m. at St. Francis College, 180 Remsen Street. Among the items on the agenda is a public hearing on the proposed “Skyscraper Historic District” which would protect a number of historic tall buildings along the west side of Court […]
Martin Schneider’s Battling for Brooklyn Heights Now Available
Heights preservation pioneer, Brooklyn Heights Association board member, and BHB reader and commenter Martin L. Schneider’s illustrated memoir of the struggle to preserve and improve our neighborhood, Battling for Brooklyn Heights, has been published. The Eagle’s Henrik Krogius writes that Schneider’s “vivid history”, which includes the campaign to stop Robert Moses from putting the BQE […]
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