via Flickr: Wally G's Photostream: "The 1829 Eugene Boisselet House is commonly referred to as the "queen of Brooklyn Heights." It is an almost perfectly proportioned and exquisitely detailed, wooden Federal clapboard house with a rear carriage house and garden. At the time, these houses were typically painted white with green latticed blinds. While […]
Archive | August, 2006
It’s All Greek to Us
NY Sun How the Row House Went Greek: Brooklyn, chartered as a city in 1834, was a beneficiary. Borough Hall (1845–48) is a temple-like building, as was a church Lafever designed on the present site of the Brooklyn Municipal Building. But the Grecian note is also evident in the row houses of Brooklyn Heights. […]
Clinton on One BBP: Flip-Flop or Realistic?
Last week Brooklyn Papers reported Clinton's questioning of the BBP scheme. This week's comments culled from what the paper calls a "painstakingly nuanced letter to the Brooklyn Bridge Development Corporation" are being characterized as a flip-flop. Brooklyn Papers: “Although I believe public revenues should support public assets … like parks and their maintenance, I […]
BBPC Presents: Raiders of the Lost Ark
BBPC : Raiders of the Lost Ark … need we say more? Roger Ebert says this film boasts THE GREATEST CHASE SCENE OF ALL TIME. Harrison Ford plays Indiana Jones, college professor by day, Nazi hunter by night all the time. Location: Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park Music at 6pm, movie at sunset.
Who Is The Garden Angel?
We spotted this poster taped to a tree outside Jack the Horse Tavern on Hicks and Cranberry this morning (click on image for larger view). It reads: "To our mysterious Garden Angel, We were very sad when the storm caused our corner barrel flower pot to collapse, especially before we could thank you for your […]
Nabe’s Favorite Actor to Play Author
Brooklyn Heights' own Paul Giamatti, currently starring in The Illusionist, is in talks to star as Sci-Fi author Phillip K. Dick in an upcoming feature film, reports Variety. The biopic will be a mixture of fiction and reality culled from the author's life and writing. Mr. Giamatti's Touchy Feely Films will serve as one of […]
Heights History: 48 Hicks Street
The storefront at 48 Hicks Street is now vacant but it was once a used antiquarian bookstore owned by one of New York City’s legendary booksellers. Jack Biblo, who along with partner Jack Tannen owned and operated Biblo and Tannen’s one of Manhattan’s largest bookstores, spent his final years running a much smaller bookstore — […]
Will Kosher Steak Beat Clark Street Curse?
We received this cell phone photo of the former La Citronelle/Clark Street Station restaurant site. The sign in the window reads “Kosher Steak House coming soon”. While it’s true that 72 Clark Street’s last incarnation — a ridiculously ill-conceived sports bar — was destined to fail, chatter in the nabe points to something more supernatural […]
Blockbuster Deals Done?
InBrooklyn is reporting that the record breaking sales of 82 Remsen Street (left) and 8 Montague Terrace (below) are in contract and thisclose to being final. According to The New York Observer, Corcoran broker Ellen Newman would only confirm that both properties were in contract. The Remsen Street property is a circa-1837 Federal syle […]
Love Lane Garage Going Condo?
The NY Daily News is reporting that the Love Lane Garage may be going the way of the dinosaur and coverted to housing. While we love new neighbors (especially the kind who support local business and contribute to the tax base), the loss of 400 parking spaces is downright scary. NY Daily News: Nearly a […]
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