Opening today at the BHC I & II is Sweet Land rated PG (trailer). Owen Gleiberman writes in Entertainment Weekly: I want to be absolutely clear about what an independent triumph this is. The writer-director, Ali Selim, has taken a low budget, two characters who barely speak broken English (and therefore spend a lot of […]
Archive | November, 2006
New Neighbor: Buck’s Lodge
Brooklyn Papers' Go Brooklyn reports this week on a new Atlantic Avenue bar that opened last weekend, Buck's Lodge at 145 Atlantic Avenue. If your idea of fun is the 90s faux honky tonk documented in the film Coyote Ugly (and bar of the same name) and personified by the Meat Packing District's Hogs and […]
Goodbye 20 Henry Street Garden
The Brooklyn Eagle reports that the Landmark Preservation Commission approved a scaled down plan to replace the landmark garden at 20 Henry Street with housing units. On their 8th attempt for approval architects Pasanella + Klein Stolzman + Berg and owners the Praedium Group received the green light from the commission for a four story […]
Erin Moves to Brooklyn Heights
In our never-ending attempt to win over the nabe one person at a time, we'd like to welcome New York Adventures blogger "Erin" to the Heights. New York Adventures: It's Brooklyn Heights Baby!: The security deposit, first month's rent and broker fees have been paid and…the lease to my new apartment has been signed!!! Did […]
New Exhibits at BHS
It Happend in Brooklyn — featuring works by a diverse group of the borough's residents past and present including views of Native American settlements, Revolutionary War scenes, abolitionists, and workers in the Brooklyn Navy Yard during World War II — opens today at the Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn Heights (map). Also opening […]
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