Nabe resident Walter Ellis writes about the Brooklyn Heights parking follies in his Belfast Telegraph column this week: Belfast Telegraphy: My Car-razy Neighbours: …The rest of the time, the car just sat there, taking up valuable parking space. Worse than that, every Tuesday I had to move the car to the 'alternate' side of the […]
Archive | February, 2008
Trader Joe “Controversy”
The "editorial" staff at Cobble Hill Blog seems to be having some "fun" with the recent controversy surrounding the opening/not opening of the Court Street Trader Joe's: Cobble Hill Blog: Responding to last week’s “anonymous” comment on CHB, Brownstoner actually picked up a telephone and talked to TwoTrees. Yes, “Mr. B” (we’re big fans) has […]
73 Pineapple Presents Again at LPC
Brownstoner reports today on the latest in the 73 Pineapple/LPC saga: Brownstoner: When the developers brought their initial proposal for the empty lot at 73 Pineapple Street in Brooklyn Heights in front of the Landmarks Preservation Commission last August, they were sent back to the drawing board. LPC Chair Robert Tierney urged the architects to […]
Henry’s Sisters Make Good Reading
Reading the Past interviews Patricia O'Brien author of the historical novel Harriet and Isabella: Reading the Past: Patricia O'Brien's Harriet and Isabella (Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, Jan. 2008, $25.00) dramatizes a sex scandal that preoccupied the nation in the late 19th century. It begins in Brooklyn Heights in 1887, as Henry Ward Beecher, a charismatic preacher […]
Parking Permit Forum Tonight
We know how much the average Brooklyn Heights resident loves to talk about parking and tonight you'll have the chance to jibba jabba all you want about it: Brownstoner: This Monday, several City Council Members and a number of neighborhood groups are holding a forum for Brooklynites to chew on the idea of residential parking […]
Candidate Thies: Obama Could Take Brooklyn
Evan Thies, who is one of several candidates vying for David Yassky's seat in the City Council is part of a story in today's NY primary coverage in the Daily News: New York Daily News: Brooklyn Barack: North Brooklyn activist Evan Thies, a former Clinton staffer who is also neutral, thinks Obama could even win […]
Feng Shui Maven Moves to Brooklyn Heights
Catherine Brophy interior designer and publisher of fengshuidetective.com talks about her move to Brooklyn Heights in today's New York Times: New York Times: The Hunt…: “My vision of my fireplace completely evaporated,” Ms. Brophy said. But she found herself liking Brooklyn Heights.
The Supermodel is a Drummer
Nabe resident/supermodel and now /drummer Shalom Harlow talks about pounding the skins in Sunday’s New York Times: New York Times: Bang the Drums Softly: More than 10 years after giving the guitar the heave-ho, Ms. Harlow finally picked up another instrument: a pair of drumsticks. And almost instantly, the eureka moment she had had with […]
Nabe Chatter