Archive | May, 2008
MAS, BHA Fight for LPC Funding
The Municipal Arts Society and its supporters, which includes the Brooklyn Heights Association, gathered at City Hall today to protest the City Council’s plan to cut 5 staff positions, amounting to $300K annually, from the Landmark Preservaton Commission:
New York Observer: “During the last two years, increased funding has enabled the LPC to hire more employees, and as a result, the commission designated 26 landmarks and four historic districts,” said Lisa Kersavage, director of advocacy for the Municipal Art Society, in a statement.
The MAS’s multimedia presentation on the issue after the jump. Continue Reading →
Farewell Lobster, Let’s Hope You Find a Good Home
Eater reports that the Armando’s Restaurant lobster sign, part of the Montague Street landscape for decades, is being taken down this afternoon. The restaurant closed earlier this year and we at BHB tried valiantly to “Save the Lobster”.
Spicy Pickle will open in the Armando’s space soon.
BBP: Marty – We’ll Find the Money
Looks like the cost of Brooklyn Bridge Park has more than doubled since the original estimates in 2002. The Brooklyn Paper reports that the bill for BBP will now be somewhere in the neighborhood of $350 million. No worries friends, State Senator Marty Connor apparently has some magic beans: Continue Reading →
Eagle: Penson Stops DOB from Demolishing 100 Clark Street
The Brooklyn Eagle sheds some interesting light on the demolition of 100 Clark Street. According to the report published today, the DOB had decided that the entire structure, not just the top two floors as originally announced, needed to be taken down. Current owners, the Penson Companies went to court to stop the DOB from tearing the entire building down. As a result, the Eagle says, a stop work order has been issued.
Let’s hope that Penson’s plan is to resurrect and restore this landmark building.
Busta Crimes
The latest 84th Precinct Police Blotter published by The Brooklyn Eagle has us thinking it might be time to get a helmet. The latest Brooklyn Heights crimes:
- Stolen Audi on Montague Street
- Henry Street burglary
- Remsen Street wallet grab
- Honda Civic broken into on Hicks and Middagh
Juicy details over at the Brooklyn Eagle.
BSO: An English Evening
Tickets are still available for the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra’s “An English Evening”:
Thursday, June 5
6:30 p.m.– 8:30 p.m.
Brooklyn Borough HallMASTER OF CEREMONIES
Nicholas Armstrong
Artistic DirectorThe evening will feature members of the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra performing words for String Orchestra by Parry, Avison, Elgar, Walton, and Warlock. The evening will begin with a short presention by the charter members of the Brooklyn Symphony Youth Orchestra.
Report: 100 Clark Will Come Down
McBrooklyn reports that workers at 100 Clark are saying the entire building will be coming down.
Photo: mcbrooklyn
P.S. 8 Presents Soldea Island
From P.S. 8 comes this reminder:
Soldea Island is our very first student run play, from PR and the crew to the Assistant Director, actors, and announcers.
Performances of Soldea Island will take place on the 29th at 5:30PM and the 30th and 6:30PM of May at PS 8, 37 Hicks Street, Brooklyn, 11201 in our auditorium.
The play is about two groups of people, the Urples and the Eenies. The Urples have purple hair. They love music, dance, and all kinds of arts. The Eenies however, have green hair and like scientific things. There is a wall of “hatred” that separates them. One day a boy named Havi from the Urple side gets his foot stuck in the wall. When a little girl from the Eenie side helps him to get out, things begin to change on Soldea Island.
The play is based on an illustrated story written by our very own drama teacher, Ms. Noelle. Hope to see you there!
Upcoming Events at First Presbyterian Church
From the BHB Inbox:
The members of First Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn are hosting two free community events this summer that celebrate global diversity in the arts.
Event #1 June 8– Global Arts Festival
On June 8, First Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn will host the second annual Global Arts Festival, an afternoon of music and dance – everything from African drumming to rhythm and blues to the Moroccan oud – presented along with food, arts, and special children’s entertainment in a friendly neighborhood setting.Event #2 June 22 – Performance by Siyaya
On June 22, First Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn will host a public performance by Siyaya (http://www.jlzwane.sun.ac.za/), an acclaimed South African youth ensemble that is touring nationally and uses a mixture of traditional South African music, pop, jazz and opera to educate audiences about HIV/AIDS prevention. Siyaya’s lively performances promote a sense of global community, as its youthful members, who come from an impoverished township outside of Cape Town, seek to reach out to audiences as cultural ambassadors. (The event is free, but we will collect donations for the group.)
More information is at http://www.fpcbrooklyn.org/
124 Henry St
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(718) 624-3770
It’s “Elle” on the Promenade.
At about 5:30 this afternoon, I heard a diesel engine idling on Pierrepont Place, looked out my window, and saw a Gray Line tour bus parked as a bevy of blondes in pink dresses were exiting the top deck and heading for the Promenade. I (of course) followed them out, and saw them assembling for a photo shoot, apparently as part of some Reese Witherspoon/Laura Bell Bundy as Elle Woods look-alike contest.
(Could it be a promo for this new MTV Show? – ed.)
Yes, indeed, Chief. The bus had that very “The Search for Elle Woods” logo emblazoned on both flanks. – C.S.
BHA’s Judy: Landmarks Could Have Worked Harder to Save 100 Clark
The Brooklyn Eagle covers the tragedy at 100 Clark Street (aka 1 Monroe Place) and includes a quote from BHA Executive Director Judy Stanton. Clearly the finger pointing has begun in this saga: Continue Reading →
Us Versus Them
In the latest installment of Confessions of a Lab Lady, Frances Kuffel tackles the issue of random food left out on the street causing problems with pooches: Continue Reading →
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Brooklyn Bugle
- Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank” by Nathan Englander
- #BackintheDay: The Beastie Boys’ Paul’s Boutique
- March Forth: CFAF Offers Heights “Family Walking Tour”
- Missed Connections at NY Transit Museum on Valentine’s Day
- Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “The Stranger’s Child” by Alan Hollinghurst
- Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “In the Garden of Beasts” by Erik Larson
- Transit Museum Introduces New Discussion Series “Problem Solvers” with guest Sarah Kaufman
- Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “The Thorn and the Blossom” by Theodora Goss
- Transit Museum Plans Day for Special Needs Kids January 22
- "(AHK-TOONG BAY-BI) COVERED" REVIEWED
Movie Preview
The Brooklyn Bugle presents Heather Quinlan's If These Knishes Could Talk (work in progress) screening at the Brooklyn Heights Cinema on February 9.
- Open Thread Wednesday, February 8, 2012
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214/216 Hicks Street Carves Out Space For Larger Tenant
- Lost Dog: Lili, a Shiba Inu
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Morton’s Steakhouse On Adams Street Is Cooked
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Downtown BK’s Historic Offerman Building At Last Gets New Life Via TJ Maxx
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Montague Street, Meet Your New Starbucks
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Le Pain Quotidien Taking Shape
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Damascus Bakery getting some competition
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Downtown Skyscraper District: He Said/He Said On Landmarks Approval
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UPDATE: Shiba Inu “Lili” Is Home!
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