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Archive | February, 2009
Heights History: BBQing for BUG
From Poppa Fink’s archives comes this promo shot of former NYC Commissioner of Public Events/ Knicks star Bud Palmer BBQing atop a building somewhere in Brooklyn Heights circa 1971. The address of the BUG photo lab is stamped on the back of the picture: 195 Montague Street. According to Pops, the shot was used in Brooklyn Union Gas pamphlets. Palmer, who earned an honorary salary of $1 per year working for the city paid the bills as an ABC sportscaster and spokesperson. Anyone have an idea on where this was shot?
BHA Annual Meeting Full Recap
Brooklyn Heights in 2009 will be about preserving the neighborhood’s landmarks and property values, and it’s fair to say everything the community hoped and wished for in 2008 did not always go as planned, Brooklyn Heights Association President Tom van den Bout told a packed crowd last night.
“I hereby officially call for a ‘do-over’ [of 2008],” van den Bout said. “Not that last year was a total disaster, but let’s just say it did not quite go as planned.” [PDF of the minutes from the meeting]
We spoke with van den Bout after the meeting last night to get his full thoughts on what lay ahead: Continue Reading →
Marty: Dock Street DUMBO – It’s Like Root Canal!!
Photo by Andrew Porter
Borough President Marty Markowitz compared the task of evaluating the Dock Street rezoning proposal to a root canal last night at the Brooklyn Heights Association’s annual meeting — yes, a root canal.
Making a decision was tough, he said, but he understood that “it had to be done, like a root canal.”
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Live Blogging BHA Meeting
Our award winning live blog from the Brooklyn Heights Association’s Annual Meeting.
7:32pm TK Small in the house. First BHB Ten member sighting.
BHB Chief Correspondent Sarah Portlock is staying away from me and Qfwfq … she’ll have a real update later… Continue Reading →
Updated Rendering of Sleepy’s Montague Reno
After BHB reported on the planned expansion of 116 Montague Street, currently home to Sleepy’s, images from the owner’s original-LPC-rejected plans surfaced in online reports.
BHB has obtained the updated, LPC approved elevations from John S. Newman, of Lindsay Newman Arch & Design .
New, better, improved? What do you think? [Larger image via PDF here]
Marty Supports — Sort of — Dock Street DUMBO!
Borough President Marty Markowitz has filed his letter of support for the contentious Dock Street residential project in DUMBO, following a public hearing he held on Jan. 28.
We will have a copy of Marty’s letter for you soon, but in the meantime, the New York Times City Room blog writes: Continue Reading →
Travels with Daisy, Part II
An hour and half before our flight, my bag already checked through for Newark, it was time to crate my trembling, skittish yellow gallows-dog. She began the simple process by refusing to be weighed. I lifted her onto the metal scale and fed her a cookie while the digital read-out settled at 72 pounds. I wrote a hefty check, cursing my mother for not breeding dachshunds, opened the crate door, took her by the collar and led her to it. She bolted out of her collar. OK, I thought, we’ve had our titular show of resistance and now she’ll go in. Continue Reading →
20 Henry Plugging Along Just Fine, Developers Say
Work may appear to have quieted down at the construction site at 20 Henry Street, raising some eyebrows — but that’s not to say nothing’s happening, a spokeswoman for the developer said on Wednesday.
We received a tip that the work at the building — a conversion of the legendary Peak Mints candy factory to luxury condos — has stopped, pending financing concerns. Continue Reading →
Fixes Begin at Columbia Heights Horror House
Photo by Sarah Portlock/BHB
Workers are replacing the roof at 194 Columbia Heights this week after huge wind gusts blew chunks of debris off the roof and onto the street below last week.
The roofers started work on Tuesday and one worker estimated that the project could take all week, depending on the weather.
On Feb. 13, emergency responders closed the street after 65-mph winds blasted apart four or five pieces of the roof, Continue Reading →
Expert: “Mom and Pops” May Return to Montague
According to The Brooklyn Paper, Stephen Palmese, a commercial realty expert affiliated with Massey Knakel Realty Services, thinks there may be a bright future for the Montague Street commercial strip as “mom and pop” enterprises replace chains. Continue Reading →
Air Rights? All Right!
Photo by Sarah Portlock/BHB
The Sleepy’s Mattress Emporium at 116 Montague Street could have some new upstairs neighbors — its building owner has plans to add three stories and six residential units to the one-story building, according to public building records and sources familiar with the plan.
The Department of Buildings issued a permit in August 2007 to Frank Rio to build the 8,030-square-foot residential structure, which — at 50 feet total — would fit within the local limited height district and is an as-of-right addition with the area’s residential zoning.
There are more details about Rio’s plans in a Landmarks Preservation Commission report, released in November 2006, in which the agency granted him a Certificate of Appropriateness for his designs. Continue Reading →
Open Thread Wednesday 2/25/09
BHB Photo Club pic by Fkuffel via Flickr
Whew! What a week!! What’s on your mind? Comment away!
BHB Poll: Should Armando’s Come Back to Montague Street?
As BHB learned exclusively yesterday, Armando’s owner Peter Byros is thinking about bringing his restaurant back to Montague Street. Byros still owns 143 Montague and after alleged deadbeats Spicy Pickle shut down last week tongues began wagging and hoping for an Armando’s Redux. What do you think? Vote in our poll after the jump. Continue Reading →
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The Brooklyn Bugle presents Heather Quinlan's If These Knishes Could Talk (work in progress) screening at the Brooklyn Heights Cinema on February 9.
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