This just in — the Brooklyn Heights Association has released a statementsupporting Steve Guterman’s Save the View Now campaign to curb the height of Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pierhouse: A decade ago, the BHA lobbied on behalf of our community to protect the iconic views of the Brooklyn Bridge by limiting the height of development in […]
Archive | January, 2015
WPIX: The Pierhouse Will Block the NYC Views for People from All Over the World
WPIX-TV covered the efforts of Save the View regarding the height of Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pierhouse last night. Watch the report and comment after the jump.
The BHB Ten 2014: The Most Influential and Interesting People in Brooklyn Heights
Here it is the BHB Ten for 2014. This year’s list is a Brooklyn Heights residents or business owners who have made an impact on the neighborhood or have done some remarkable work in their field. Please add your thoughts in the comments below. But wait! Before we roll it out, we would like to […]
Had Enough Christmas? Theater 2020 Says “No”; Offers Jane Austen as Temptation
This is a tough sell. With the Christmas season, and New Year’s, just behind, even the most Tiny Timmish of us might be ready to say, “Bah, humbug!” Nevertheless Theater 2020, Brooklyn Heights’ own professional stage company, will boldly go against conventional wisdom and present a reading of Innocent Diversions, a Christmas Entertainment with Jane […]
The Top 7 Stories on Brooklyn Heights Blog in 2014
BHB’s eighth year was action packed to say the least. There were – from the ridiculous to the sublime – many issues facing the residents of Brooklyn Heights. Here are the Top 7 most read stories on Brooklyn Heights Blog in 2014:
Save The View Now! Meeting Draws Enthusiastic Crowd
They are stealing an American view from the millions who visit every year.–Martin Schneider When Steven Guterman, organizer of the Save The View Now! campaign quoted these words of a Brooklyn Heights preservation activist who couldn’t be present at today’s organizational meeting, they were greeted enthusiastically by a larger than expected audience. In the photo, […]
Is Brooklyn Heights What Manhattan Used To Be? Ethan Hawke Thinks So
Actor/Brooklyn Heights resident Ethan Hawke says that Brooklyn is what Manhattan used to be in a Manhattan Magazine profile.
Gawker Picks Up on the Pierhouse Controversy
As the members of the newly formed Save the View group prepare for their first large meeting tomorrow (1/3), Gawker has written about the controversy.
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