The Eagle reports that the City’s Department of Buildings has approved the application of the developer Hudson Companies to demolish what had been the Brooklyn Heights Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. The building has been vacant since late July, when staff and contents were moved to an interim facility in Our Lady of Lebanon […]
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U.S. Attorney and Manhattan DA Probing Library Deal
The Real Deal reports that U.S. Attorney Preet Brahrara and Manhattan D.A. Cyrus Vance Jr. are looking into the deal under which the Brooklyn Heights Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library (photo) was sold to developer Hudson Companies for demolition and redevelopment as a high rise mixed use residential and commercial building with a new […]
Full City Council May Vote on Library Deal Tomorrow; City Officials, Civic Group Voice Opposition
Update (!2/16): The full City Council voted 45-1 to approve the library deal today. DNA Info reports that the full City Council “is expected to vote” tomorrow (Wednesday, December 16) on the deal to replace the existing Brooklyn Heights Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library with a new, slightly smaller library located on the same […]
Library Project Gets Council Land Use Committee Nod; Levin Secures Sweeteners
Today the City Council’s Land Use Committee approved the plan to demolish the existing Brooklyn Heights Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library and replace it with a new library in a high rise residential and commercial building to be built on the site, with a temporary library to be available in the Our Lady of […]
Third Brooklyn Heights Branch Library Design Workshop Monday Evening
The third and final in the series of design workshops for the new Brooklyn Heights Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, to which the public is invited, will be Monday evening, May 18 in the ground floor auditorium of the Brooklyn Heights Branch Library, 280 Cadman Plaza West, starting at 6:30. Representatives of Brooklyn Public […]
Theater 2020 Presents Free Reading of Shaw’s “Overruled” Saturday
Theater 2020, the Heights’ own professional theater company, will present a free reading of George Bernard Shaw’s one act play Overruled this coming Saturday afternoon, April 12, in the first floor auditorium of the Brooklyn Heights branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, 280 Cadman Plaza West. The reading will begin at 2:00; doors open at […]
Deaton Delights; Next For Theater 2020, a Walk on the Wilde Side
On Saturday afternoon, Theater 2020 presented Ein Heldenleben (“A Hero’s Life”), a repertory of tenor arias, mostly from the German opera tradition, that call for great vocal range and dynamism. Marc Deaton, accompanied by Michael Fennelley on piano (photo) performed arias by Handel, Mozart, Weber, Wagner, Richard Strauss, and Korngold. Deaton’s voice was more than […]
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