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‘CBS Sunday Morning’ Profiles Heights’ Creators Of ‘The Phantom Tollbooth’

“CBS Sunday Morning” featured Brooklyn Heights in a segment Sunday on the creation of 1961 children’s literary classic “The Phantom Tollbooth,” written by Norton Juster, with illustrations by Jules Feiffer. It opens with the pair sitting on the front steps of a neighborhood brownstone with correspondent Rita Braver and the voiceover, “Literary history was made […]

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30 Orange Street – Deal or No Deal?

Brownstoner ponders the per square foot cost of the townhouse for sale at 30 Orange Street: Brownstoner: House of the Day: After 10 weeks on the market, the four-story brick house at 30 Orange Street in Brooklyn Heights just had its price reduced from $3,100,000 to $2,900,000. At first glance, this appears cheap for the […]

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