The lecture on walking tours and their effect on the historic preservation movement by noted architectural historian Francis Morrone, originally scheduled for April at the Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street (corner of Clinton), has been rescheduled for tomorrow evening, Wednesday, June 16, beginning at 7:00. From the BHS: Join us at BHS and hear […]
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BHA Celebrates Whitman; Calls for House History Photos, Stories
From the Brooklyn Heights Association: On Thursday, July 1, as part of our Centennial Celebration, the BHA will collaborate with ISSUE Project Room for a special outdoor performance, “I Do Not Doubt I Am Limitless: Walt Whitman’s Brooklyn.” This free event will channel the psychedelic spirit of poet, journalist, humanist and Brooklynite Walt Whitman, set […]
Riverside Landlord Loses Garage Appeal
Last July, we reported that the state Division of Housing and Community Renewal had turned down the application of Pinnacle Group, Inc. landlord of the historic Riverside Apartments on Columbia Place, to build an underground parking garage between the apartment buildings and the BQE. Construction of this garage would require removal of mature trees that […]
BHS Walking Tour Lecture Cancelled
The lecture by Francis Morrone on the history of walking tours, scheduled for this Friday evening at the Brooklyn Historical Society, has been canceled. According to BHS: If you have bought tickets for this event please call The Municipal Art Society at 212-935-2075 for further information. We apologize for any inconvenience.
BHS Presents History of Walking Tours
It’s so meta, it’s going to be great! The King of All Brooklyn Historians/Walking Tours, Francis Morrone, will be speaking about the history of the walking tour this coming Friday, April 23, at 7pm at the Brooklyn Historical Society. Tickets available here.
BHA/BHS Print Show Opening a Success
BHB reader and Brooklyn Heights Association board member Martin L. Schneider (photo above) gives us this account of last evening’s opening reception for the “Brooklyn in Prints” exhibit at the Brooklyn Historical Society: A record-setting snowstorm couldn’t stop eager Brooklyn fans from trudging their way to the Brooklyn Historical Society Friday night for the opening […]
Morrone, Pearsall to Speak at Bard Breakfast Wednesday
Next Wednesday, December 9, Francis Morrone, architectural historian, Brooklyn resident, and author of An Architectural Guidebook to Brooklyn, will speak at the 2009 Bard Birthday Breakfast Benefit presented by the New York Preservation Archive Project. Mr. Morrone will be introduced by Otis Pratt Pearsall (photo), Heights resident, lawyer, and leader of the successful campaign in […]
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