Heights Preservationist Martin L. Schneider has written an op-ed for the NY Daily News along with former LPC commissioner Beverly Moss Spatt expressing their strong opposition and outrage over the height of Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pierhouse condo.
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Brooklyn Heights Preservation Pioneers Speak Out Against Pierhouse’s Height Blocking View
Brownstoner reports on the battle over the height of Toll Brothers Pierhouse condos and hotel now in construction at Pier 1. This latest dispute about the Park has raised the ire of two of Brooklyn Heights most beloved and passionate community activists, Otis Pratt Pearsall and Martin Schneider. RELATED: Read Heights Preservation Leaders’ History of […]
Heights History (A Slight Return): How Brooklyn Heights Became A Landmark District (Video)
We first published this video, “Brooklyn Is My Neighborhood/ The Story of New York’s First Historic District” produced by Martin L Schneider and Karl Junkersfeld in 2010. It served as a prelude to Schneider’s book “Battling for Brooklyn Heights“. A version of that work was originally published in serial form in the Brooklyn Heights Press […]
Henrik Krogius Talks About His New Book About the Creation of the Brooklyn Heights Promenade [Video]
A new book ,“The Brooklyn Heights Promenade,” by long-time Brooklyn Heights Press editor Henrik Krogius has prompted the Schneider/Junkersfeld team to produce a lively and informative video about one of New York’s major tourist destinations. The video features Krogius and numerous images that tell the complex story of one of our neighborhood’s prize treasures. Henrik’s […]
Historic Preservation Organizations to Celebrate Martin Schneider’s Book
Battling for Brooklyn Heights, by Heights preservation pioneer, Brooklyn Heights Association board member, and 2010 BHB Ten honoree Martin L. Schneider, will be the subject of a celebration sponsored by the Historic Districts Council and the New York Preservation Archive Project, to be held on Tuesday, February 22 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the […]
BHB Ten 2010 – This Year’s Most Notable Brooklyn Heights Residents
This year’s BHB Ten is an interesting bunch. Some have added “flava” to Brooklyn Heights, while other have made it more beautiful, more interesting and dare we say more fun. Some have dedicated themselves to preserving the area’s unique historic character. We know there will be a lively discussion about who made this year’s list… […]
Heights Preservationist Martin L. Schneider Discusses Landmark Battle Memoir
As previously reported here, Brooklyn Heights preservationist Martin L. Schneider has released a memoir about the struggle to landmark Brooklyn Heights. Now, BHB’s Heather Quinlan interviews Schneider about the book in a video exclusive after the jump.
Wind-Driven Arboricide Continues
While the tree carnage of ten days ago was spectacular, brisk winds tonight claimed another victim. BHB friend Martin L. Schneider, perhaps channeling Edward Bulwer-Lytton, sends the following, along with the photo above: It was a dark and stormy night. And this was the shocking scene on Monroe Place at the Clark Street corner around […]
Martin Schneider, Heights Preservationist, to Premiere Short Documentary and Book on BHB Monday
BHB is honored to host the online premiere of a short documentary film, “Brooklyn Is My Neighborhood/ The Story of New York’s First Historic District” produced by Heights Hero Martin L. Schneider and our own Karl Junkersfeld. It and its companion book (in PDF format) will be available here Monday April 5. Fifty years after the battle to landmark […]
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