Word from the Mansion House is that the coop board is working with Con Ed and others to find ways to save the American elm in its courtyard at 145 Hicks Street. Anyone else from the "inside" have an update?
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NYT on Elm Tree Drama
The New York Times reports on the controversy surrounding the American elm at 145 Hicks Street (Mansion House). While the lively conversation on BHB is not mentioned directly (well at least Sewell Chan loves us) you'll notice many familiar names in the article: New York Times: The Giant in the Courtyard…: “I love my tree,” […]
Eagle on the Elm
The Brooklyn Eagle reports on the 145 Hicks Street (Mansion House) coop meeting held on Monday night: Brooklyn Eagle: Rare Elm Tree….: A three-hour private meeting of shareholding residents of the co-op Monday night resulted in a call for the co-op board to "review the numbers" and to consider the choice of waterproofing the building's […]
Elm Execution Stayed (For Now)
The elm tree on Hicks Street will live another day… for now. Brownstoner reports that the 145 Hicks (Mansion House) coop board meeting last night was held in the basement to avoid the general public from attending. "Tensions ran high" according to reports but the coop board did agree to further investigate tree-saving options while […]
Hicks Elm Tree: Is It Our Business?
The controversy surrounding the removal of the huge century old American elm tree at 145 Hicks Street continues with the Brooklyn Paper shedding some light on the coop board's decision: It’s the latest salvo in an ongoing battle that appeared to reach its climax on July 18, when the co-op board at Mansion House, at […]
Buh Bye Big Elm Tree
"JE" writes to BHB: The board of directors at 145 Hicks is trying to take down the huge elm tree in front of the building. This is one of the most venerable and lovely of our trees, is in perfect health, and removing it would be a terrible loss to our neighborhood. lease consider doing […]
Official Subway S**ks Rant Thread
While we wait out the delays on the BHB couch, we'd like to hear your horror stories from this morning's subway superduper clusterf*ck. With apologies to Mr. Ellington, the "A" train was not the quickest way to Harlem or anywhere else today. (Oh and last we checked the Mansion House elm tree did not topple […]
Open Thread Wednesday 8/1/07
Many things to kick around this week including: Scaffolding down at 60 Henry, will this help Oven, Blue Pig and Busy Chef? Mansion House elm tree meeting… a little too secret? Too much skin on Joralemon… what's the real story? Weekly Ricky's "adult" product conversation/controversy… Middle school in DUMBO? Plan for 73 Pineapple called […]
The Top 10 Most Read Brooklyn Heights Blog Posts of 2011
Looking back on the Top 10 most read stories of 2011 on BHB, you can say that the year was a long, strange trip indeed. Here they are the 10 most read stories on our site in 2011:
After #Irene: A Walkabout in Brooklyn Heights
Qfwfq and I took a walk around the neighborhood around 1pm today to survey the hurricane…errrrr… TROPICAL STORM damage. From what we saw, the downing of the Mansion House American Elm was by far the most dramatic. We noted some stores who taped their windows and experience some wind conditions. Photos and video after the […]
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