Closing Bell: Sunset Park Walking Tour
The Sunset Park Landmarks Committee will hold a walking tour of the neighborhood next Saturday, April 13. Urban historian and former Sunset Park resident Joe Svehlak will lead the tour, which will...
View ArticleModern Build Planned for Clinton Hill Historic District
Here’s a juicy building proposal for the Clinton Hill Historic District, at 228 Washington Avenue: According to Community Board Two, an applicant will present to the land use committee a proposal to...
View ArticleHarmonious House Planned for 27 Cranberry Street
Just what Fedders monstrosity might be going into the empty lot at 27 Cranberry Street? A reader asked us to look into plans for the site, which was the focus of a recent New York Times story about...
View ArticleA Look at This Year’s House Tours
Warm weather means house tour season is starting soon! Not every neighborhood association has published its 2013 tour dates yet, which run through October, but here are some of the upcoming ones that...
View ArticleDitmas Residents Push for Landmarks Extension
Council Member Jumaane Williams and others want to expand the Ditmas Park historic district to include an additional 1,150 houses, The New York Daily News reported. The area just south of Prospect Park...
View ArticleEverything You Wanted to Know About Landmarking
On this blog, we are always debating the effects of landmarking: Will the Landmarks Preservation Commission compel owners in landmarked districts to restore their houses to their original appearance?...
View ArticleScaffolding up at Townhouses of Cobble Hill
Scaffolding is going up at the Townhouses of Cobble Hill project on Hicks and Congress. This is the Landmarks approved project at 110-126 Congress Street that will involve restoring some existing...
View ArticleArchitects Show Plans for Brooklyn Heights Cinema at Community Board Meeting
The Brooklyn Heights Cinema building at 70 Henry Street is going through the final stages of approvals on designs for its renovation project, and the architects revealed two potential renderings and...
View ArticleClosing Bell: Hearing on Park Slope Historic District Extension Tomorrow
Community Board Six’s Landmarks Committee will consider the second extension of the Park Slope Historic District Thursday. The LPC has already calendared the extension, known as Park Slope Historic...
View ArticleThe Wood Frame Houses of Wallabout
We thought you might like to see some photos we took at the Wallabout tour a couple weeks ago, a joint effort of The Wooden House Project and the Brooklyn Historical Society. The area has one of the...
View ArticleA Preservationist Explains Why Gowanus Could Be Listed as a Historic Place
We contacted Preservation Program Analyst Daniel McEneny at the National Register of Historic Places to clear up lingering questions about the effort to designate the Gowanus Canal area a historic...
View ArticleGowanus Historic District Shelved, Not Nixed
The New York State Preservation Office has decided not to move forward with a plan to designate the Gowanus Canal... Read More… Read More
View ArticleStudy: Landmarking Limits Affordable Housing in Brooklyn and Beyond
The Real Estate Board of New York, a trade association for the real estate industry, has come out with a... Read More… Read More
View ArticleLPC Sets January Date for Vote on Chester Court Designation
The Landmarks Preservation Commission will vote on whether or not to designate Chester Court a historic district in January, according to The Brooklyn Eagle. The district was calendared in late...
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LPC to Vote on Designation for Third Crown Heights North Historic District...
We’re excited to tell you that the Landmark Preservation Commission will vote Tuesday morning on whether or not to designate the proposed historic district Crown Heights North III. It has been in the...
View ArticleBreaking: LPC Landmarks Third Crown Heights North Historic District
The Landmarks Preservation Commission this morning voted to landmark the proposed Crown Heights North III Historic District. The vote was unanimous. It was a very short meeting, about 15 minutes. The...
View ArticleNational Register of Historic Places Adds More Than 600 Prospect Heights...
The official count of historic buildings in Prospect Heights just tripled, with more than 600 homes and other structures added to the National Register of Historic Places. The increase was prompted by...
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