Whimsical Tudor at 93 Court Street in Downtown Brooklyn Receives Repairs
The whimsical Tudor building at 93 Court Street in Downtown Brooklyn is getting some work done, Brownstoner noticed on a recent visit. When Montrose Morris wrote about the building in 2012, commenters wished someone would return the one-time architect’s office to its former glory. The permits don’t indicate whether the building’s facade will eventually be restored….
The whimsical Tudor building at 93 Court Street in Downtown Brooklyn is getting some work done, Brownstoner noticed on a recent visit. When Montrose Morris wrote about the building in 2012, commenters wished someone would return the one-time architect’s office to its former glory.
The permits don’t indicate whether the building’s facade will eventually be restored. Rather, they list structural repairs, including removing second-floor joists and interior stairs, repairing the roof, and installing structural steel lintels on the first and second floors. Records state that the renovation will cost $370,000.
The building has been owned by members of the Vendikos family — under the company Tomtro Realty — since 1967, when they purchased 93 Court Street for $63,000.
The ground floor retail space was occupied by the Evergreen deli for many years before it was evicted in 2011. A Boneheads restaurant was then slated for the lower level of the building in 2013 — until the Department of Buildings rejected plans for a $1,000,000 interior renovation.
“Unfortunately, the franchisees ran into structural problems, which has caused construction to be delayed,” Boneheads publicist Kelly Ronna told the Brooklyn Eagle in June of 2013.
Perhaps that structural work is being done now. Records show that Tomtro Realty took out a $1,450,000 mortgage on the building in July.
Photo via Brooklyn Public Library
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Sadly. And oh so sadly I report the entire Tudor detailing, or what was left of it, has been obliterated. Only a fragment of the detail has been left over the doorway. This was my favorite little thing in the area.. Now it’s nothing. What a shame the renovation couldn’t have looked back and restored it. It’s horrible.
Andrew, you’re absolutely right that the block is going through a change. When we wrote about the Paris Baguette that opened a few doors down (http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2015/07/paris-baguette-court-street-changes-up-downtown-brooklyn/), we talked to a long-time business manager in the area who saw firsthand how that stretch of Court is changing.