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March 23, 2007

BBG "Laboratory Building" Gets Nod from LPC

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The Courier reported last week that the 1917 McKim, Mead and White-designed structure that houses the visitors center at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden was recently awarded landmark status. “It seems unique among New York buildings to have this Tuscan Revival building with the varying profile of its roofline,” said garden prez Scot Medbury. “It is fitting that this magnificent building receive landmark status." LPC head Bob Tierney had this to say: “With its simple ornament, extraordinary cupola and octagonal roofs, this refined building is a rare find in New York City." While we prefer the nearby Mckim, Mead and White design of the Brooklyn Museum, this one's certainly a keeper.
Laboratory Buiding Earns Historic Designation [Fort Greene Courier]
Photo by Elissa Corsini




Posted by Brownstoner at 9:30 AM | Comments (4)
Categories: Brooklyn, Crown Heights, Landmark

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I agree with this Bob Tierney; I love the simplicity of this building's design. And the roofs are striking. In a contest I'd pick it over the Brooklyn art museum.

Posted by: Anonymous at March 23, 2007 9:40 AM

WIth all due respect to the ever-fabulous Mr. B, comparing this charming, graceful building to the Brooklyn Museum is pretty unfair.
They were designed with very diferent purposes in very diferent settings.
I only wish they had saved more of the original interior.
Does anyone know if the smoke-stack is part of the original building?

Posted by: ImNotYourDaddy at March 23, 2007 11:34 AM

It's the Brooklyn Botanic Garden not the Brooklyn Botanical Garden!

Posted by: Anonymous at March 23, 2007 12:03 PM

The most fun thing about the 'Laboratory Building' is the pantheon of Dead White Male botanists et al carved around the cornices. So delicious that no PC types can chisel in any trendy additions!

Posted by: Anonymous at March 23, 2007 5:16 PM

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