Preservation and advocacy efforts in Downtown Brooklyn will get a boost from the Historic Districts Council this year, with inclusion on the organization's annual Six to Celebrate list.
Preservation and advocacy efforts in Downtown Brooklyn will get a boost from the Historic Districts Council this year, with inclusion on the organization's annual Six to Celebrate list.
Commissioners concurred the proposed design with Italianate style details is well suited to the historic block, although the community board disagreed.
The Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to add the Brooklyn Edison Building on Adams Street to its calendar for possible designation as an individual landmark.
A Greek Revival style townhouse pitched to rise on a garden lot on Brooklyn Heights’ historic Grace Court was roundly rejected by the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission on Tuesday.
The Brooklyn Studio has released a deck of cards featuring iconic row houses from across the city as a way to raise funds for the Historic Districts Council.
At first glance, the changes may be hard to see, but an updated look for a five-story condominium development in Bed Stuy was green lit by the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission.
With 2023 almost at an end, we take our annual look back at the Brooklyn buildings and neighborhoods considered significant enough to merit designation by the Landmarks Preservation Commission during the year.
Renderings show the proposed 42-unit building has a predominantly pale brick facade broken up by recessed charcoal steel cladding.
The refined design for a new four story townhouse on one of Bed Stuy’s most architecturally breathtaking blocks has been given the green light from the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission, provided the architect and preservation consultant working on the infill project continue to tweak some details with the help of the agency’s staff.
Any municipality may have beautiful homes, but what really makes a city great in terms of outward appearance is the quality of its civic buildings.