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October 28, 2009
We gave you the short version yesterday morning, but there's more to the Landmarks Preservation Commission's vote yesterday to approve the Ocean on the Park Historic District in Prospect Lefferts Gardens. In addition to the obvious architectural merits, the...
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October 27, 2009
We'll have more details for you in the morning, but we just got word that the Landmarks Preservation Commission just approved the Ocean on the Park Historic District. Past coverage here. Whoopee!...
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April 17, 2009
Remember the flap earlier this week about how Council Member Mathieu Eugene was opposing the creation of the Ocean on the Park Historic District because he wanted to hook up the owner of one of the twelve houses who was...
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April 15, 2009
The Historic Districts Council, which launched the online blitz of Council Member Mathieu Eugene over his stated opposition to including all 12 buildings in the Ocean on the Park Historic District on Monday night confirmed his reversal on Tuesday...
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April 14, 2009
We just got an email from a good source saying that Council Member Mathieu Eugene has reversed his position on Ocean on the Park and will be supporting the landmarking of the district in its entirety. Cheers to everyone who...
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April 14, 2009
According to an email that went out last night from the Historic Districts Council, the Ocean on the Park Historic District, which has received broad support at every step of the landmarking process, is in jeopardy of being sabotaged...
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March 25, 2009
The Landmarks Preservation Commission held hearings on three potential new Brooklyn locations yesterday. First up was the four-building complex associated with the William Ulmer Brewery in Bushwick. All of the seven people who spoke—including a representative from both Councilmember...
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March 23, 2009
Tomorrow's public hearing at the Landmarks Preservation Commission is a big one for Brooklyn. In addition to considering the Ridgewood Theater (which technically is in Queens but might as well be Bushwick) for calendaring, the LPC will also vote...
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March 2, 2009
Park Slope Civic Council Forum on Historic Re-Destricting PSCC's Annual Community Forum will be dedicated to the efforts to expand the historic district. Join a discussion with architectural historian Francis Morrone, author of the Park Slope Neighborhood and Architectural History...
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February 11, 2009
The Landmarks Preservation Commission voted unanimously yesterday to confer historic district status upon Alice and Agate Courts, an enclave of 36 late-19th century houses in the Queen Anne style; this is the fifth new historic district created in Brooklyn...
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February 9, 2009
Ocean on the Park isn't the only micro-district up for discussion at the Landmark Preservation Commission tomorrow. While the 12-house row in Prospect Lefferts Gardens will hopefully be deemed worthy of getting placed on the LPC's calendar, another long-overlooked...
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February 2, 2009
Fifteen months after Community Board 9 unanimously resolved to pursue landmark designation for a row of historic houses on Ocean Avenue, the Landmarks Preservation Commission will be voting on whether to calendar the proposed Ocean on the Park Historic...
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January 19, 2009
23rd Annual Brooklyn Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. BAM, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, and Medgar Evers College of The City University of New York presents the 23rd Annual Brooklyn Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr....
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November 17, 2008
ImagineConey Initial Presentation at BAM Municipal Art Society will present their initial results of ImagineConey, ideas created by designers for Coney Island’s future. The presentation is free, but reservations are recommended due to limited space. RSVP online or call...
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May 28, 2008
The listing and 'Development Site' for sale sign are back up for 189 Ocean Avenue in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, neighboring the 8-story apartment under construction that last year sparked an ill-fated landmarking movement. We called on this property a few...
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May 2, 2008
Construction is moving along on the planned eight-story, 20 unit apartment building at 185 Ocean Avenue in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens that last year sparked an ill-fated landmarking movement. And the $2.1 million listing for neighboring 189 Ocean Avenue as a...
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October 24, 2007
Last night, the board members of Community Board 9 unanimously approved an effort to convince the Landmarks Preservation Commission to designate a row of 13 rowhouses on Ocean Avenue. The "Ocean on the Park" houses, as they are being...
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October 23, 2007
Ocean Avenue Landmarking at CB9 Meeting Tonight, Community Board 9 will hold a public Hearing on the proposal being submitted to the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission by Mr. Edmund Fanning, et al, Ocean on the Park Houses, for...
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October 1, 2007
As The Times reported this weekend, the Landmarks Preservation Commission will vote on whether to designate a 12-block area that includes portions of both Fiske Terrace and Midwood Park. (The proposed district is bounded by Foster and Ocean Avenues,...
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June 28, 2007
Brooklyn Greenway Initiative Benefit The Brooklyn Greenway Initiative is hosting a fundraising benefit tonight from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. It takes place on the "beach" at the new East River State Park in Williamsburg. The Greenway is the...
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