Christopher Gray on Leonard Lopate Today
The Leonard Lopate show today on WNYC is the culmination of a listener-generated photo project devoted to history of New York City architecture. For the past couple of weeks, readers have posted their own photos of buildings whose histories they are curious about. Today, Streetscapes columnist Christopher Gray stops by the studio to try to…
The Leonard Lopate show today on WNYC is the culmination of a listener-generated photo project devoted to history of New York City architecture. For the past couple of weeks, readers have posted their own photos of buildings whose histories they are curious about. Today, Streetscapes columnist Christopher Gray stops by the studio to try to shed light onto some of them. While the large majority of submissions are Manhattan-oriented, there are a handful from Brooklyn and Queens, including this photo of St. Gregory’s on Brooklyn Avenue in Crown Heights. Here’s to hoping that Chris will give a little love to BK. The show is on at noon on 93.9 FM or 820 AM.
The Past Lives of Buildings [WNYC.org]
The Past Lives of Buildings Pool [Flickr]
Photo by m noble
Brenda, poor Father Rogers spent half his introductory address describing St. Gregory’s. He’s really heartbroken to leave that building, which I gather he took good care of, behind.
St. Gregory’s longtime pastor, Fr. Rogers, just came to Holy Name in Windsor Terrace as pastor; now I realize he’s taking a step down, architecturally!
Want to hear my cool fantasy idea? A database/GPS/handheld device system where you could type in any address, or just push a button in front of a property, and you’d download the age of the building, a tax photo from 1940 if available, and any historical references in searchable archives. The Curbside Googleberrypod for building buffs. Cool, no? Who wants to design it for me?
Cool. Sounds really interesting.
All similarities to the Leaning Tower of Pisa are due to the camera angle or lens used. The bell tower is as straight as an arrow in reality. It really is like a snapshot of Italy on a Brooklyn street.
This is a great church, architecturally and culturally, and has been an important part of the long time stability, as well as the new growth of Crown Heights North. Incidentally, Crown Heights North Association (CHNA) meetings are held in the school to the left of the church, barely glimpsed, on a bi-monthly basis.