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Proposed Build Too Big for Historic Bed Stuy Block, Landmarks Tells Architect
Commissioners and members of the public said a proposed design for infill should be reduced in size to defer to existing landmarked buildings on an architecturally distinguished block.
Cohn Brothers: Prolific Architects of Brooklyn’s Jazz Age Apartment Buildings
Their boom-time designs for middle-class apartment dwellers featured popular styles such as Tudor and Colonial Revival.
Preservation Report Finds Designations Per Year at All-Time Low Under Adams
Village Preservation, the Greenwich Village-based nonprofit, authored what it believes to be a first-of-its-kind report on the city’s historic landmarking process.
Locals Celebrate Creation of Bed Stuy’s Willoughby-Hart Historic District
The city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission today voted unanimously to landmark two Bed Stuy blocks as a new historic district.
Downtown Brooklyn’s Edison Building Is Borough’s Newest Landmark
Partly owned by the city, the stately Renaissance Revival-style corner structure continues to play an important role in the borough.
The one in East New York (corner of Miller ave. and Liberty ave.) is just as nice but will probably be torn down since "Landmarkers" don't really push for our side of town and developers get to do whatever they want. The building would make amazing apartments or a community center.
Building of the Day: 645 Grand AvenueTremendous research and writing work, Montrose. Excellent. Thanks for your terrific posts.
Walkabout: The Lost Boys of St. John’sthere are quite a number of church-to-synagogue and synagogue-to-church examples in Brooklyn. Human populations move and change but large buildings stay put and are reused. This group is very appealing.
Building of the Day: 2170 Bedford AvenueThat steep hill at Miller Avenue is something else - as is the view. I think it rivals Washington Heights for elevation & steep incline.
Building of the Day: 278 Highland Boulevard