AMNY Spotlights a Couple Fading Brooklyn Beauts
It’s a good week for crumbling historic buildings, or at least a good week in terms of media spotlighting some old gems that are going to seed. AMNY has a list today of 10 historic buildings in the five boroughs that seem to be dying of neglect. Brooklyn’s two entries are the Empire Stores (“Workers…
It’s a good week for crumbling historic buildings, or at least a good week in terms of media spotlighting some old gems that are going to seed. AMNY has a list today of 10 historic buildings in the five boroughs that seem to be dying of neglect. Brooklyn’s two entries are the Empire Stores (“Workers are stabilizing the vacant Civil War-era warehouses’ arched windows and repairing a large crack on the building’s northwest corner. There are currently no plans for the state-owned buildings”) on Dumbo’s Water Street and 100 Clark Street (“Fearing the apartment complex, in the Brooklyn Heights historic district, could collapse, the city in May evacuated tenants and removed the top two floors from the five-story building. The owner has submitted a plan to the Landmarks Preservation Commission to stabilize the 1850s building.”). What other Brooklyn buildings should be on the list?
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give the building to david & jed walentas like they should have when two trees finished 2nd to boymelgreen (only other commercial bidder) in RFP and boymelgreen bid unreal numbers
and did nothing walentas would have had it done by now….
give the building to david & jed walentas like they should have when two trees finished 2nd to boymelgreen (only other commercial bidder) in RFP and boymelgreen bid unreal numbers
and did nothing walentas would have had it done by now….
I like the carousel as well. I was disappointed that no one gets to ride it, but the restoration was done very well.
Something should be done with the Empire Stores. With Galapagos opening soon next door this would generate more interest in the area.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2Zjww6Rl5s
its open occasionally. I like the carousel.
The issue is where within the park. Jane wants a specific site and others don’t necessarily agree. There are of course people who are against it for the noise(they also don’t like the concerts either)….
The State owns it because the city agreed to it so they could get state funding. Same thing with Brooklyn Bridge Park also an ESDC sub.
Bxgrl, there’s also an open air art installation within with Empire Stores complex, which is very cool (I think the exhibits rotate regularly).
While the carousel is roped off and you can’t get too close, you can still get close enough to appreciate the amazing detail and artistry that went into it. You can also sign the petition there to have it placed in the park and operational.
Thank you both- I’m going to go see the carousel first chance I get. I’ve always loved them! And now that I know there chocolate next door I may have to move there. Unless someone can convince the carousel and chocolate people to move to CHN- now that’s a great notion! Well, for me at least 🙂
Thanks MMHPH. While I love the idea of having it in the park, I hope, if and when it’s ever put there, it’s stationed subtly, i.e., not smack dab in the middle of an open green area, such as that next to the pirate ship playground – although I would be very surprised to see it there.
bxgrl, MMHPH is right re: Jacques Torres. The frozen hot chocolate is scrumptious. You can also pick up some tasty treats at Almondine across the street.
I think the Green Market has also started in DUMBO, but I haven’t been there yet.
bxgirl – you can go see the carousel – it’s on display. It’s in a storefront right next to Jaques Torres chocolate shop on Water Street in DUMBO. It’s worth a trip to DUMBO.
Biff – I don’t know where it’ll go. I think that’s still one of the big questions.
The carousel is beautiful. MMHPH, you seem to have lots of info on it; do you know where within the park they are proposing to place it?