LPC Makes It Official at Alice & Agate Courts
Yesterday LPC head Robert Tierney, Council Member Al Vann and about two dozen people celebrated the designation of the Alice and Agate Courts Historic Districts with a ceremony to unveil two new street signs and an announcement that five residents had won LPC grants totaling $84,000 to help restore their historic, 19th century homes. The…
Yesterday LPC head Robert Tierney, Council Member Al Vann and about two dozen people celebrated the designation of the Alice and Agate Courts Historic Districts with a ceremony to unveil two new street signs and an announcement that five residents had won LPC grants totaling $84,000 to help restore their historic, 19th century homes. The grants, which come from the Commission’s Historic Preservation Grant Program and range from $12,000 to $20,000 apiece, are going to be used to repaint, repoint and repair the facades of five homes on both of those streets. Alice and Agate Courts are the 21st historic district designated under Tierney, 12 of which have been outside of Manhattan. Guess how many have been in Brooklyn? Seven. Top notch!
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this has to be one of the weirder threads i’ve seen on brownstoner. AY aside, what’s the point of comparing something like bridges during the wpa or the 2nd ave subway to this expenditure, which is a relative drop in the bucket that never would have gone to those larger outlays anyway? government spending just doesn’t work that way, and it’s $84K fer crissakes! but it’s an $84K that will make a huge difference in the lives of those homeowners, subsequent owners, and the neighborhood.
by the way benson, it’s easy to focus on the grander of FDR’S projects, but i’m sure you know that a ton of spending during that era was devoted to projects like employing artists to make murals, writers to draft pamphlets about our national parks and filmmakers and photographers to otherwise document the country for posterity. all of that seems pretty obviously directed to preserving our history, or, at least, making things more beautiful while employing a few people. so you can call it navel-gazing if you like, but it’s just inaccurate to suggest that both devoting money to, and finding value in, this kind of work represents some kind of change in this country. it doesn’t.
I feel that I must chime in here. I’ll think about what I post and determine whether I want to annoy the largest number of people or the smallest number of people.
I lived on the UES and now I live not too far from these two streets.
The money for this program is not from the stimulus package. Like MM said, they have been giving out these monies for many years.
I’ll be retired and living in PA before the 2nd Ave subway is operational.
In the grand scheme of things, these grants are a spit in the ocean. Making a street look nice and returning whole blocks to that “1899” look does a lot for the self esteem of all of the owners and makes for better neighbors, cleaner block and less crime.
I say spend the money on these grants and I pay more taxes here than a lot of people.
Well if you wear those you won’t have to worry. Everyone will be rolling on the floor laughing at you.
ooOOoooOOo im shaking in my hannah montana boots.
not!
*rob*
“i survived quite well in harlem thank you very much. ”
Not according to some of the stories you told us. And I guarantee you, you call Bushwick a “ghetto neighborhood” or “bumblef*ck” you’ll see how far that jersey projects upbringing you’re so proud of will get you.
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It’s all fine to be down with your peeps, your pit and your 40, like in Bushwick, but when it comes down to it, you couldn’t survive your lifestyle if you were anywhere else.
i survived quite well in harlem thank you very much. also, please do not forget i grew up in projects in new jersey.
*rob*
Rob, I feel for you had that to settle for Park Slope when you really wanted Bushwick, but we all know how high those Bushwick rents are eh? Some day perhaps, keep the dream alive.
Not today, rob. If you live in a neighborhood, it’s your neighborhood. Your comment makes as much sense as me saying that although I live in Crown Heights, my “real” neighborhood is actually Clinton Hill, because I like the vibe over there.
You live in Park Slope for the same reasons as most everyone else there: perceptions and realities of personal safety, well kept, sound, and attractive housing, transportation and amenities, whether you choose to partake of them, or not. It’s all fine to be down with your peeps, your pit and your 40, like in Bushwick, but when it comes down to it, you couldn’t survive your lifestyle if you were anywhere else. No one could dump your passed out drunk self out on a corner in too many other neighborhoods and expect to see you again. Count yourself lucky.
hmmm sorry MM. and when you say “your neighborhood” dont assume just cuz i LIVE in park slope means i consider it MY neighborhood. i would very much LOVE for it to look like bushwick if i had my chance.
*rob*