LPC to Vote on Crown Hts District Expansion
Montrose Morris filled us in on this excellent bit of information from the Crown Heights North Association’s town hall meeting on Wednesday night: “Commissioner Robert Tierney announced that Phase 2 of the Crown Heights North Historic District, comprised of 610 buildings, will go to an LPC vote on June 28, 2011. The area was calendared…
Montrose Morris filled us in on this excellent bit of information from the Crown Heights North Association’s town hall meeting on Wednesday night: “Commissioner Robert Tierney announced that Phase 2 of the Crown Heights North Historic District, comprised of 610 buildings, will go to an LPC vote on June 28, 2011. The area was calendared in 2009. The LPC will also vote to calendar Phase 3, which is made up of 630 buildings. This announcement was met with much applause by the audience. There is also a Phase 4 in the future. When all phases are done, Crown Heights North will be the largest historic district in Brooklyn.”
Crown Heights North Association: Landmarking [CHNA]
(and congrats on phase II, btw. should have said that first. This is great news for the nabe!)
(oops- realize it Bergen/Brooklyn is in Phase I. Map-reading skills rusty.)
MM, if that’s true about Elkins, I am *overjoyed*!! I am willing to put up with whatever noise they make outside my window in exchange for that place not falling to bits. Sorry CHNA didn’t get it, but just happy somebody did.
Also, since I guess it’s topical to this thread as well, I just mentioned in the OT that the Henry Hill building (former BOTD) at Bergen/Brooklyn looks like it’s for sale all of a sudden. Wonder if this will have any impact…
Crown Heights is really moving forward… Good work CHNA!
Susan and BSM, we over here look forward to both sides of Bedford Stuyvesant being landmarked asap. We’ve got your back, too! Good news all around for central Brooklyn.
hehe – the house my old apartment was in would be landmarked in phase two, and it’s def not what I imagine when I think of landmarked brooklyn bldgs 🙂
Bfarwell, that block of Pacific should have been included, IMHO. When we finish with everything else, we’d like them to address that and other omissions. I may still be alive then.
I heard from a pretty reputable source that the Elkins house sold. CHNA really wanted to buy it, as you know, but we just couldn’t afford it. That’s ok, we learned a lot, and will be prepared for the next opportunity. I’ll be perfectly happy if someone who loves the Elkins house for what it is, gets it and lovingly restores it. It’s a beauty.
Also, would someone PLEASE buy the Elkins house. I’m watching the rear cornice fall off in slow-motion as I type.
What is it about that block of pacific? It’s not on google streetview, and now it’s not in CHNA. Are there some powerful witness protection people living there or something?