Tag: Landmark

Neo-Grec Brownstone in Bed Stuy Gets the “Fedders” Treatment

Call us naive, but we always thought brownstones in Bed Stuy, at least the habitable ones, were ...

By Cate Corcoran 01/09/2015 15

Owners Plan to Restore Historic Heights Home 70 Willow Inside and Out

Patrick W. Ciccone is a historic preservation consultant and real estate development adviser. He...

By Cate Corcoran 01/09/2015 2

Closing Bell: First-Ever Ortner Awards for Historical Preservation Ceremony Tomorrow

The first-ever Evelyn and Everett Ortner Preservation Awards will be given out Thursday at the�...

By Rebecca 01/07/2015 0

Landmarks Sends 70 Willow Reno Plans Back to Drawing Board

The Landmarks Preservation Commission has rejected plans to alter one of Brooklyn's most importa...

By Cate Corcoran 01/07/2015 0

Landmarks to Consider Alterations to Truman Capote’s Old Brooklyn Heights House

One of Brooklyn's most famous houses, and its most expensive, the grand Greek Revival at 70 Will...

By Rebecca 12/22/2014 2

Downtown Brooklyn Landmark for Sale, Could Fetch Over $100 Million

Owner JPMorgan Chase has decided to put one of its prime bank branches up for sale: The historic...

By Cate Corcoran 12/19/2014 3

Chester Court Is Landmarked, Commission Approves Atlantic Avenue Mixed-Use Building

Big news -- although not unexpected -- for Prospect Lefferts Gardens and preservationists: The L...

By Cate Corcoran 12/17/2014 1

Scaffolding Comes Down at Dumbo’s 50 Bridge Street Condos

The condo building at 50 Bridge Street, built in 1894 to house a soap manufacturing company, is ...

By Cate Corcoran 12/16/2014 0

PLG House Sells for $2.4 Million, Sets Record

A very pretty house at 118 Rutland Road in Prospect Lefferts Gardens has sold for $2,400,000, s...

By Cate Corcoran 12/08/2014 0

Landmarks Will Not Dump Proposed Sites En Masse Tuesday After All

The Landmarks Preservation Commission will not meet behind closed doors on Tuesday, December 9 t...

By Cate Corcoran 12/05/2014 1