LPC Objects to ‘Demeaning’ Revamp Proposed for Fort Greene Park’s Spanish Memorial Plaque
The plaque was presented as a gift from King Juan Carlos of Spain in 1976 to commemorate the Spanish martyrs who died fighting for the United States.
LPC Requests Further Alterations to Revised Hebron Development Proposal in Crown Heights
Despite massive public opposition to the development on a landmarked site, LPC commissioners said the design is on the right track but needs tweaking.
LPC Asks Pritzker Prize-Winning Architect to Adjust Fort Greene Carriage House Design
The proposed plan is to restore the prominent corner townhouse across the street from Fort Greene Park, remove a structurally damaged garage behind the townhouse and erect a modern carriage house in its place.
New LPC Map Reveals Black History Through New York City Landmarks
Explore New York City’s Black history through its landmarked buildings and historic districts via a new online story map released by the Landmarks Preservation Commission Tuesday.
LPC Approves Row of ‘Brutalist’ Townhouses in Stuyvesant Heights Historic District
The empty lot was formerly home to two structures that were demolished due to unsafe conditions — the first in 1995 and the second in 2002.
LPC Votes Unanimously to Designate Downtown Brooklyn Abolitionist Home as Historic Landmark
The vote follows decades of struggle to preserve the pre Civil War home of abolitionists Thomas and Harriet Truesdell.
Affordable Housing Lottery Opens for 19 Units in Williamsburg, Starting at $2,241 a Month
Units in the unusually shaped building between the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and a landmarked church will range from studios to three-bedrooms.
Brooklyn Gained a New Individual Landmark and a Historic District in 2020
With 2020 almost at an end, we take our annual look back at the Brooklyn buildings and neighborhoods considered significant enough to merit designation by the Landmarks Preservation Commission during the year.
Fort Greene Residents File Suit Over LPC Approval of Tower With Expanded Brooklyn Music School
Locals sued the city’s Landmarks Preservation Committee for green-lighting a 23-story condo tower at 130 St. Felix Street, saying the body was improperly influenced by the developer’s promise to include public benefits.
LPC Rejects Design for New Townhouse on Middagh Street in Brooklyn Heights for Second Time
Commissioners told the architects behind a proposed new townhouse in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District that they need to simplify their design to fit in with such a diverse, varied block.
