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    LPC

    Brooklyn Gained a New Individual Landmark and a Historic District in 2020

    • Architecture

      Dec 31, 2020 • 09:30am
      by Susan De Vries

      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.

      Can you name them?

      Fort Greene Residents File Suit Over LPC Approval of Tower With Expanded Brooklyn Music School

      130 st felix proposal
      • Development

      • Fort Greene

      Dec 16, 2020 • 09:00am
      by Kevin Duggan

      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.

      The new building was approved in August

      LPC Rejects Design for New Townhouse on Middagh Street in Brooklyn Heights for Second Time

      • Architecture

      • Brooklyn Heights

      Dec 9, 2020 • 09:00am
      by Craig Hubert
      2

      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.

      The proposed building would replace a side yard used for parking

      Residents, Pols Rally for Preservation of Bushwick Avenue Landmarks Ahead of Demolition

      1001 bushwick avenue brooklyn
      • Architecture

      • Bushwick

      Dec 2, 2020 • 09:00am
      by Craig Hubert

      Locals and pols gathered outside the former Charles Lindemann House on Bushwick Avenue to urge the Landmarks Preservation Commission to save the house before it is completely destroyed.

      They want a historic district along Bushwick Avenue

      Bushwick Locals Renew Push for Historic District After Lindemann House Faces Wrecking Ball

      house at 1001 bushwick avenue
      • Architecture

      • Bushwick

      Nov 25, 2020 • 09:00am
      by Craig Hubert
      1

      A group of concerned residents and reps for local pols held a virtual meeting Tuesday night to talk about strategies to landmark the neighborhood.

      There was talk of producing a short documentary

      LPC Tells Developers Behind Hebron Development to Come Back With New Designs

      • Architecture

      • Crown Heights

      Nov 17, 2020 • 12:04pm
      by Craig Hubert
      1

      Discussion among the commissioners was long and detailed, laying out a series of objections to the proposal.

      Retention of open space was their main concern

      LPC Unanimously Approves Landmarking of Flatbush’s East 25th Street Historic District

      east 25th street historic district
      • Architecture

      • Flatbush

      Nov 17, 2020 • 10:39am
      by Craig Hubert
      2

      Residents and commissioners alike were effusive with their praise of the block, a “remarkably cohesive group” of 56 Renaissance Revival row houses.

      Commissioners called it a model of preservation

      LPC Votes Unanimously to Landmark Dyker Heights’ Angel Guardian Home

      dyker heights angel guardian
      • Brooklyn Life

      • Dyker Heights

      Nov 11, 2020 • 10:00am
      by Rose Adams

      The century-old Angel Guardian Home, a beloved former orphanage, Tuesday became the neighborhood’s first historic landmark.

      Developers are renovating the interior

      Residents Tell LPC That Hebron Development Will Destroy the ‘Heart’ of Crown Heights North

      crown heights
      • Development

      • Crown Heights

      Oct 21, 2020 • 09:00am
      by Craig Hubert
      4

      Forty-three people provided testimony at the public hearing, with all but one speaking against the proposed development.

      The LPC will vote at a later date

      Proposed Hebron Development Threatens Crown Heights’ Historic Character, Says HDC

      crown heights
      • Architecture

      • Crown Heights

      Oct 15, 2020 • 07:00pm
      by Cate Corcoran

      Preservation group Historic Districts Council has joined the opposition to a proposed development at Crown Heights' Hebron Seventh Day Adventist School.

      It's in the historic district
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