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Supporters Turn Out At LPC Hearing For Lady Moody’s And Coney Island Pumping Station

The Lady Moody House. (Photo: Brooklyn Historical Society)Two local historical buildings — the Coney Island Pumping Station [/?s=coney+island+pumping+station] and the Lady Moody House [/?s=lady+moody] — received the greatest support at last week’s Landmark Preservation Committee hearing, Brownstoner reports [http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2015/

Eight-Story Residential Building Planned For Site Of Midwood’s Former Vitagraph, Warner Bros. Studios

The Vitagraph smokestack (Source: Lisanne Anderson)Preservationists have been bracing themselves for news of the Vitagraph smokestack’s fate ever since scaffolding was placed around it in October. Now the developer who owns the 1263 East 14th Street property has filed plans to construct a new eight-story residential building with

Midwood’s Vitagraph Smokestack, Part Of Historic Movie Studio Complex, Could Be Torn Down After $20 Million Sale

Scaffolding went up last week. (Source: Lisanne Anderson)Neighbors are raising the alarm over potential plans to tear down a symbol of Midwood’s movie-making history, the 107-year-old Vitagraph smokestack near East 14th Street and Avenue M. Scaffolding now surrounds the smokestack, which still has the historic silent film company’