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SUNSET PARK – The NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/index.page] (LPC) announced on Wednesday the designation of the Dr. Maurice T. Lewis House located at 404 55th Street (at 4th Avenue) as an individual landmark, relieving many locals who opposed the demolition of the building
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PARK SLOPE – The Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/index.page] approved plans to restore 192 Prospect Park West, a single-story retail space beside the former Pavilion Theater situated across from Prospect Park. 188 and 192 Prospect Park West via Google MapsBack in 2014 [/relax-the-pavilion-is-not-becoming-condosjust-yet-kensington/], neighbors
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WALLABOUT – The Walt Whitman Initiative [https://www.facebook.com/WaltWhitmanInitiative/] is urging the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/index.page] to reconsider its decision not to designate 99 Ryerson Street [https://www.google.com/maps/place/99+Ryerson+St,+Brooklyn,+NY+11205/@40.6957269,
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A rendering shows the new design of the Domino Sugar Factory Refinery Site from the waterfront promenade (Rendering via PAU)WILLIAMSBURG – A new design for the old Domino Sugar Factory Refinery was approved without changes yesterday by the Landmark Preservation Commission. Developed by Two Trees Management company and designed by
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Sunset Park Recreation Center (Photo via NYC Parks)On Tuesday, the Landmarks Preservation Commission approved much-needed renovations for the Sunset Park Recreation Center [https://www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/recreationcenters/B087] located at 4200 7th Avenue, New York Yimby [http://www.yimbynews.com/2017/05/landmarks-approves-renovation-restoration-of-brooklyns-sunset-park-recreation-center.html] reports. The facility was
Central Brooklyn
A deteriorating house at 7 Irvington Place, in the Fisk Terrace-Midwood Park Historic District, was denied a major revamp this week, reports YIMBY [http://www.yimbynews.com/2017/02/landmarks-not-satisfied-with-proposed-renovation-of-eyesore-house-at-7-irvington-place-flatbush.html] . The Landmark Preservation Commission deemed the proposal too drastic, saying it would destroy the house’s historical context. The
Arts & Culture
Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope StoopThe Pavilion Theater on Prospect Park West will undergo a major and strikingly fast transformation which will keep the building a movie theater, the New York Times reported [http://nyti.ms/2bRR1j7]. And none other than the popular Nitehawk Cinema [http://www.nitehawkcinema.com/
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Proposed 39 South Elliott Place plan. (Courtesy: Landmark Preservation Commission [http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/presentation-materials/05_21_16/39_South_Elliott_Pl.pdf] )The City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission [http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/html/home/home.shtml] (LPC) approved a revised proposal to construct
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Coney Island Boardwalk (Photo by B.Y. Lei)City Council unanimously adopted a resolution introduced by Councilman Mark Treyger and Councilman Chaim Deutsch, as well as 48 other members of the Council and Public Advocate Letitia James, calling on the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) to designate the Coney Island Riegelmann
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Blue tarps still dangle from the Lundy’s Building on Emmons Avenue. (Photo: Ed Cheney / Sheepshead Bites)The historic Lundy’s Building on Emmons Avenue continues to deteriorate, despite promises from the owner to patch up the property. We reported in March [/lundys-building-real-fixer-upper/] the landmarked building, constructed in the 1930s,
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The Shore Theater at the corner of Stillwell and Surf avenues in Coney Island. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)The developer who purchased the landmarked Shore Theater in Coney Island earlier this year is considering converting the building into a hotel with a rooftop pool, according to sketches sent to
Education
Proposal for the Berkeley Carroll School rooftop expansion at 181 Lincoln Place. (Image via YIMBY [http://www.yimbynews.com/2016/06/berkeley-carroll-school-to-get-addition-181-lincoln-place-park-slope.html] )The Berkeley Carroll School [https://www.berkeleycarroll.org/] wants to raise the roof, and they now have approval to do so. Last week, the Landmarks Preservation Commission
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Source: blhphotography via FlickrCity Councilman Mark Treyger is urging New Yorkers, and especially southern Brooklyn residents, to turn out at a City Council hearing next week and show their support for his resolution to landmark Coney Island’s Riegelmann Boardwalk. Treyger has long advocated [/councilman-treyger-moves-make-coney-island-boardwalk-city-landmark/] for the Landmarks Preservation Commission
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Rendering by SHoP Architects.It’s a done deal: the historic and landmarked Dime Savings Bank will be partially demolished in order to facilitate the construction of Brooklyn’s tallest tower, in Downtown Brooklyn. The city Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) voted to approve the changes — with the exception of the
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Green-Wood Chapel. (Photo via Beyond My Ken [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/2015_Green-Wood_Chapel_1.jpg] .The Landmarks Preservation Commission [http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/html/home/home.shtml] voted in favor of landmark status for a series of extremely significant properties and neighborhoods across
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Green-Wood Chapel. (Photo via Beyond My Ken [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/2015_Green-Wood_Chapel_1.jpg] )The Landmarks Preservation Commission [http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/html/home/home.shtml] voted in favor of landmark status for a series of extremely significant properties and neighborhoods throughout