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Protesters Continue Fight To Save Downtown Home Of Abolitionists

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – In an effort to stall the impending demolition of 227 Duffield Street, activists are demanding the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) “calendar” a review of the house that they say belonged to abolitionists and served as a stop on the underground railroad. Michael Higgins, an organizer with Families

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Petition Launched To Preserve Downtown Home With Abolitionist History

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – A petition was launched last week to save a four-story brick building that was the formerly the home of two abolitionists and is believed to have been a stop along the Underground Railroad. 227 Duffiled Street (Photo by Scott Bintner, April 2007, via Property Shark)The house at

Brooklyn Heights

Landmarks Approves Demolition Of 200 Montague Street

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – The NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) approved updated designs for 200 Montague Street on Tuesday after previously telling the project architects to revise their plans. Initial rendering of 200 Montague Street via Beyer Blinder Belle’s first presentation to NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission, March 5, 2019LPC Commissioners instructed

Brooklyn Heights

Modern 4-Story Bank Building To Make Way For 20-Story Residential Tower

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – The glassy four-story building that formerly housed an HSBC branch on Montague Street may soon be demolished to make way for a new 20-story residential building with ground-floor retail. 200 Montague Street, near Cadman Plaza West (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)The Brooklyn Community Board 2 Executive Committee voted

Arts & Culture

MoCADA Planning Sculpture Garden For Vacant Fort Greene Lot

FORT GREENE – The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA) is planning to convert a vacant lot at 48 Lafayette Avenue into a sculpture garden. Via Architecture + Construction PLLC presentation to NYC Landmarks Preservation CommissionMoCADA filed an application with the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) in November to remove a

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New Markers Commemorate DUMBO’s Historic District Designation

DUMBO – There’s more to DUMBO than just being the most Instagrammed spot in the borough. The picturesque neighborhood located “Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass” was designated a historic district by the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) in 2007, and on Friday morning, a historic district marker was unveiled

Downtown Brooklyn

DOT Submits Plans To Rehabilitate Portions Of Brooklyn Bridge

[UPDATED: Friday, July 13 at 2:30pm] The LPC unanimously approved DOT’s proposed plan to restore the Brooklyn Bridge’s arches and towers. DOT plans to begin the work in June 2019, according to Brooklyn Daily Eagle, and expects to complete the project in December 2022. BROOKLYN BRIDGE – The

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Coalition Proposes Gowanus Landmarks Prior To Rezoning

GOWANUS- A group of Gowanus residents and community leaders gathered at the Union Street Bridge Tuesday morning to call on the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) to consider key historical sites in the neighborhood for landmark designation. L-R: Brad Vogel, Simeon Bankoff, Marlene Donnelly (FROGG), Linda Mariano, Kim Maier (The

Central Brooklyn

Crown Heights Community Group Fights To Save Historic Dean Sage Mansion

CROWN HEIGHTS – Crown Heights neighbors are standing up against the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC), New York City Housing Preservation & Development (HPD), and the Institute for Community Living (ICL) in an effort to save the historic Dean Sage Mansion located at 839 St. Marks Avenue (at Brooklyn

Greenpoint

Rejected Rebuild of Greenpoint Building Gets Redesign

The original renderings called for a modern apartment building to replace the historic building at 111 Noble Street (Image via NYC LPC)GREENPOINT – Originally proposed in September of last year, the rebuild of a historic building at 111 Noble Street now has an updated design. Instead of the standard, modern

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LPC Denies Landmark Designation For Gowanus Station Building

GOWANUS – Despite requests from the community, the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) has decided not to designate the more than 100-year-old Gowanus Station building a landmark, Brownstoner reported last week. Gowanus Station building, 234 Butler Street via Google MapsThe brick Beaux-Arts building, erected in 1913 by the City’s Department

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Gravesend, Rejoice! Lady Moody’s House Receives Landmark Status

After more than a half century of waiting, Gravesend’s historic Lady Moody-Van Sicklen House has finally achieved landmark status. The city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) granted the designation to the 18th-Century Dutch-American farmhouse, which once belonged to Gravesend founder Lady Deborah Moody, during a public meeting on Tuesday.

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Pols Rally Around Effort To Landmark Riegelmann Boardwalk

Source: blhphotography via FlickrCity council members are pushing back against the effort to rip up parts of Coney Island’s Reigelmann Boardwalk and replace the wood planks with recycled materials and concrete. All but one of the council’s 50 active members have signed on to support a resolution introduced

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Last Chance To Tell The LPC To Landmark Lady Moody’s House & The Coney Island Pumping Station

The Coney Island Pumping Station. (Photo: Landmarks Preservation Commission)There’s still time to make your voice heard and support the effort to save two of southern Brooklyn’s most cherished historic sites. The Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) has extended the period in which people can submit written statements or

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Landmarks Preservation Commission Releases Plan For Reviewing Historic Site Backlog

Lady Moody’s House in Gravesend (Source: Flickr/lisanne001)The Landmarks Preservation Commission [LPC] has finally released a plan to deal with the backlog of properties, after the Commission withdrew their plan to remove 98 properties awaiting landmark status from their list — including Coney Island’s long-abandoned Pumping Station, Green-Wood

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Why Lady Moody’s House Must Be Saved

Photo courtesy of Lisanne AndersonAs we reported last week, the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) had planned to remove 98 sites from its list of potential landmarks today, an effort to clear a backlog of applications. On the list for almost 50 years was the historic Lady Moody’s

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Landmarks Preservation Commission Puts Coney Island Amphitheater Project In The Green

Worst Photoshop Job Ever? (Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission)Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz’s dream of putting a multi-purpose amphitheater in Coney Island cleared a major hurdle this week when the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission voted unanimously to approve the plan. The New York Daily News is