In a comment to Homer’s sixth birthday post, I noted that my association with BHB began when he reposted a sunset photo from my blog, Self-Absorbed Boomer. Tonight’s was, I think, even more picturesque.
Source: Brooklyn Heights Blog
http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/45210
It’s been a bad year for elm trees in the Heights. Just under a year ago, the great elm in the courtyard of the Mansion House, 145 Hicks Street, fell victim to Hurricane Irene. Now we have learned that the even larger and probably older elm in the courtyard of Grace Church (photo) off Hicks between Grace Court and Joralemon has been diagnosed with Dutch elm disease which, left to run its natural course, would kill the tree within a few years and likely infect others nearby. The church has announced, with sorrow, that the tree will be removed August 22nd and 23rd, just shy of the anniversary of the loss of the Mansion House elm.
Source: Brooklyn Heights Blog
http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/45202
At 12:19 this afternoon (Sunday, August 5) the pop-up pool and adjacent artificial beach on the uplands of Pier 2 in Brooklyn Bridge Park were in lively use, as seen from near the north end of the Promenade. Click on image to enlarge.
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http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/45196
Yesterday evening your correspondent took his own advice and saw Farewell My Queen at the Brooklyn Heights Cinema. Owner Kenn Lowy was at the ticket booth, and gave me the happy news that the Cinema will be occupying its present quarters at 70 Henry Street (corner of Orange) at least through October. We’ll keep you posted on his search for a temporary location to last until the new building is completed.
As for the movie, I’ll repeat here what I wrote in a comment on an earlier post: Not heavy on plot, but the acting was superb, as were the atmospherics. It conveyed a convincing impression of what it may have been like to be part of the royal court at Versailles as the Revolution inexorably built toward its climax.
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http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/45187
On Friday morning I took a quick turn around Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park, before heading to work. As I was lining up a shot of Mark di Suvero’s Yoga, a small branch with some dry leaves fell in front of me. I didn’t notice it until I downloaded the photo; it’s at the right side of the picture (click on it to enlarge). More photos and text after the jump.
Rounding a corner of a path, I startled some sparrows. They flew up, then alighted on a fence.
These are rose hips from Rosa rugosa, near the Granite Prospect, where Patti Smith will read and sign books this Monday evening, August 6, at 7:00.
Sailing up the East River, a sloop approaches the Manhattan Bridge.
Worker on a cable of the Brooklyn Bridge.
Flowers by the pond near the pier’s northeast corner.
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http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/45153
Today’s New York Times has a front page story highlighting local skepticism about the proposed fieldhouse and velodrome in Brooklyn Bridge Park. In addition to quoting Brooklyn Heights resident Peter Flemming, whose objections were noted in our ealier post (linked above) and in the Eagle, the Times story notes the concerns about traffic raised by Candace Lombardi, identified as a seventeen year Heights resident. In addition, it quotes Fulton Ferry Landing Association president Joan Zimmerman as objecting to the fieldhouse’s proposed location at one of the Park’s narrowest points, and asking why this can’t be made green space. But Regina Myer, Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation’s president, is quoted as saying this space would be used for a maintenance facility in any event, and that such a facility will be included within the structure of the fieldhouse/velodrome.
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http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/45023
Karl and his cam got quite the workout Friday evening. Following his visit to the opera in Brooklyn Bridge Park and Dellarocco’s “soft opening”, he asked Glenn Markman about his views on his and his partners’ new venture, Dellarocco’s, and got an answer that extended to discussion of the new Beach Shack, Brooklyn Bridge Park, downtown Brooklyn, the Nets, the Bossert Hotel, Brooklyn real estate in general, and prospects for the future. Video after the jump.
Source: Brooklyn Heights Blog
http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/44986
Notify NYC gives us the latest in the unfolding story that began with the fatal lightning strike on Christ Church:
Due to an unstable building in the vicinity, the following streets are closed to both vehicular and pedestrian traffic: Clinton Street from Degraw Street to Kane Street; Kane Street from Strong Place to Court Street. These closures are projected to last at least five days.
Source: Cobble Hill Blog
http://cobblehillblog.com/archives/7672
Signore Carlo, before sampling pizza at Dellarocco’s soft opening, headed with his cam to his favorite local destination, Brooklyn Bridge Park, to catch some of the Metropolitan Opera’s performance there yesterday evening. Fortunately, he had some video of the 2010 Met performance in his now substantial vault, and so is able to show how this event’s popularity has increased. Video after the jump.
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http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/44981
New York City’s only fatality in last evening’s powerful storm occurred in Cobble Hill when scaffolding surrounding a Christ Church on Clinton Street collapsed as a 61 year old man was walking under it, according to NY1.
Update: The victim has been identified as Richard Schwartz, a prosecutor in the State Attorney General’s office. He is survived by a wife and daughter. The scaffolding was at Christ Church on Clinton Street; it appears to have collapsed when lightning struck the church’s steeple and dislodged some stones which fell onto the scaffolding.
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http://cobblehillblog.com/archives/7650