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  • In The Pink: 29 Grace Court Finally Finds A Buyer

    The 25-foot wide, four-family brownstone at 29 Grace Court, which has been on the market for nearly two years, has at last found a buyer. Originally listed for $6.2 million in September 2010, followed by a price drop to $5.95 million in January 2011, Brownstoner reports that its sale has been recorded for $5.25 million—not […]
    (via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

    August 8, 2012
  • Cobble Hill Landmarks Meeting: Thursday, July 26

    The Landmarks/Land Use Committee of Cobble Hill’s Community Board 6 will review four applications for proposed work within the neighborhood’s Historic District, at a meeting Thursday, July 26 at 6 p.m., at the Cobble Hill Health Center, 380 Henry Street. The Cobble Hill Association urges, “If these properties are located near you or you have […]
    (via Cobble Hill Blog)

    July 24, 2012
  • Times Remembers Eagle’s Dennis Holt, Civil Rights Hero

    In the Sunday New York Times Metropolitan section, Kevin Baker remembers his friend of many years, Dennis Holt, who died last month. Baker paints a colorful portrait of Holt as “a classic New York eccentric” who once chased an intruder from his Boerum Hill townhouse while brandishing a Civil War era dress sword. Baker also […]
    (via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

    July 9, 2012
  • Backtrax: Downtown’s Martin’s Dept. Store & Offerman Building

    As the Landmarked Romanesque revival Offerman Building along Fulton Street Mall continues buildout of TJ Maxx and a bevy of boutique stores—alongside H&M’s new-construction two-story glass modernist structure—it’s high time to take a look back at the history of the storied location at 505 Fulton Street. Its life began in 1891, commissioned by mogel Henry […]
    (via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

    June 23, 2012
  • CB2 to Hold Hearing on Bossert Plans Wednesday, June 20

    Community Board 2′s Land Use Committee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, June 20 to “consider a variance application to be filed at the Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA) to reconvert the Bossert Hotel back to its original, transient hotel use.” The hearing, along with another to “review proposed changes to the text of […]
    (via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

    June 11, 2012