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  • Robert Pattinson Talks Giamatti, Brooklyn Heights in GMA Interview

    Heartthrob Robert Pattinson’s shambolic interview on Good Morning America today featured a quip about Brooklyn Heights resident Paul Giamatti, who as reported here was on the program earlier this week plugging their movie Cosmopolis. Watch the interview after the jump. NY Post: A calmer, cooler Pattinson scored one good zinger in his “GMA” sit down […]
    (via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

    August 16, 2012
  • Looking Up: Half-Dozen Skyscrapers On The Rise In Downtown BK

    It appears the historic Williamsburg Bank building at 1 Hanson Place, which stood for decades as the tallest structure in Brooklyn, at 512 feet & 37 stories, is now just one of the crowd. As gentrification continues in Downtown Brooklyn, at least a half-dozen highrise residential towers are in the works. The New York Observer […]
    (via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

    August 15, 2012
  • Pierrepont’s Beloved Herman Behr Mansion Shrouded In Netting

    One of Brooklyn Heights’ mightiest architectural triumphs, the Romanesque Revival Herman Behr Mansion at 82 Pierrepont Street—which changed hands in 2008 for $10.98 million—has been covered in netting, as it undergoes a mass of restoration to its facade. It was built in 1888 by architect Frank Freeman for $80,000, and named after the mining industrialist […]
    (via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

    August 15, 2012
  • Open Thread Wednesday: August 15, 2012

    It appears that our Brooklyn Heights neighbor on Sidney Place who has dedicatedly maintained an “Obama 08″ bumper sticker in his or her front window for five years is still a believer. Recently, the rez demonstrated ongoing support for the Prez with a 2012 sign placed beside the original. Obama, meanwhile, just celebrated his 51st […]
    (via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

    August 15, 2012
  • Heights History: 70 Clark Street At Henry, 1948

    The six-story apartment building at 70 Clark Street and Henry is photographed here September 15, 1948. Note the three towering TV antennas along the roofline. The street-level retail gave us Parker Drugs, offering a lunch counter and soda fountain; with “Soda and Lunch,” “Cosmetics and Cigars” advertised along the front signage. (See details below.) Today, […]
    (via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

    August 14, 2012