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Public Notice – Community Board 6 Meeting 1/26, 6PM

By Donald Brennan | Published: January 25, 2012

Our architect, CWB Architects, will present our development proposal for 2-4 Strong Place to the Community Board 6 Landmark/Land Use Committee on Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 6:00PM.  The Community Board meeting will be held at 1 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, NY 11215.

Last week we met with members of the Cobble Hill Association that live nearby our site.  The architect presented our proposal and while the audience had a few questions regarding the construction process the design of our new building met with unanimous approval.  The architect’s mother was even in attendance, she lives on Strong Place (as did the architect as a child), and appeared to be pleased with what her son had designed.

 

 

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A History of Preservation, Chapter Three

By Donald Brennan | Published: January 4, 2011

Columbia Heights, 1830s, Flickr/CHN

Our first and second installments in the history of preservation series, written by Suzanne Spellen (aka “Montrose Morris” in the blogosphere) for MyHome, Brooklyn and Brennan Realty Services, looked at the birth of the movement in the United States and later in Brooklyn. In Chapter Three, Brooklyn Heights beats out Soho and Greenwich Village as the first historic district! Read below or download the pdf.

Preservation Primer, Chapter III: The Landmarking of Brooklyn Heights

The post-World War II years birthed a different New York City. Robert Moses, New York’s “Master Builder”—who held as many as 14 different public service jobs and had tremendous control over public works projects—was hard at work shaping the future New York City of his dreams. While many of his projects such as parks, highways and urban renewal were both desirable and necessary, the way he went about them left many irked or outraged. And he famously prized the automobile over any public transportation. Read More »

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A History of Preservation, Chapter Two

By Donald Brennan | Published: September 1, 2010

Our first installment in the history of preservation series, written by Suzanne Spellen (aka “Montrose Morris” in the blogosphere) for MyHome, Brooklyn, looked at the birth of the movement in the United States. In Chapter Two: Brooklyn gets busy! To download the pdf, click here, or read more below.

Preservation Primer, Part 2: The Fight for Brooklyn Heights
By Suzanne Spellen

Flickr/Crown Heights North

America’s First Suburb
Brooklyn Heights is, and has always been, one of the finest neighborhoods in Brooklyn. Coined “America’s first suburb,” it was, from the beginning, a refuge for the wealthy, with fine row house and apartment blocks. Later it became a tourist destination for those seeking the stellar views from the Promenade and roaming its streets in search of the dwellings of the many famous folks who have called the Heights home. You would think such a marvel would have always been protected and prized, but in truth, Brooklyn Heights was almost destroyed, caught between urban blight and urban renewal, Robert Moses and the inexorable march of “progress.” The story of its preservation is today’s chapter in our series on preservation history.

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