From the Daily News Coming to their census on rezoningBY DENISE ROMANO Tuesday, July 24th 2007, 4:00 AM Bath Beach residents are turning to a novel method to forestall a possible wave of new real estate development that could change the “country-in-the-city” feel of their neighborhood. They are taking an architectural census in response to […]
From the Brooklyn Paper Domino’ falls?By Rachel Corbett The tilted yellow “Domino Sugar” sign on the old Williamsburg waterfront refinery could still be salvaged even though the building to which it’s attached will likely be knocked down during the site’s impending 11-acre redevelopment. “We are looking at several different ways to save the sign,” said […]
NOTE: only the items to be heard will be accepting testimony. LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSIONNOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the provisions of Title 25, chapter 3 of the Administrative Code of the City of New York (Sections 25-307, 25-308, 25,309, 25-313, 25-318, 25-320) (formerly Chapter 8-A, Sections 207-6.0, 207-7.0, 207-12.0, […]
From Aaron Brashear, Concerned Citizens of Greenwood [email protected] Greetings all, A day late, but never a dollar short, here’s my synopsis of the great meeting we had at the DOB on Monday 7/16/07 with Comm. Mossad, his 2 Deputy Commissioners, head plan examiner, both community affairs liaisons and lead inspector manager. From the community were […]
From the Downtown Brooklyn Star Dateline : Thursday, July 19, 2007Nabe Says No Trader For Extra Height By Phil Guie Besides a Trader Joe’s, Downtown Brooklyn may be getting something else: A six-story, combination residential and retail development that would exceed the height restrictions currently in place.It was announced last week that the popular supermarket […]
The Landmarks Preservation Commission is holding a public hearing on the proposed designations of 511 and 513 Grand Street in Manhattan, and the proposed Eberhard Faber Pencil Company Historic District in Brooklyn, on Tuesday, July 24, 2007. The hearings will take place at the Commission’s offices, located at 1 Centre Street, 9th Floor North, beginning […]
From Courier-LifeBrighton Beach sweats rezoning – Many fear safeguards won’t come in time to save neighborhoodBy Michèle De Meglio 07/12/2007 Brighton Beach residents are getting antsy while waiting to see if their neighborhood will be downzoned. Residents are pushing for a zoning change to prevent developers from demolishing cozy bungalows and erecting multistory condominiums in […]
07/08/2007Many in Canarsie fear ‘We’re under attack’ By Helen Klein During a late June meeting convened by State Senator John Sampson at the Thomas Jefferson Democratic Club, 77 Conklin Avenue, civic leaders enumerated a variety of problems that the community is dealing with. A major issue, contended Mary Ann Sallustro, the president of the South […]
City Advances Widescale RezoningBY Special to the SunJuly 12, 2007URL: http://www.nysun.com/article/58299 The City Planning Commission passed two sweeping rezoning plans yesterday in an effort to curb out of scale development on residential streets of three neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens. Plans for the a 368-block section of Jamaica, Queens and a 99-block section of Brooklyn’s […]
Memories of the Green Church – Activists record recollections 07/08/2007By Helen Klein Even as the struggle continues to preserve Bay Ridge’s beloved Green Church, a group of committed activists is reaching out into the community asking area residents for memories of the building, which many consider to be one of the premier landmarks of the […]
