The Secret Lives of Public Places

Grand Institutions of Clinton Hill: Travel to an era of opulence and craft in three of Clinton Hill’s turn-of-the-century structures!  Our Lady Queen of All Saints: A soaring century-old parish church. The white stone gothic structure styled after Paris’ Sainte Chapelle features original woodwork and rare four manual organ. Fourteen mosaic windows along the nave portraying […]

The Secret Lives of Public Places

Grand Institutions of Clinton Hill: Travel to an era of opulence and craft in three of Clinton Hill’s turn-of-the-century structures!  Our Lady Queen of All Saints: A soaring century-old parish church. The white stone gothic structure styled after Paris’ Sainte Chapelle features original woodwork and rare four manual organ. Fourteen mosaic windows along the nave portraying […]

Grand Institutions of Clinton Hill

Queen of All Saints Church, Pratt Library, Caroline Ladd Pratt House Clinton Hill, Brooklyn July 27, 2011, 5:30pm Limited to 25 people Travel to an era of opulence and craft in three of Clinton Hill’s turn-of-the-century structures! The Historic Districts Council will lead a tour of Our Lady Queen of All Saints, a soaring century-old […]

Tour the Grand Institutions of Clinton Hill with HDC!

Grand Institutions of Clinton Hill Wednesday July 27, 2011, 5:30pm – 7:30pm Limited to 25 people $100/$75 Friends of HDC Travel to an era of opulence and craft in three of Clinton Hill’s turn-of-the-century structures. The Historic Districts Council will lead a tour of Our Lady Queen of All Saints, a soaring century-old parish church. […]

Clinton Hill & Wallabout House Tour This Weekend!

Sunday, May 1stNoon to 5pm Queen of All Saints 300 Vanderbilt Avenue Come experience the beauty and history of one of Brooklyn’s premier landmark neighborhoods at this year’s Clinton Hill House Tour. Stroll along the tree-lined streets to see a stunning variety of architectural styles and take advantage of the rare opportunity to see the […]

October 19, 2010

LPC Docket Number: 107610 Brooklyn, Block: 1961, Lot: 53 414 Waverly Avenue – Clinton Hill Historic District A vacant lot. Application is to construct a new building. HDC Testimony In general, HDC finds that this application for a new building is a successful one that obviously takes into account the materials, style, details, and building […]

October 19, 2010

LPC Docket Number: 107610 Brooklyn, Block: 1961, Lot: 53 414 Waverly Avenue – Clinton Hill Historic District A vacant lot. Application is to construct a new building. HDC Testimony In general, HDC finds that this application for a new building is a successful one that obviously takes into account the materials, style, details, and building […]

April 20, 2010

LPC Docket Number: 106973 Brooklyn, Block: 1961, Lot: 1 465 Clinton Avenue – Clinton Hill Historic District A neo-Renaissance style house designed by Mercein Thomas and built in 1902. Application is to construct rooftop and rear yard additions, create and alter masonry openings, alter the areaway; excavate the rear yard and replace the gate. HDC […]

April 6, 2010

LPC Docket Number: 106293 Queens, Block: 148, Lot: 777 West of 48th Street, East of 47th Street – Sunnyside Gardens Historic District A court, divided into eight rows comprised of 74 houses, covering most of the block bounded by 39th Avenue (north), 48th Street (east), Skillman Avenue (south), and 47th Street (west), designed by Clarence […]

November 24, 2009

LPC Docket Number: 101256 Staten Island, Block: 955, Lot: 1 460 Brielle Avenue – NYC Farm Colony-Seaview Hospital Historic District Historic District A tuberculosis hospital complex constructed between 1908-1937. Application is to construct a new building and parking lot. HDC Testimony While construction of a new building that continues the spirit and  use of the […]