Monthly Archives: November 2011
Photographer Leibovitz at BookCourt
By Trudy Whitman The celebrated photographer Annie Leibovitz is on a promotional tour for her new book, Annie Leibovitz Pilgrimage (Random House). And befitting her stature as a preeminent pictorial chronicler of the zeitgeist, the venues for readings and signings … Continue reading
Filed under Arts, Cobble Hill, Up & Coming
New Residential Building for Eagle Building Site Gets Mixed Reviews
By Linda Collins BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — The new building proposed for 30 Henry St. in Brooklyn Heights was approved by the Community Board (CB) 2 Land Use Committee at its meeting on Nov. 16. It will likely be given full … Continue reading
Filed under Brooklyn Heights, Real Estate
Millman Speaks Out Against Cobble Hill Charter School
By Mary Frost COBBLE HILL — On Monday, Assemblywoman Joan L. Millman joined parents, education leaders and elected officials to speak out against the Department of Education’s proposal to create a charter school in a building complex that already houses … Continue reading
Filed under Cobble Hill, Kids & Education
‘Fix the BQE Ditch?’ You’re Out of Luck!
Remember those drawings of attractive proposals to redesign the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in the area of the Carroll Gardens “ditch?” Well, they’ve been put on hold indefinitely. The state Department of Transportation (DOT) sent out an e-mail Tuesday stating that it is terminating … Continue reading
Filed under Carroll Gardens, Community News, Transportation
Olga Bloom — and Women’s Contributions to Brooklyn
By Dennis Holt If one were fanciful enough and had a sense of the melodramatic and had been down around Bargemusic on Thanksgiving, one could have heard a violin playing somewhere. It would have been a joyful tune, played surely … Continue reading
Filed under Brooklyn Broadside, Brooklyn People, Editorial
Fidelity National Title Leases Space on Montague Street
Compiled by Linda Collins BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — The Treeline Companies, an owner and manager of several office properties in Downtown Brooklyn and throughout the metropolitan region, reported that Fidelity National Title Insurance Company has leased office space at 188 Montague … Continue reading
Filed under Brooklyn Heights, Real Estate
