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Date Published:: 2019-10-29
Description:: Designed by Renwick, Aspinwall and Tucker, the ASPCA's finest surviving structure in New York City and the horse drinking fountain in front of it constitute an elegant reminder of the early promotion of humane treatment of animals, and New York's central role in the national anti-cruelty movement.
Agency:: Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC)
Subject(s):: Architecture, Buildings, and Brooklyn
Report Type:: Other

Date Published:: 2019-10-29
Description:: Gowanus Canal Flushing Tunnel Pumping Station and Gate House was built in the early 20th century to house the mechanical systems needed to flush the Gowanus Canal , it represents one of the most important infrastructure projects in Brooklyn.
Agency:: Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC)
Subject(s):: Architecture, Buildings, and Brooklyn
Report Type:: Other

Date Published:: 2019-10-29
Description:: The Monumental BRT Central Power Station Engine House is a prominent reminder of the era when Gowanus Canal was a significant inland waterway and the Gowanus neighborhood was a major industrial center.
Agency:: Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC)
Subject(s):: Architecture, Buildings, and Brooklyn
Report Type:: Other

Date Published:: 2019-10-29
Description:: Somers Brothers Tinware Factory (later American Can Company) was once one of the largest decorated tinware manufacturing complexes in the United States, it remains one of Gowanus's most distinctive industrial buildings.
Agency:: Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC)
Subject(s):: Architecture, Buildings, and Brooklyn
Report Type:: Other

Date Published:: 2019-10-29
Description:: The Montauk Paint Manufacturing Company Building was built in 1908 as part of the growing industrial development surrounding the Gowanus Canal and remains one of the finest buildings in the neighborhood recalling this history.
Agency:: Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC)
Subject(s):: Architecture, Buildings, and Brooklyn
Report Type:: Other

Date Published:: 2019-06-25
Description:: The Bay Ridge Parkway - Doctors' Row Historic District is an intact block of row houses representative of Bay Ridge's development as a middle-class urban neighborhood in the early 20th century. The block has been and continues to be known for its large number of medical professionals.
Agency:: Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC)
Subject(s):: Architecture, Buildings, and Brooklyn
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Date Published:: 2019-06-18
Description:: Designation report for the Central Sunset Park Historic District a remarkably cohesive and well-preserved collection of 140 Renaissance Revival-style row houses built between 1897 and 1907 that represent Sunset Park's development at the turn of the 20th century.
Agency:: Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC)
Subject(s):: Architecture, Buildings, and Brooklyn
Report Type:: Other

Date Published:: 2019-06-18
Description:: Designation report for the Sunset Park South Historic District which represents the largest collection of well-preserved row houses in the Sunset Park neighborhood that recall Sunset Park's originals and history as a middle-class community.
Agency:: Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC)
Subject(s):: Architecture, Buildings, and Brooklyn
Report Type:: Other

Date Published:: 2019-06-18
Description:: Designation report for the Sunset Park North Historic District which consists of well-preserved early 20th century row houses and flats, buildings that recall the neighborhood's transformation into a working- and middle-class community.
Agency:: Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC)
Subject(s):: Architecture, Buildings, and Brooklyn
Report Type:: Other

Date Published:: 2018-06-26
Description:: Report on the Boerum Hill Historic District Extension consisting of approximately 288 buildings developed mid-19th century.
Agency:: Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC)
Subject(s):: Landmarks, Architecture, and Buildings
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

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