Is one of Greenpoint’s most unexpected features—a stretch of historic wooden block paving on West Street near the Greenpoint Terminal Market—in imminent danger? Many say that this is the last […]
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Forgotten Greenpoint: The Astral
The Astral is undoubtedly one of Greenpoint’s most iconic edifices. So much so, it even inspired it’s own novel. It sure is a purdy old pile o’ bricks, straight out of […]
Posted inCulture, Historical Greenpoint
Forgotten Greenpoint: WNYC Transmitter on the East River
Who listens to radio these days? I enjoy some WNYC action from time to time (when they are not doing a pledge-drive, of course), and my neighbor across the airshaft […]
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Forgotten Greenpoint: Keramos Hall On Manhattan Ave
This article made possible by a donation to our Writer’s Fund Raffle by Human@Ease. As Preservation Greenpoint reported last week, Keramos Hall at 857-861 Manhattan Avenue just won a Lucy G. Moses […]
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Greenpoint is a 2013 “Six to Celebrate” Neighborhood!
The Historic Districts Council (HDC), New York’s city-wide advocate for historic buildings and neighborhoods, has just selected Greenpoint as one of the six neighborhoods to celebrate in 2013! Preservation Greenpoint–a […]