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Vampiric Designer Robert Geller Talks Fort Greene and Bauhaus
I need a haircut and some dry wall. (Getty) Back in May, The Observer reported that downtown designer Robert Geller had bought a brownstone in Fort Greene of all places. Now, he does that most Brooklyn...
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You Can Live in This Stunning Fort Greene Brownstone for $120K a Year… With...
We at The Observer pride ourselves on being able to tag these virtual house tours with a little witticism, which we think pokes fun at the property itself, and thus gives depth to its role in the...
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Watch Your Back! Rolex Sues Fort Greene Deli
Rolex Deli (New York Post) The 1% percent are at it again! No, today it’s not a solitary fat cat out to get the masses, but the company behind the blue bloods’ consummate accoutrement: Rolex. You’d...
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Atlantic Terminal: Transportation Hub or Crime Hub?
Some things are free! (Courtesy Dumbo Books of Brooklyn) Ever think “Where’s my wallet?” when walking around the Atlantic Terminal or Atlantic Center malls? It’s probably missing. The shopping centers...
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How AmBAMitious! BAM’s Newest Space Seeks To Transform Performance Offerings,...
Besides the distinctive red brick arches, there is very little left of the old Salvation Army citadel that stood for years, vacant and crumbling, at 321 Ashland Place. The citadel, like so many other...
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Fort Greene Townhouse Fetches $3.1 M., Narrowly Missing Neighborhood Record
It has been a summer of stunning performances, victories and defeats, and titles won, lost and held. And no, we’re not talking about the Olympics, but the Brooklyn brownstone market. In Fort Greene,...
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The Beginning of the End For Fort Greene, Brooklyn’s Most Livable Neighborhood
The patchy, ragged grass only adds to Fort Greene’s trying but not trying to hard appeal. Do you live in Fort Greene? Enjoy sipping seasonal cocktails outside of Roman’s, playing fetch with your dog in...
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Indie Production Designer Sets Fort Greene Record With $3.75 M. Brownstone
32 South Portland isn’t as elaborate as its next-door neighbor, but that didn’t stop it from setting a neighborhood record. “I made my career on films that probably shouldn’t have been made,...
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Of Compounds and Condos: Belgian Artist Marc Lambrechts Unloads Fort Greene...
The view from above When the Belgian artist Marc Lambrechts bought the compound at 164 South Oxford Street in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, in 2000, he had no notion that it would prove such a savvy...
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Blame It on the Refrain? The Milli Vanilli Opera Is Finally Happening
Let’s Fake it huh Opera has a new face: Milli Vanilli. At least, that is the hope of theater director David Levine, who has developed a – to put it lightly – “experimental” opera based on the rise and...
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East River Partners Revealed as Developer for Fort Greene ‘Compound’
The compound at 164 South Oxford Street When we spoke earlier this month with Corcoran’s Vicki Negron about the recent sale for $7.5 million of a kingly assemblage at 164 South Oxford Street in Fort...
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Guerrilla Group Posts Fake Speed Limit Signs
A cause more noble than yarn bombing. (Photo via Right Of Way) Slow zones aren’t coming fast enough for this pedestrian rights group. A group of safe street advocates took matters into their own hands...
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Granny’s Gone to Brooklyn: Grandparents Invade the Hipster Haven
Barbara Standley moved to Brooklyn to be closer to her grandkids. Arman Dzidzovi/The New York Observer Barbara Standley went through the usual frustrations when she first moved from Phoenix to...
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Bedraggled Fort Greene Townhouse Sells for $1.99 M. to a (The?) Matthew Barney
Quite charming. Are the artist Matthew Barney and Björk the new owners of an Italianate frame house at 67 South Elliott Place in Fort Greene? Certainly, there is a Matthew Barney who recently purchased...
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Renderings Revealed for Hotel Trades Council and Association BK Health Center
A rendering of the building-to-be at 620 Fulton Street. This afternoon, architects revealed the first renderings for a new health center and mixed-used building at 620 Fulton Street in Brooklyn, being...
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Stop Brooklyning Perfectly Good Stuff
Last weekend a very stupid and very Brooklyn thing took place at the Masonic Temple in Fort Greene.
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Transit Improvements Shouldn’t Bow to ‘Community’ Pressures
The result of transit NIMBYism is large and unnecessary gaps in the city’s bike lane infrastructure and poky local buses.
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Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day Across the City on Saturday
Get your picture taken in Greenlight’s “literary celebrity photo booth.”
View ArticleWhere to Book Last-Minute Valentine’s Day Reservations in Brooklyn
From an unforgettable foie gras at Denizen to a surprise prix fixe at Xixa, here are all of the unforgettable Valentine's Day meals to book in Brooklyn this year.
View ArticleHolly Hunter Wants $4.5 Million for Her 19th Century Brownstone
Perhaps the Academy Award winning actress wants to go back to Greenwich Village.
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