City Council Votes Yes on Plan to Turn Landmarked Childs Restaurant Into Theater

Cate reports for Brownstoner. The full City Council Thursday approved the proposal championed by outgoing Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz to turn Childs restaurant into an entertainment complex and public park. The $53,000,000 project, now called the Seaside Park and Community Art Center, will involve restoring the landmarked façade and building a 5,000 seat amphitheater, park and playground. “By restoring this iconic section

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Whole Foods lettuce down: City preservationists

Megan Riesz reports for The Brooklyn Paper. City preservationists are slapping the just-opened Gowanus Whole Foods Market with a fine today for failing to keep up the long-abandoned historic building the high-end supermarket sits on either side of, according to a city spokeswoman. The city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission will hit Whole Foods with a $3,000 fine for failing to maintain

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