Moments ago, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted 8-0 to designate the Brooklyn waterfront neighborhood of Dumbo as an historic district. Here’s what Commish Bob Tierney had to say: DUMBO was ...
DUMBO, now a popular spot for young people and tourists, became a true community in the 1970s when artists and loft lovers seeking space outside Manhattan moved into commercial lofts illegally. The ...
It has been called DUMBO’s “game-changing” project, a huge residential complex called 85 Jay, on a long-fallow, 3-acre site at a key location bounded by York, Front, Jay, and Bridge streets. It’ll ...
NEW YORK - Four centuries in 30 minutes. That's what tourists get in trendy DUMBO. The history of this offbeat Brooklyn neighborhood includes Dutch settlers, George Washington, Walt Whitman, the ...