New Ron English Popup Shop "Popaganja"; Behind the Scenes at Brooklyn Winery; Live in Little Italy's Police Building Penthouse

NYC - Little Italy: Police Building | The Police Building Apartments, formerly the Police Headquarters Building, at 240 Centre Street, was built in 1905-09 to the design of Hoppin, Koen & Huntington. Following the creation of Greater New York in 1898, the city's police department expanded rapidly and a large new headquarters building was planned. In 1905 Mayor George McClellan laid the cornerstone of this limestome-faced, steel-framed Edwardian Baroque/Beaux-Artspalace capped with a tall dome. When the Police Department relocated in 1973, there was talk of turning it into everything from a hotel to a community center for Little Italy. In 1983 a development group converted the building into luxury apartments.

The Police Building Apartments were designated a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1978.

National Register #80002690 (1980) — NYC - Little Italy: Police Building | The Police Building Apartments, formerly the Police Headquarters Building, at 240 Centre Street, was built in 1905-09 to the design of Hoppin, Koen & Huntington. Following the creation of Greater New York in 1898, the city's police department expanded rapidly and a large new headquarters building was planned. In 1905 Mayor George McClellan laid the cornerstone of this limestome-faced, steel-framed Edwardian Baroque/Beaux-Artspalace capped with a tall dome. When the Police Department relocated in 1973, there was talk of turning it into everything from a hotel to a community center for Little Italy. In 1983 a development group converted the building into luxury apartments. The Police Building Apartments were designated a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1978. National Register #80002690 (1980)

There is a lot of stuff going on the City, and we can't write about it all. Here are some interesting things some of our friends have written up lately.

Bowery Boogie ⇒ Artist Ron English Teams Up With High Times for ‘Popaganja’ Pop-Up on Orchard Street
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Daytonian in Manhattan ⇒ The 1887 Engine Co. 55 -- No. 185 Lafayette Street
DNAinfo New York ⇒ Drink Your Apple a Day With Cider Week NYC-Union Square
Fortune ⇒ Business Regulations Make It Hard to Open a Food Truck in NYC
Gothamist ⇒ How Brooklyn Winery Turns 54 Truckloads of Grapes Into Fine Urban Wine
New York Times ⇒ Want an Old Piece of the Statue of Liberty? This Is the Man to See.
NY City Lens ⇒ Full of Bologna
Street Art NYC ⇒ Interview With Russian Street Artist Yulia Vanifatieva Aka Hula
StreetsBlog NYC ⇒ Bike-Share Already Getting More Use Than Park Slope's Free Parking Spots
StreetEasy Blog ⇒ It's Back: Police Building's Domed Penthouse Listed for $35M
Thrillist ⇒ Best Tasting Menus in NYC for Under $100

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