Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce Building
75 Livingston Street | also 66 Court Street | Brooklyn Heights | built 1928
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1926
A small Brooklyn developer and a newly licensed architect build a 30-story tower on Court Street
The tower at 66 Court Street, now called 75 Livingston Street, was put up for 66-74 Court Street Realty Corporation, headed by Jacob Adelman, whose firm mostly built apartment houses. Its designer, Abraham J. Simberg, was recently licensed and had also worked mainly on low-rise apartments. Despite their inexperience, the landmarks commission found the tower elegant, with five setbacks above a 13-story base.
“…constructed for a relatively small Brooklyn real estate company working with a recently-licensed architect ... five primary setbacks above the 13-story base.”
- 1926
Plans call for a 430-foot tower with a dining room on the 25th-floor terrace
The tower on Court Street was first designed to rise 430 feet and to have a dining room on a terrace at the 25th floor. As built, it stands 30 stories and 343 feet tall. It was constructed as an office building.
“…initially designed to have a dining room on the terrace of the 25th floor and to be 430 ft high (131 m).”
Source: Wikipedia
- 1927
The Court-Livingston Building is renamed for its most influential tenant, the Chamber of Commerce
The tower was first called the Court-Livingston Building, after the two streets it stands on. It was soon renamed the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce Building, taking the name of its most influential tenant. A New York Times item reported the change in April 1927.
- 1981
The office tower is converted into cooperative apartments
The building began as an office tower. In 1981 it was converted into cooperative apartments, and it is now a residential co-op of 30 stories.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2011
Residents object as the tower is landmarked within the Borough Hall Skyscraper Historic District
The building was folded into the Borough Hall Skyscraper Historic District, a move that brought landmark status in 2011. Many residents objected, arguing that the architecture was not significant enough to merit protection and that landmarking would hurt them financially. The tower was included in the district anyway.
Source: Wikipedia
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