The void in the Brooklyn waterfront’s skyline that the Watchtower sign left behind can now be filled. The city Board of Standards and Appeals voted unanimously Thursday to allow the new owner of the ...
Out with the old, in with the new. The iconic lit-up red Watchtower sign, a landmark in Brooklyn Heights for almost 50 years, is no more. The massive letters came down on Wednesday, although the ...
It’s a “Welcome” addition! Builders replaced the iconic “Watchtower” sign that once greeted travelers heading over the Brooklyn Bridge with a new sign that reads “Welcome” on Monday. The rooftop ...
While mention of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge today might stir up grumbles about tolls and traffic, when it first opened 53 years ago this month it was an engineering marvel predicted to transform ...
It turns out the iconic Watchtower sign — recently removed by a joint venture of CIM Group and LIVWRK Holdings — hovered above Brooklyn Heights illegally for half a century. According to the city’s ...