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Newly constructed Boylan Hall with several small construction sheds in foreground, from 1936
Restoration Starts on the Historic Loew’s Kings Theatre
Today the restoration of the historic Loew’s Kings Theatre in Flatbush, Brooklyn was announced. Originally constructed in 1929, the 3,200-seat Loew’s Kings Theatre is the largest indoor theatre in Brooklyn which was closed in 1977. The theatre will be revitalized by a consortium of ACE Theatrical, Goldman Sachs and the National Development Council and received financing from the City, Marty Markowitz, the Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group and United Fund Advisors.
The $93.9 million project is estimated to create more than 500 construction jobs and 50 permanent jobs. The theatre will expand from a 68,000 square-foot space to about 93,000 square feet. Once renovations are complete in late 2014, the theatre is expected to host between 200 and 250 performances a year. The Loew’s Kings Theatre will serve as a cultural hub and catalyst for economic growth along Flatbush Avenue and throughout Central Brooklyn.
For more information, visit http://on.nyc.gov/145nANK.
This is so awesome. The theatre is not that far away from Brooklyn College. Very exciting news.
🌳#FLATBUSH🌳Where I’m From… ✌ (at MTA Subway - Brooklyn College/Flatbush Av (2/5))
Brooklyn!! (ODB voice) #MTA #Brooklyn #SubwayMap #Subway #NewYorkCity (Taken with Instagram at Red Hook, Brooklyn)
“This is the train to … Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn College.”
Photo by Me (Cory Murray)
Location: Brooklyn College
I had to dumb down the quality =/ It was toooooo much MB.
Gorgeous photo of the garden by the lily pond — one of the most beautiful spots on campus.
For all the photos that I’ve posted both here and on the Admissions Facebook page, I try to perform a little bit of Photoshop magic on them. I went through the hard copies of all of these prints in the archive and scanned them on to disk. Some photos were discolored, others ripped and some just looked dull.
I am in no way a Photoshop wiz, but I think with a few clicks these images really pop. For the first two photos, I did all auto levels (color, contrast, tone) and then added the black and white adjustment layer to get rid of the discoloration. I also used the clone stamp tool to get rid of some of the dark spots.
With the color photo, I did all auto levels, the lighten shadows level adjustment, and manually adjusted the colors to give everything a more natural hue and bring out the green in the trees.
For anyone more proficient in Photoshop than I am, do you have any suggestions on how else I can improve these photos?
— Jennifer
Map of Flatbush incorporating data from the 1940 census.
(Via 1940s New York.)
The north side of the library. Hm, must be where Whitehead Hall is now.
Aerial view of the campus from the mid-1930s.
More photos from Special Collections today. The top photo shows the parking lot where the Hillel Building would soon be built. See that sign that says “Welcome to Wolfie’s”? That’s where McDonald’s is now.
The next photo shows President Gideonse at the groundbreaking in 1956.
— Jennifer
Before there was Brooklyn College…
The other day I spent a remarkable afternoon perusing old photos of Brooklyn College in the Archives and Special Collections portion of the library. Brooklyn College has a huge collection that spans seven floors (including the largest private collection of boxing memorabilia — who knew?).
With the help of Edythe Rosenblatt, the assistant archivist, I am going to be posting *tons* of amazing photos from BC’s history. Just to give you a little taste …
This photo was taken in 1905 of the Ditmas House, which was torn down in 1961 to make way for the Student Center. Can you believe Flatbush used to be surrounded by trees and had cows roaming a green pasture?
This next photo was taken in the 1920s on the lot that is now Brooklyn College. Before the land for the campus was purchased, the lot was home to a circus. I wish we still had a ferris wheel on campus!
Stay tuned for more from the archives.
— Jennifer
