big building on northeast corner of Lincoln Pl. and Bedford

The exposed beams can be seen in the middle of this photo:

I took some better photos today. Looking from Lincoln:On Bedford, looking up the hill:

The roof has now mostly been removed, and the steel that used to support the roof is now being removed.

Now that weather is getting better and the roof is disappearing, they can utilize laborers to start removing the thousands of bricks that were used to make the side walls.

 

This development is one of big developments happening in western Crown Heights that I watch closely. 

 Here are the others:   http://www.brooklynian.com/discussion/44634/links-to-the-big-16-developments-in-western-crown-heights/p1

Walls are coming down.

I suspect they are using what was the inside of the theater as a giant catch basin for all of the bricks, and will begin hauling it away in a few weeks.

Apparently DOB is not happy with how they are going about demolition. DOB stopped work until they braced the wall along Bedford, and now wants them to describe how they will safely take down said wall before work can resume:

http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/OverviewForComplaintServlet?requestid=8&vlcompdetlkey=0001720345

As a result, all is quiet at the site. ...and somewhere an engineer or architect is staying up late and billing lots of hours, writing up said plan.

Work resumed at the site today, and workers were nice enough to let me take some photos of the interior. The excavator is in front of what was the stage:

View of sky from inside



I will add more later.

This is the wall that runs along Bedford, which would have been behind customers' backs as they watched the movie:

This was the Northern wall of the theater, which is adjacent to the Haitian Daycare center: 

I am interested in learning more about the deal the developer struck with the church.

So far, I have heard than in exchange for the low price for the land, the developer agreed to give the church space to worship in the new building, as well as some apartments that it would have a long term lease on. The apartments would be used for members, and their families.

How large is the church space?
How many apartments?
Are there income min and maxs for the apartments?
Who deems a family eligible? The pastor?

I'm not so sure I would like a church gathering in my residential building every week, even multiple times per week. This deal seems so odd...and I bet that the person assigning apartments is not exactly going to be making sure they go to the deserving families. I'm thinking this is an opportunity for excessive nepotism and favoritism. Then again, I am a cynic and a nihilist and I think Game of Thrones tells us the truth about human nature. Maybe this church will prove me wrong when this building is ready and there is a transparent process regarding which church families get apartments in the new building.

I hope the Pastor hired a really good attorney, so that whatever deal was struck is enforcible.

If he didn't, he does not stand a chance of becoming Bishop Nepotistic.

The demolition workers have been very busy:

For a while, one can see a lot of sky from the BP gas station sidewalk:

All that now remains is the about half of the wall along Bedford. It looks like, the developers could have a clean site by Mid Sept.

They can spend the winter creating the foundation. Steel could begin to rise in the Spring

The remaining bits of the front wall look like they could be removed this week, making demolition complete.

At this point, an aerial shot of the site taken from one of the surrounding buildings would be nice.   Do any readers have such a connection?

I peripherally know someone who lives in the building next to the demolition.  I can try and put in a word to them and ask if they can get to their roof to take a picture.  The options are limited around there.  You may have the best luck swinging by around closing time and asking one of the construction guys.

I want to replicate this angle:

But I'll need some elevation to look over the plywood fence.    The second floor of what used to be Henry House would be ideal. 

Oh. I can't help you there. You need someone at the eye and kidney center or maybe the medgar e. building. Maybe you could appeal to them on a historical basis.

Or just a tallish ladder judging by the angle.

These are good enough

Interior shots of the demo. One of the construction men said the walls were flimsy and unsafe. That if they hadn't taken the building down it would have come down on it's own.

Posting pictures are not working for me right now.  

From Tate-

What is left of the marquee and lobby:


The view from the Lincoln entrance to the site:

Today, only piles of bricks and debris remain. Gone.

Ha.  You beat me to the picture Whynot.  I got the same ones as I went to work today.

Next stage: Dig a really big hole.

Historic Fox Savoy Theater in Crown Heights Is Completely Demolished

http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2014/09/historic-fox-savoy-theater-in-crown-heights-is-completely-demolished/