One of the things I appreciate most about Brooklyn Heights is its status as the nation’s first nationally recognized historic district. Case in point: 2 Pierrepoint Place, the home of the original patriarchs of the nabe, who parceled the land and humbly named most of the streets after their high-ranking kin. Below is a photo of this stunning property in the early 1900s and today. Very little has changed, including the original observatory, in front to the left. One major shift: There used to be a bridge that connected the property down to the waterfront, which now links to the Brooklyn Heights Esplanade.
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