Yesterday’s post on the new development at 63 Schermerhorn prompted Meredith Hamilton of the Brooklyn Heights Association to email us the photos above of the Greek Orthodox Church (top) that was levelled to make way for this new building and the former Brooklyn Bureau of Charities (bottom) next door (currently a school) that is on the Municipal Art Society’s short-list of Architecturally Significant Buildings in the area. According to Meredith, the church tried in vain to find a developer who would leave the original structure intact. It makes us wonder though: If the church had really cared about preserving the structure, couldn’t it have just lowered the price?
Development Watch: 63 Schermerhorn [Brownstoner] GMAP