Developers of an 11 story residential tower at 182 15th St. (GMAP), in South Slope, should not be allowed to continue to build, the DOB says. Tommorow, the BSA will decide whether the developers, Global Development, should be allowed to erect the building in the recently downzoned neighborhood. The developers argue that they laid the foundation before the rezoning and thus should be allowed to continue. But Janine A. Gaylard, assistant general counsel to the DOB, wrote in a letter to the BSA that the developers did not apply for a permit for mechanical demolition – and had they, it would not have been approved. The developers, Gaylard said, would not have been able to beat the clock by manual demolition. The letter says the mechanical demolition is “clearly unsafe.”
DOB Backs Tower Critics [Park Slope Courier]