The future of 73 Pineapple Street, one of the only remaining empty lots in Brooklyn Heights, will be discussed at tomorrow’s Landmarks Preservation Meeting. Rush Brook Partners, run by a form Merrill Lynch exec, shelled out a total $7.4 million for the 25-by-75-foot lot and the two adjacent rental buildings last February. (The lot itself went for $1,653,750.) The firm is now trying to gain approval to build a five-story contemporary design on the site. Our calls to the company’s office were not returned, so all we know about the plans are what Community Board 2′s Land Use Committee said about them when it voted 10-2 against them:

The Land Use Committee voted 10 in favor, two opposed, one abstention (10-2-1) on June 20, 2007 to recommend disapproval of the application. The committee disapproved of the horizontal design approach, the window size and configuration, the materials being used and the brick wall on the ground floor which would be at eye level. Members felt the building was foreboding and out of character with neighboring buildings.

We’d be mighty appreciative if the renderings just happened to show up in our inbox. Or just a written description from someone who saw them at the community board meeting?
73 Pineapple on LPC Docket Tuesday [Brooklyn Heights Blog] GMAP
CB2 Nixes Foreboding Pineapple Plan [Brooklyn Heights Blog]
August 14 Agenda [LPC]