In a move that won’t exactly improve public opinion of developers, the Basile Builders Group last week demolished three Victorian homes in Bay Ridge which, according to the Brooklyn Eagle, it had originally promised to restore. As the blog Cititours documented in the photos above, the purveyors of all things Fedders pulled the old bait-and-switch on the community. We’re restoring the Victorian homes, Rocco Basile originally told the Eagle at the end of August. The Bay Ridge Conservancy’s Victoria Hofmo wasn’t buying it at the time, calling the three contiguous houses “fine, structurally and not in need of any tampering. Turns out her suspicions about the developers’ intentions were right. Vile. Update: There is a meeting with local officials tonight at 7 pm at PS 170 at 6th Avenue and 72nd Street to discuss this situation and how to protect the neighborhood in general from similar threats.
Death Row Update: Bay Ridge Victorians Destroyed [Citiblog] GMAP
In Bay Ridge, Another Historic Site Is on the Road to Demolition [Brooklyn Eagle]
Three Historic Bay Ridge Homes Bought by Condo Developer [Brooklyn Eagle]
Bay Ridge Victorians ‘On Death Row’ [Curbed]
Photos courtesy of Cititour.com