All is not lost for Pratt Row, the group of 27 landmarked houses on Willoughby Avenue between Hall and Classon. Designed by Hobart Walker in the first decade of the 20th Century, the houses have been used as faculty housing for decades. (“Note the bay windows and alternating Dutch and triangular gables,” advises the AIA Guide.) In recent years, however, their deteriorating condition has led the school to not replace departing tenants; as of this semester, just 11 are occupied. At a community meeting on Wednesday night, Pratt Institute head Thomas Schutte said that the school wants to convert the houses to student residences. It just needs two things first: (1) The approval of the faculty union and (2) $12 million. “I hope very soon we will know for sure what the use will be and have the funding in place,” said Schutte.
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