After trying to sneak one past the Dumbo community and the DOB back in November, Joshua Guttman got his project at 187 Plymouth Street back on track again shortly before Christmas. After an (insincere) act of contrition in his December 14 application to the DOB (“Respectfully Requesting a PAA to Submit Revised Plans with Proper Propsed [sic] Building Height”) the unpopular developer had the Stop Work Order lifted on the 18th and has been back at work since. It’s not entirely clear to us, though, what, if anything, he’s done to address the charges that he had overbuilt the building. (It was supposed to only be 13 feet tall and he had gone up to at least 20 feet.) As far as we can see, all he’s done up top is to lay some tar strips. Any neighbors with a view from above care to elaborate?
A SWO for Guttman at 187 Plymouth [Brownstoner] GMAP P*Shark DOB
The Mysterious Case of 187 Plymouth Street [Brownstoner]