Yesterday someone with the email handle Concerned Citizen sent out a bunch of renderings (more on jump) that purport to be a proposal the city received—and rejected—in response to the RFP RFEI to put housing and retail in the Brooklyn House of Detention. The most striking aspect of the bid is that it sought to demolish the existing House of Detention and replace it with something like the structure above, as envisioned by Rogers Marvel and MVRDV. The proposal, which Curbed traces to Hamlin Ventures and Time Equities, would have included 190 units of market-rate housing, 300 units of affordable housing, and a retail component. Last month a Department of Corrections spokesperson told the Observer that whatever came back to the Economic Development Corporation responses did not meet either the specs or the objectives of whatever we and EDC had hoped for.
The Brooklyn Jail with Retail & Condos That Could Have Been [Curbed]
Brooklyn House of Detention Plans Falter [Brownstoner]
New Big House Retail Idea Making the Rounds [Brownstoner]