When the developers brought their initial proposal for the empty lot at 73 Pineapple Street in Brooklyn Heights in front of the Landmarks Preservation Commission last August, they were sent back to the drawing board. LPC Chair Robert Tierney urged the architects to rethink the project in “a major way” while Commissioner Margery Perlmutter called for a “do over.” This all on the heels of opposition by CB2, the Brooklyn Heights Association and the Historic Districts Council. At today’s public hearing, the 73 Pineapple contingent will take a second shot at winning the hearts and minds of the preservationists. Judging from the renderings that we got our hands on, this is far from a done deal. At the very least, it seems to us, they should make the ground floor a couple feet taller so that the first floor and cornice align better with the neighbors; we suspect the commissioners aren’t going to love the large bulkhead (which is hard to see in the rendering) on the roof either. Then again, the proposal received the unanimous blessing of the CB2 Land Use Committee and Executive Committee in January, so maybe it has a better shot than we think.
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