Hawthorne Street has an item on a protest held this weekend over a developer’s plan to build a 20-story tower in Prospect Lefferts Gardens. The blog takes a dim view of the proceedings, saying that while protesters claim they’re against the tower because it might increase rents in the neighborhood, their main concern with the development is actually its height: “The real objective behind the formation of CRGPLG seems to be stopping a tall building from going up near Lefferts Manor. If that means shifting blame for the basic economics of supply and demand, exaggerated warnings about the coming avian holocaust, or stoking fears about gentrification, so be it. It may all be moot anyway. As the protest was going on, a backhoe was busily moving about the site.” Anyone on the ground in PLG who can tell us more about what neighbors are thinking about the tower?
Saturday’s Tower Protest Weak and Misguided [Hawthorne Street]
Glassy Tower Planned for PLG [Brownstoner]