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Clinton Hill Special. Photo by Przemek Godycki.
Council Approves Waterfront Plan [NY Times]
Caleb Carr: Rebuilding the Past [NY Times]
Residential Sales [NY Times]
Crew of 1 on L Train? [NY Post]
UN's Pick by Year's End? [NY Newsday]

By the way, what's the story on the dude who built this place?

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It was built by a sculptor who bought the place many years ago and moved his family in before they even had heat. The top of the building is a sculpture he titled The Fallen Angel. Last time I saw him and his wife at some community meeting someone inquired about the roof and he replied that it was still a work in progress. Can't recall his name.

Posted by: Anonymous at May 13, 2005 8:45 AM

There was an article on this guy (name escapes me too) in NRG magazine last year.
This is also the place where Dave Chappelle had thrown a block party last year, I believe. It was in the NYTimes & NRG mag (http://nrgmagazines.com/index.htm) I think.

Posted by: Anonymous at May 13, 2005 9:00 AM

The builder's name is Arthur Wood, and the building is called "Broken Angel." There was an article in the Times about him and the building a few years ago, which is available here:

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F06E3DB143CF937A25757C0A9649C8B63

Posted by: Benjamin Friedman at May 13, 2005 10:09 AM

i lived around the corner from this place 10 yrs ago and saw him around, he offered a tour anytime which i never took him up on. he also designed and made some cast concrete gargoyle heads on a building in the area. he told me that he knocked out every other floor to keep the building only 5 stories high. he built the space ship on top while i lived there, it's got mirrors underneath it so it looks like it's floating. very cool.

Posted by: tony at May 16, 2005 1:14 AM

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