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September 6, 2005

Tuesday Linkage

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Verrazano Bridge from Bay Ridge. Photo by Anthony Catalano
Housing Boom May Continue After Storm [NY Times]
Housing Slowdown Could Spell Trouble [NY Times]
Buying for the First Time [NY Times]
Restoring Prairie Avenue [NY Times]
Residential Sales [NY Times]
High Drama on the Brooklyn Bridge [NY Post]
How to Become a Landlord [NY Post]
Gravesend Says Keep Out [NY Daily News]
Handling Closing Costs [NY Daily News]




Posted by Brownstoner at 8:45 AM | Comments (5)
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HELP, all brownstone community lovers! How can a group of people stop someone from buying a 2-story 1 family building on a quiet, residential brownstone block and turning it into a 5-story, 5-family building? I think the air rights might permit it, but if we are landmarked by the city (not the state, unfortunately), do we have any recourse?

THANK YOU to anyone who can offer any advice. I am tempted to put the owner and the developer's names on this site so people can just call and harass them until they realize they can't just slide in under the radar.

Posted by: Urbanhound at September 6, 2005 8:55 AM

Gorgeous photo!

Posted by: Park Sloper at September 6, 2005 2:09 PM

To Urbanhound: where is this? Are there any other 5 story buildings on the block, or is this the anomoly?
If it's a landmark block, chances are this will be the exception to the rule, so probably not the start of a trend.
You can try complaining (311, local pols, etc).

Posted by: Anonymous at September 6, 2005 9:34 PM

Call the Landmark's commission and prepare yourself for a big fight. There was a vacant school that was landmarked in the Vinegar Hill neighborhood and once it was sold, the new owners (the Watchtower group) managed to get around the building's protected status and they tore it down. Now it is a massive parking lot slated to become their World Headquarters.

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