Historic District and AY: Like Pieces of a Puzzle

what do you mean by "cozy"? are you suggesting that there is some kind of collusion between FCR and the LPC? and how is this news? since the historic district proposal was revised, this has been plainly obvious to anyone who can read maps.

Posted by: i disagree at June 29, 2009 10:55 AM

the expanse of the historic district is fine by me. but you can't really use it to "prove" anything about blight or not-blight...particularly because so much of the advocacy that led to the designation as it is today was in fact spurred by dismay over AY. if you actually walk around some of the areas in the map - say, vanderbilt between pacific and dean - it's pretty clear that the agenda isn't necessarily to protect buildings of historic significance but rather to cock-block development. though there may be some nice buildings on that block, a couple of them are junk that doesn't really deserve protection. they carved out buildings on flatbush that look much better and seem (to my untrained eye) more significant, but not on the parts of vanderbilt closest to the footprint. but hey, like i said, doesn't bother me - i don't particularly want my whole neighborhood, even the crappy parts, to become even crappier parking garages.

Posted by: i disagree at June 29, 2009 12:02 PM