OY YO sculpture Brooklyn
Deborah Kass’s new OY/YO sculpture being unloaded in Brooklyn Bridge Park. Photo: Hannah Frishberg

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Why does Building 77 in the Navy Yard have no windows on the bottom floors? Click through to see the comment of the day.

Comment of the Day

The reason the majority of the floors don’t have windows is because, as the author mentioned, Building 77 used to be a munitions storage facility. When the facility was first proposed, it was heavily opposed by local residents, but finally got the green light when the Navy suggested adding officer’s quarters on the top floors to prove how confident they were in the structural integrity of the building. This is why the top several floors have glass windows while the others do not.

— pizza commander on Construction Well Under Way at Enormous, Neighborhood-Changing Navy Yard Building

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