Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Work on Supertall Begins With Demo at Dime Savings Bank

Actor Matt Damon Snaps Up Splashy Penthouse in Superman’s Brooklyn Heights Building

Actor Matt Damon is in contract to buy a penthouse condo in The Standish, at 171 Columbia Heights in Brooklyn Heights, according to the Wall Street Journal. If the deal closes for the asking of $16.645 million, it will set a new record for real estate in the borough.

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Dime Savings Bank’s Historic Facade Remains as Additions Demo’d to Prep for First Supertall

In Downtown Brooklyn, workers are preparing to fuse Brooklyn’s first supertall skyscraper to the one of the borough’s most iconic structures. A chunk of the facade of the famed, landmarked Dime Savings Bank building is standing on its own as prep work continues in advance of the construction of Brooklyn’s first supertall skyscraper at 9 Dekalb Avenue, aka 340 Flatbush Avenue Extension.

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51 Stories of Condos to Replace Macy’s Parking Garage With ‘Love Letter’ Mural Downtown

The Macy’s parking garage with artist Stephen Powers’ iconic and uplifting ‘Love Letter to Brooklyn’ is just about dunzo. It will be replaced by a 51-story building with 476 apartments, filings reveal. Hill|West Architects is designing. When Brownstoner stopped by at 11 Hoyt Street recently, most of the 1960s era garage had already been demolished. By last week, just a few vestiges of the structure — a small section of the one-story retail shops — remained.

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Here’s How the Parks Department Wants to Transform Fort Greene Park

More accessible — and better looking. That’s how the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation proposes to transform historic Fort Greene Park. You know those tricky stairs on the Myrtle Avenue side? They’ll become a ramp. And you’ll be able to actually see the Prison Ship Martyrs Memorial from Myrtle Avenue. (Not to mention: the basketball court will get some TLC.)

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Four Townhouses With Updated Vintage Flair (Including One With a Pool) to See This Weekend

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