Daily Links: Plan for Wegmans in Brooklyn Navy Yard Moves Ahead With DOB Filing
Developer files plans for Brooklyn Navy Yard Wegmans, historic Sunset Park precinct might be razed for a new school building, and more.
Brighton Beach Avenue. Photo by Josh Kesner via Flickr
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Steiner Files Plans for Wegmans Building at Brooklyn Navy Yard [TRD]
Historic Sunset Park Precinct May Be Razed for New School Building [DNA]
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Comment of the Day
“Rowhouse” is more accurate but “brownstone” is more NYC colloquial. Maybe if you customarily wait “on line” you’ll refer to historic row houses of any mterial as “brownstones”. It’s really a minor semantic difference.
— Bob Marvin in A Celebration of the New York City Brownstone 1840-1920 (Photos)
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