Glassy PLG Tower Bad News for Birds, Says Expert
Scores of migrating birds would smash into the glassy 23-story tower planned in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, on Lincoln Road and Flatbush Avenues, creating a mess on the crowded sidewalks below, said Prospect Park Audubon Center senior naturalist Gabriel Willow. He said adjacent Prospect Park, at 585 acres, is a popular resting place for birds along the…

Scores of migrating birds would smash into the glassy 23-story tower planned in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, on Lincoln Road and Flatbush Avenues, creating a mess on the crowded sidewalks below, said Prospect Park Audubon Center senior naturalist Gabriel Willow. He said adjacent Prospect Park, at 585 acres, is a popular resting place for birds along the Atlantic Flyway, and added that glass towers in Manhattan near smaller, less popular parks have been the death of hundreds of birds a year. “You’ll just find the ground littered with birds,” he said. Tom Gilman of Gilman Architects didn’t respond when asked if his design took migrating birds into consideration (the flock was added to the rendering). Meanwhile, developer Henry Herbst said he’s been busy polling the community about their preference for the ground floor retail compenentso far, they’re leaning toward a bank and organic market, even though the short block already has two non-organic markets. Herbst said, “They claim there’s no organic foods in the area,” which is basically true. Cage-free hens, anyone?
Wings Meet Deadly Glass [NY Times]
Form Follows Feathers: Bird-Friendly Architecture [Architectural Record]
Lefferts Gardens Gets a Few New Arrivals [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Those birds added in are way out of scale. If a floor is about 10′, those pteradactyls have wing spans of 3-4 feet!!!
What kind of birds use the Park in migrating? Yes, if its Canadian Geese then we should build a wall of buildings
Only the retarded and blind birds will die off. It is good for the bird genes of the next generations.
What about the bugs, bats, mosquitos or locusts?
Use smoke windows and brass like Trump does and the birds will avoid it like the plague.
So is this building actually being built? I mean, with prices in condos being reduced all over Brooklyn, sales down, and major Brooklyn projects being shelved, did someone actually finance a tower in PLG? Seems like a risky investment to me, at this stage in the game. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for the tower–I’m just amazed that financing hasn’t been pulled already.
birds were making left and right turns way before man.
That’s not true. When the World Trade Center towers still existed, they would find hundreds of dead or stunned birds on the ground. Look it up.
10:50: sounds like you’re not the one who would be accidentally kicking their carcasses on your way to the train in the morning. birds wouldn’t run into the building if it weren’t all glass.
They’ve had glass towers for 50 years. This is clearly not a problem.