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 compenent—so 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]
Before they begin construction on this stinker, I suggest they see if Fedders would like to make an alternative proposal….
I don’t see this building as generic at all – it is super cool. generic is row after row of depressingly dismal brownstones made for the masses who were assumed to have zero taste and even less imagine.
Damn, we totally have some brokers on the site today.
There’s a Chinese take-out right next door.
Yes, and everything unique is then “generic” in it’s tiny little corner of the universe.
This faceless, inchoate glass box would be a big negative for Lefferts. In fact, if this building is built, I suggest they change the nabe’s name from PLG to “Neighborhood, Inc.”
Tippi Hedren hates this building.
Never build a tall building in this country ever again. Especially not in NYC.
That’s a really realistic proposal.
I like this building.
Don’t be surprised if you see a Pluck U. or Chirpin’ Chicken franchise pop up at Flatbush and Lincoln.