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As a reader pointed out, workers have started the process of putting in those controversial windows on the side of Norah Jones’ Cobble Hill house. That’s it, there goes the neighborhood!
Norah Jones Cuts Back on Her Windows [Brownstoner]
Cobble Hill Neighbors Irked by Norah Jones’ Windows [Brownstoner]


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  1. Not saying whether it’s right or wrong, but celebrities are public figures and do not have the same expectations to privacy as private citizens. I don’t really care one way or the other.

    And ET is correct, the address was never provided. Not that it matters.

  2. “The interest in it isn’t because of who it belongs to, it’s because of the Landmarks & DOB issues – recent projects that have had massive problems are a concern to anyone living next to an ambitious construction job.”

    I agree with this completely, so why is the name of the owner necessary to be part of the story?

  3. Exactly Biff.

    You said it a lot better than I did.

    Not to mention that Brooklyn is special in that it seems to attract celebrities who really value their privacy which is oftentimes why they’ve chosen Brooklyn over Manhattan. Norah Jones could have bought a home anywhere.

    Probably wishing she had bought in Tribeca or Nolita after all the attention her neighbors have given this. Un-named neighbors, mind you!

  4. as anyone who is familiar with these houses knows, the sidewalls hold up the floor joists, however the joists do not reach the walls where the chimneys are. The loads from those joists are picked up by a lateral beam and distributed to the joists on either side of the chimney. The chimneys are one of the structural weakpoints of most historic rowhouses. In this picture it looks like the new windows are being cut out from the bearing wall on either side of the chimneys. Where are loads being redirected? The chimney masonry? This looks so perilous. All the loads are being channeled into either a very thin area between the window and the chimneys or perhaps to the chimneys themselves. I hope someone really thought about this. The LPC does not look into those issues, it is up to the Department of Buildings to make sure the work will not cause a collapse.

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