The striking rendering shows a thin, angled tower whose facade is covered almost completely in black and white stripes.
The striking rendering shows a thin, angled tower whose facade is covered almost completely in black and white stripes.
The music school, one of the most important art institutions in the borough for over a century, will be creating a 20,000-square-foot facility as part of the proposed development.
In a meeting filled with numerous interruptions, there was a smattering of both cheers and jeers from both activists in the audience as well as politicians.
The plan to close Rikers and build new jails in Brooklyn and beyond is a scheme to enrich developers, said Sunset Park Councilman Carlos Menchaca.
A modern row house has taken the place of a deteriorating 19th century wood-frame dwelling in Clinton Hill.
It will have affordable housing as well as market rate apartments, office and retail space.
Work has finally moved forward at the former BookCourt space and the new steel structure has topped out.
The designer is known for unusual forms that play with privacy and openness, including a bushy apartment tower that seems to defy its materials.
The building, designed by SLCE Architects, replaces the former home of the administrative offices of the Brooklyn Law School.
The Collective's ambitious expansion plans include apartments, hotel rooms and public space on the site of the iconic theater and hub of Afrocentrism.