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As a longtime parishioner at historic St. Boniface next door, all I can think is, there goes the light for our OTHER stained-glass windows. We already lost the first side to the ugly high-rise on the corner. What a sleazy bait-and-switch those poor little houses turned into. They will be tiny ground-level masks for another monument to greed and ugliness. LPC, for shame.
LPC Might Allow Tower That Doesn’t Gut Duffield Street HousesI really love historical stories like this one. I even downloaded the PDF of the book you mentioned and have started to read it. Love Brooklyn history!
Downtown Brooklyn’s Forgotten EmporiumsThank you for this detailed recap of the hearing on the Duffield Houses proposal, great coverage of the many complicated issues that were raised and discussed.
LPC Rejects Plan That Would Gut DoBro’s Duffield Street Houses for 33-Story TowerAs much as I’d love to see some use made of those empty Duffield Street houses this doesn’t seem the right approach. Are the BellTel windows on the lot line? If not, how far are they from the proposed new building?
Proposed DoBro Tower Would Block Neighbors’ Windows, Alter Landmark Row