Back to the Drawing Board for 72 Poplar
The Landmarks Preservation Committee yet again denied the conversion plans for 72 Poplar Street in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District, as reported in the Brooklyn Eagle last week and the Brooklyn Heights Blog yesterday. Not denied, exactly—the board strongly recommended” that the owner, Regal Investments, rethink its plan for this former police station that dates…
The Landmarks Preservation Committee yet again denied the conversion plans for 72 Poplar Street in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District, as reported in the Brooklyn Eagle last week and the Brooklyn Heights Blog yesterday. Not denied, exactly—the board strongly recommended” that the owner, Regal Investments, rethink its plan for this former police station that dates back to 1912. The board felt that the proposed two-story addition was too big and that certain design elements were too disparate from the original design. But the committee hasn’t voted, and will not do so until they receive a final plan from the owners. Bill Punch, an owner of the building, told the Brooklyn Heights Blog, We don’t have any plans yet.” GMAP
Reconsidering—Again—72 Poplar [Brooklyn Heights Blog]
It’s Back to Drawing Board for 2 B’klyn Developments [Brooklyn Eagle]
72 Poplar Whiplash: Residential Again? [Brownstoner]
League Treatment Center To Take Poplar Police Building [Brownstoner]
Heights Residents Want Precinct Housing After All? [Brownstoner] GMAP
Former Heights Precinct Will Not Go Condo [Brownstoner]
Impressive story about the high school where 100 percent of the senior class is going on to college. What wonders cannot be accomplished by a staff that knows what it is doing. They prodded the kids, helped them write their essays, made them do internships. Inspiring.
lalaland- it was Landmarks that sent them back to the drawing board, not the CB.
I say if a developer brings plans that meet guidelines (FAR, landmarks, whatever happens to apply to the property) and the community board rejects it, the onus should be on the CB to provide plans for the developer to approve!
Honestly- what does it take to make the facade more in keeping with the rest of the row? Jeez- the architect can’t figure that one out? I feel the same way when i see the rooftop addition on top of the beautiful old Brd of Ed Building on Livingston. they did a fantastic trompe’oeil (sp.?) on the interior and put a ghastly pile of boxcars on top that looks like it dropped down from an alien ship. Even painting it a color close to the original stone would have been preferable to the incomprehensible battleship gray.