Development Watch: Berkeley Carroll Expansion
The photo above shows the site of what will eventually be the Berkeley Carroll School’s addition for its middle/upper school at 181 Lincoln Place. The plan, which the LPC OK’d more than a year ago, also involves reconstructing the school’s annex (click through to see a photo of that building). This Flickr page has some…
The photo above shows the site of what will eventually be the Berkeley Carroll School’s addition for its middle/upper school at 181 Lincoln Place. The plan, which the LPC OK’d more than a year ago, also involves reconstructing the school’s annex (click through to see a photo of that building). This Flickr page has some renderings that give a sense of how the project is supposed to turn out; it will result in “a new cafeteria, state-of-the-art student study area, and five new classrooms,” according to the school’s site.
LPC Gives Thumbs-Up to Berkeley Carroll Expansion [Brownstoner]
CB6 Land Use Approves Berkeley Carroll Expansion Plans [Brownstoner]
Berkeley Carroll Expansion Stirs Up The Neighborhood [Brownstoner]
Re DIBS: Speaking as a long-term resident adjacent to the site (I can see the tree in my back yard in the photo), I emphatically say YES!. The 1976 addition that first filled in the back area (now being demolished for a larger space) was rushed in before the area was landmarked, the hulking 1990s addition was approved (despite a flawed shadow study and ‘non-historic’ design), and last year CB6 and LPC rolled over following pressure by Park Slope Civic Council (convenient that the former PSCC president is on the Board of the School). Noise and usage has only increased over the last 40+ years as the school expanded from a small all-girls school to their present size.
School full of entitled, bullying asswipes.
Yes, DIBS. because it not only kicked out the daycare facility that was in their building, the headmaster punched all the little children in the stomach one-by-one and said, “Get out you little cretins!”
Dave,
Norah Jones was also called a bad neighbor for doing what was legally within her rights of what she wanted to do with her property. In the world of whiny Brooklyn Brownstone frownstoners, everyone considers someone a bad neighbor for some asinine reason.
Hasn’t this school been described as a really bad neighbor when it comes to these construction activities???
Rob — If you’re paying $500,000+ for your kid’s Pre-K through 12th Grade schooling, you probably expect a nice cafeteria.
quote:
“a new cafeteria, state-of-the-art student study area, and five new classrooms,”
all as schools in LESS manhattan-like sections of brooklyn crumble and fail..
*rob*