purchaseWe just got word that the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted 7 to 2 in favor of demolishing the 1936 Purchase Building, which sits beneath the Brooklyn Bridge. A combination of late-deco and early modernist design, the building will be cleared to create “open space” underneath the bridge. The LPC’s ruling only upholds an earlier recommendation by the Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation which gave the building a thumbs down last Summer in its Environmental Impact Statement. Our reaction? That sucks.
Purchase Bldg Slated for Demo [Brownstoner]


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  1. From what I understand, it is not so much a view of the bridge per se that they want to open up by knocking down the Purchase. It is the view corridor from Old Fulton Pier area up to where the Empire-Fulton Ferry Park is; it is a way to visually connect the two legs of the proposed Brooklyn Bridge Park. Personally, I don’t think we would get much view from knocking it down, and even saving a portion of the building would be nice. Like a previous poster said, it does look like a little bit of “Bauhaus in Brooklyn.”