Ratner: 'Fort Greene, I've Got You Surrounded'
Man, it’s getting hard to keep up with all the towers that are sprouting up in Downtown Brooklyn. Yesterday, Curbed ran some renderings of Bruce Ratner’s latest project at 80 Dekalb Avenue aka 625 Fulton Street. The 36-story, Costas Kondylis-designed silver scraper will have 369 apartments spread out over 335,187 square feet. As we saw…
Man, it’s getting hard to keep up with all the towers that are sprouting up in Downtown Brooklyn. Yesterday, Curbed ran some renderings of Bruce Ratner’s latest project at 80 Dekalb Avenue aka 625 Fulton Street. The 36-story, Costas Kondylis-designed silver scraper will have 369 apartments spread out over 335,187 square feet. As we saw when we swung by at the end of the day, demolition of the existing three- and four-story building that runs most of the way towards Fulton from Dekalb is in full swing. Curbed reported that the property is listed as a rental on the Kondylis site, but we bet nothing’s set in stone just yet. Anyone know if this has an affordable housing component? For political reasons alone we suspect it will.
Kondylis + Ratner on DeKalb Avenue [Curbed] GMAP P*Shark DOB
Just because the population is growing doesn’t mean we have to destroy the fabric of our neighborhoods. The people in Manhattan never gave a damn about BK when these neighborhoods were in a bad way and now we are supposed to live in high rise, high traffic pollution because they want to live here! What a joke.
I agree. Its a great area for something of this size. And what they are tearing down was a pos.
The debate is not about whether or not to build to ‘tawwwwlll’. That is an issue. But the more central argument/discussion is the ‘a.b.u.s.e’ of eminent domain and the circumvention of the approval process (i.e., accurate reporting, accurate research and fact-finding and, including the community in the process). Many of these buildings are going up so quickly and covertly that they’re causing whiplash amongst residents of the community. We’re not all anti-development and anti-‘tawll’ as so many ‘progress’ advocates like to suggest. There is just too much crooked, back-door, sweet heart deals going on that involves the use of eminent domain. I believe this is the biggest gripe of the community, not development or progress. Look, the Forte went up rather quickly with nary a protest. The same can be said of the Oro, the Avalon and many others of the new developments going up in the area. They are rarely protested.
Focus and the spotlight is being placed on Atlantic Yards and the Underground Railroad houses because these involve surreptitious dealings that are marked by eminent domain abuse.
Oh yeah. I forgot bstoner is full of nice, intelligent, and reasonable people, and that I stopped reading Curbed.
This looks like it’s going to be a great building. And it’s being built in a location that could really use a change.
These debates about development are really provincial. We live across the river from Manhattan. There are $18 million dollar townhouses that have high rise buildings as one of the walls of their gardens. All these doomsayers need to get on the subway and tour Manhattan. Development is important. The population of this town isn’t getting any smaller…Just ’cause you’re here doesn’t mean other people can’t.
I agree. Tall buildings are appropriate for this area of Brooklyn. I swear, some people will hate anything taller than 45 feet, assuming that it contains no fedders ac.
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‘stoner, the GMAP link is wrong – it points to 375 Myrtle.
This is DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN! What is so wrong with tall buildings? Why are you all so short sighted? Growth is good. Good for the rich and good for the poor. You can’t freeze Brooklyn in time.