Soaring City Tech Tower Cut Down to Size
Forest City Ratner’s plans to develop the tallest building in Brooklyn are no more, according to an article in the Daily News. The Renzo Piano-designed City Tech tower on Jay Street was supposed to reach 100 stories, with CUNY facilities on lower floors and condos on upper levels. Now Piano is off the job and…
Forest City Ratner’s plans to develop the tallest building in Brooklyn are no more, according to an article in the Daily News. The Renzo Piano-designed City Tech tower on Jay Street was supposed to reach 100 stories, with CUNY facilities on lower floors and condos on upper levels. Now Piano is off the job and the building may only be built to a modest 10 stories. City Tech’s whittling follows a deal collapse between FCR and CUNY; according to an FCR-CUNY statement, the ambitious project could not be reconciled with the college’s immediate need to move forward with a first-class academic space to serve its growing student enrollment.” A Brooklyn Paper story on the collapsed deal quotes Councilman David Yassky as saying FCR’s decision probably has to do with Bruce Ratner’s iffy finances and the fact that many developers are reconsidering residential construction. He may be overextended right now, said Yassky. Look, a lot of developers are re-evaluting their numbers and feel that residential buildings don’t work right now, he said. Whatever the logic is behind the decision, it seems like a pretty big blow to the ongoing plans to change the face of Downtown Brooklyn.
Ratner Tower Whittled Down [NY Daily News]
Ratner Kills Mr. Brooklyn [Brooklyn Paper]
Development Watch: City Tech Tower, Take 2 [Brownstoner]
There are very few things in this city I hate with the exception of irrational and ignorant NIMBYs ruining the city and costing the city and it’s people money for much needed services. They stand in the way of the American Dream of home ownership. Very selfish and very greedy.
12:53. Says you. I would have loved to move in.
Uh-oh. People actually disagree with the nimby haters. Cry me a river sore losers.
It doesn’t matter how beautiful the rendering of the building was. The point is that a 100 story, largely residential building at that location was an absurd idea.
This whole thread has been taken over by nimby haters! It’s so pathetic the nimby haters label anyone who disagrees with their narrow views about buildings has too be called a “ratner minion”. You are a fucktard. Please shove a black-cat up your rear.
The whole thread has been taken over my Ratner’s minions. They have been known to hijack any thread on AY and we now see it with this thread.
It’s sad.
Yes 12:35 – pointing out the INDISPUTABLE facts makes you a ratner minion – No reason we should let the truth get in the way of our agenda.
Look at all the haters of everything come out in force on this nimby website. This building is a beautiful building. Besides the old nimbys who hate diversity in their cities, be it people of different races or different architectural styles in a given area, a vast majority of people love this building and what it would do for the greater good of the city and borough.
12:38 = ratner minion