Tower To Go Up Next Door to BAM?
According to Brooklyn Papers, The Clarett Group, which has developed four luxury residential towers in Manhattan, has gobbled up three lots next door to the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Located at the corner of Fulton and Ashland Place, the properties fall under C6-4 zoning, which would enable the developer to build a 20-story hotel or…
According to Brooklyn Papers, The Clarett Group, which has developed four luxury residential towers in Manhattan, has gobbled up three lots next door to the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Located at the corner of Fulton and Ashland Place, the properties fall under C6-4 zoning, which would enable the developer to build a 20-story hotel or office tower as of right and possibly as many as 30 stories of residential. No permits have been filed, but neighbors believe the existing buildings will be demolished.
Hotel Harvey [Brooklyn Papers] GMAP
So everyone think the FG Houses are here to stay or no? I just cant imagine that considering the cities financial situation, we’d actually be renovating the projects. That sounds like a big rumor to me. Ive never known a metropolitan city to update public housing and then relocate its residents temporarily…
I could be wrong. Anyone work for the city and have some inside information on how the decision is made to demolish (or not) public housing projects? Or if they actually “renovate” tons of apartments? I heard a lot about that in Chicago, but not in NYC.
Hi rise and cluster project are bad for people living inside and for surroundings. Projects, because of its design; modernist set back tower and its hi density of poverty don’t want to gentrify/improve and accumulate 90 of the city crime. It is the biggest architectural mistake.
If you think about it most of the project was build to replace low rise 19 century architecture. If there were never built it would be nice areas by now full of gentrifying hipsters. (Lower east side is a good example, has projects and “old school†city blocks, the difference is obvious)
Racist planers like R Moses put all minorities and poor in big hi raise ghettos instead of reusing of the old city stock. Also low income housing should be spread out and mix with the rest of the city never in big clusters.
Oh ok, i apologize public policy…sorry. Wrote too quickly
Anonymous at 9:26, did you think we were in disagreement? I agree whole heartedly that prime real estate should not be used for housing projects. Like I said, I don’t think any real estate should be used for housing projects. Not sure why you thought I was contradicting you.
Scattered-site public housing is probably better than these high-density towering projects.
to anon, you make no sense. Plus, 99.9 percent of the people buying are not “trust fund rats”. They work long hard hours to be able to afford these places. You sound like a real bitter loser.
“The appalling #s you will find are not the fault of the good people who live there, it is the fault of the virtual prison they’ve been forced into”
Gimme a break..where do I start? If its all good people in the projects, we wouldnt have any issues with them being there and it wouldnt be a virtual prison. There are great, and not so great people in the projects. Thats a fact. But the point of this was to say that there is absolutely no reason that prime, waterfront property should be dedicated to free housing, especially in neighborhoods where homes are in the 1-3MM range. Its horrible to be poor, but If I cant afford to live in Fort Greene/Brooklyn Heights/Park Slope, I shouldnt be there….
Exactly, so HOPEFULLY they are moving…
Have you ever even been to the projects? I have. I’m a lifelong resident of the area and have known many people who grew up in the Walt Whitman houses. I know exactly what I’m talking about. Look at the statistics of unemployment and crime in any city housing project. The appalling #s you will find are not the fault of the good people who live there, it is the fault of the virtual prison they’ve been forced into.
No one who truly cares about the city’s poor would EVER recommend the construction of housing projects. They were an idea of a past generation that had good intentions, but they turned out horribly and are thankfully not being repeated anymore.