What a Difference a Week Makes on Washington
The Pratt Area Community Council demolished another floor of this old brownstone on Washington Avenue between Fulton and Gates last weekend. At the current pace, the whole thing should be gone by the end of the month. Kinda makes you wonder how much of a priority the group really places on the architecture of the…
The Pratt Area Community Council demolished another floor of this old brownstone on Washington Avenue between Fulton and Gates last weekend. At the current pace, the whole thing should be gone by the end of the month. Kinda makes you wonder how much of a priority the group really places on the architecture of the Fulton Mall.
What’s Happening at 483 Washington [Brownstoner] GMAP
Didn’t somebody mentioned a few weeks ago that at the Clinton Hill society meeting they talked about the development of this lot, maybe we should ask them what is going to happen to it, hopefully Mr Brownstoner you will get some answers from PACC…..
So, all you Brownstone owners and wannabes–are you interested in renting the apartment in your carefully restored historic site to families that have lived in Clinton Hill for generations but can’t afford to live here anymore because they make the median family income in NYC (less than $50k for the household) and feed and clothe their families? PACC is interested in those families–working people who want to live in a neighborhood that is safe and has schools where their kids can be safe and learn how to be good citizens.
The Wash. Ave. building was a squat for quite some time before it was emptied out a year or so ago. There was a guy living in a car in front of the building for the next year until they started preliminary work a few months ago (starting with the rat removal and tons of crap that had been dumped out the windows into the yeard).
If the building had been in the historic district, that would have been another story. But it was not. And I don’t think there was much to preserve.
I think there’s a general confusion between Pratt, PACC and PCCD. With respect to ‘warehousing’, I remember hearing that one of these organization owns the buildings on myrtle (close to adelphi). Some of these buildings have been left in a half-demolished state for over a month now.
Off subject, but given what’s erected there now, I’d prefer PACC over the developers of the Classon Twin Towers anyday! What a monstrosity! How could these guys get it SO WRONG! What a waste of a prime location. The project could have made a meaningful impact in the area and jump started the entire Fulton Renaissance! >;-o
The building at Washington Ave is gone as of this morning (just basement and rubble left). The neighborhood, and the future residents of the new condos to be built there, deserves better. Especially in light of the building being approx. 20 feet outside the historic district. Granted, it was derelict and rat-infested, but to tear it down? I’d love to hear PACC’s views on the new building’s design and welcome a commitment from Ms. Howard to maintain continuity with the surrounding neighborhood.
I don’t know much about PACC, except that they did the rebuild on the Gibb Mansion (218 Gates) which I love! They kept the original building rather than tearing it down and putting up some new crappy housing. So, there is at least some past history of keeping historic and unique housing stock in the area. Prior to the renovation the mansion was a low cost hotel that catered to working girls, their clients and the crackheads that loved them. The current usage is much more in keeping with the neighborhood. Contrast that with the other mansion that stood next door that wsa torn down and replaced by psuedo-Fedders housing. Here’s hoping the folks at PACC can be pursuaded to keep the Classon property as well
it’s ‘PCCD’not ‘PACD’.
I am sure we will all welcome hearing the truth from the organization itself vs. people who know nothing about it making all kinds of outrageous charges with nothing to back it up.
For what it’s worth, there are several examples on the PACC website of derelict buildings that were rehabbed rather than torn down…