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
We may have mixed up PACC and PACD but we rectified it as soon as it was pointed out. The fact remains that this building is being destroyed and, it sounds from some of the comments that this isn’t the first time the group has torn down an old building in pursuit of its agenda. We’d like to know for sure the extent to which this has happened–hopefully not as much as it sounds. All we can say is if the two buildings on Classon get torn down we’re going to have a cow. The “warehousing” effect is also disturbing at first glance, but once again we don’t know the facts to put such claims into perspective. BTW, we’re going to send an email to PACC to ask for their input and perspective right now.
Sorry about that. That nepotism comment really made me see red. them’s fightin’ words…
Sorry about that. That nepotism comment really made me see red. them’s fightin’ words…
I agree with BrownBomber.
CH – please simmer down…..the name calling is highly inappropriate….
Brownstoner–
You should really invite Deb Howard the director of PACC to comment. This thread is so full of baloney it’s ridiculous. And you started it with your misleading post. Please back this up with some real information. I realize that you are NOT a journalist, and really have no accountability, but I hate to see a well-respected community group get it’s name dragged through the mud by a bunch of knee-jerk, know-nothing morons.
I’m curious because I don’t know really anything about PACC. From their website they seem to be mostly a tenant advocacy group. What other types of projects are they involved in and where do they secure funding? Thanks.
Okay, can you tell me why PACC bought those buildings on Classon? Don’t you consider them to be beautiful buildings (albeit shells)? What is their fate? Won’t they also get demolished like that other building on washington?
I’m ranting a bit because I’ve grown annoyed with all these so called grassroots organizations that appear to me to be more self-serving and overtaken with nepotism. It seems to me that the only ones who are ‘benefitting’ from PACC and other similar organizations are close relations.
Fort Greene and Clinton Hill no longer require their assistance; not even Bed-Stuy for that matter. They should move on to Ocean Hill, Brownsville and East New York. Twenty years ago they filled a vacuum. Today they’re doing more harm then good. Warehousing so much property for years and years only serves to stifle the natural growth and development of a community. FG and CH no longer need PACC’s training wheels to get ahead.