Park Slope Historic District Likely to Expand
The hard work of the Park Slope Civic Council and others is paying off: On Friday, reports The Observer, the Landmarks Preservation Commission began the process of expanding the Park Slope Historic District by officially “calendaring” the revised boundaries; the move would expand the currently western boundary to the far side of 7th Avenue; currently…
The hard work of the Park Slope Civic Council and others is paying off: On Friday, reports The Observer, the Landmarks Preservation Commission began the process of expanding the Park Slope Historic District by officially “calendaring” the revised boundaries; the move would expand the currently western boundary to the far side of 7th Avenue; currently it stops at 8th Avenue between 5th and 15th Streets and the eastern side of 7th Avenue between 5th and Union Streets. The expanded district would also include a couple of cut-outs that remain unprotected on Prospect Park West. If ultimately approved (which is highly likely) the number of protected buildings would grow from 2,000 to over 2,500. You can read the precise boundary definitions on the LPC website.
Park Slope Historic District To Grow [NYO]
Expanding the Historic District [PSCC]
etson, you’re going to get in big trouble. There are no “ordinary parts of PS.” 🙂
whats that big hole in the zone on 6th st?
phew! spared from the encroaching snob zone! yay
*rob*
I agree with landmarking in principle, but I think this extension is too, um, extensive. The real landmark parts of PS are already covered.
I’m sure there are other parts of NYC and BK that are much more important and distinguished than some of the very ordinary parts of PS covered by the extension. There’s a big difference between 8th & President and 7th & 15th.
This is long overdue. Park Slope like other Brooklyn areas have been waiting for years to get this done. I wish them the best. The Park Slope people have been so helpful with other communities. Crown Heights and Bedford and Stuyvesant Heights really want landmarking also. I hope this all happens to many great buildings that are protected. If Park Slope was in Europe this would not even be a issue.
If you want density, move to the UWS.
Ahh .. . the beginning of a long contentious thread . . .
Woo-hoo! Still out!
(paint your facade pepto-bismol pink while you still can if you are in the expansion area!)
This is terrible — we’re getting up to 10% of the city landmarked, and those areas are closest to the subway.
There’s no cost-benefit tradeoff here — no ability to do reasonable city planning to (for instance) increase density near major subway hubs (like GAP), and we’ve got an un-elected board of historians controlling city policy.
Time to end landmarks.