Public Place Demolition Set to Start
On Friday, the Department of Buildings approved a permit for the demolition of the warehouse at the corner of Smith and Huntington. As Gowanus Lounge points out this morning, the 125,000-square-foot building was added to the Public Place footprint after Hudson Companies beat out Related to win the right to develop the contaminated site; the…
On Friday, the Department of Buildings approved a permit for the demolition of the warehouse at the corner of Smith and Huntington. As Gowanus Lounge points out this morning, the 125,000-square-foot building was added to the Public Place footprint after Hudson Companies beat out Related to win the right to develop the contaminated site; the number of units doubled from 774 to 1,500 with the addition. The building, which used to house the Manufactured Gas Plant, has toxins going more than 100 feet into the ground.
Public Place Update: Warehouse Demo Starting Soon? [Gowanus Lounge]
Hudson Companies Chosen to Develop Public Place [Brownstoner] GMAP
Gowanus Green/Public Place Gets Public Meeting [Brownstoner] P*Shark DOB
Photo from Property Shark
Nice view down into the site from the Manhattan-bound F, and Queens-bound g, trains. Roof is mostly gone.
Aw, you shoulda tipped us off!
Demo started two weeks ago.