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Thanks for this item. PLG is like what most Brooklyn brownstone neighborhoods used to be lime.
Hunt for Bargains at the Neighborhood-Wide PLG Stoop and Sidewalk SaleLiterally a “nitpick”
The Palisade at the End of the L Train: How Canarsie Got Its NameSo long as there is a wide disparity between value and affordability, no government program can solve affordability through wealth transfer. Instead, it gives outsize windfalls to a select lucky few.
How New York City Can Create Genuinely Affordable HousingI’m not sure who decided that BIG was a qualified architecture firm to build in NYC, but they have consistently designed the ugliest architecture we have to date. This rendering for the Gowanus neighborhood just adds insult to injury. His west 57th street and The Eleventh towers are just monstrosities; completely out of scale, proportion and material context to their neighborhoods. We should never allow another hideous building of his to deface our beautiful city. Period.
New Renderings Show Towering Concrete Gowanus Project by Bjarke Ingels