City Council Backs Tweaked Development Near Brooklyn Botanic Garden
The City Council greenlit a rezoning proposal that will allow a long-planned development to rise on ...
Tag: Spice Factory
New Deal: Proposed Spice Factory Tower Won’t Shadow Botanic Garden After All
After years of back and forth, it looks like Continuum’s planned residential tower on the former S...
Developer Pulls Plug on Second Try for Garden-Threatening Spice Factory Towers
In a surprising twist, developer Continuum Company is throwing in the towel on its controversial rez...
Crowd Defends, Again, Botanic Garden From Development Shadows at Heated Hearing
Teachers, students, community gardeners, city planners, union workers, Brooklynites barely old enoug...
Botanic Garden Backers and Developers Face Off, Again, Over Shady Tower
By Ashley Borja This article was originally published on July 17 at 5:51 p.m. EDT by THE CITY ...
Proposed Crown Heights Build Would Cast Harmful Shadows on Botanic Garden
A planned 14-story building on Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights, next door to the former Spice Facto...
End Nears for Crown Heights Spice Factory as Developers Seek Demo Permit and New Rezoning
In a surprise twist, after a failed Crown Heights rezoning whose resulting 39-story towers and their...
With Light-Blocking Tower Plan Dead, Spice Factory Owners Plan Mid-Rise Building in Crown Heights
The controversial Spice Factory site in Crown Heights could someday hold a modest six-story resident...
CB9 Votes Against Towers at Crown Heights Spice Factory, Citing Harm to Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Community Board 9 in Crown Heights voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to disapprove the controversial...
City Must Ensure All Can Give Public Testimony Before Crown Heights Rezoning Can Resume
Citing the difficulties of accessing virtual community meetings for those without Internet access, a...
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