Brooklyn Botanic Garden Launches Exhibition That Warns of Shadows From Proposed Towers
Brooklyn Botanic Garden leaders are fighting back against a proposed new development that would block crucial morning sunlight to its gardens and greenhouses.
Expert: Spice Factory Towers Would Kill Half Botanic Garden Plants in Decade
A Brooklyn Botanic Garden horticulturalist warns the shadows from a proposed development will devastate the collection of rare and exotic plants, our sister pub Brooklyn Paper reports.
Renderings of Crown Heights Spice Factory Development Show Pair of 39-Story Towers
If public approval is not granted for a rezoning of what was once the Consumer’s Park Brewing Company, the buildings can be no more than 70 feet tall with about 581 apartments instead of 1,590.
Community Board 9 Agrees on Not Rezoning Crown Heights Spice Factory
PLG and Crown Heights residents oppose 37-story housing towers on the site of an old spice factory and historic brewery near Prospect Park.
Developing Consumer’s Park Brewery: The Fleeting Spice of Life
Loft and factory conversions are the stuff of the modern Brooklyn lifestyle dream. Why destroy one of Brooklyn's last remaining breweries?
