Wednesday, July 28, 2010
News Is a New Development Battle About to Erupt in Brooklyn?
Posted by Henry Stewart on Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 11:40 AM
- Barf!
Until this weekend, that is.
In a Times article on Sunday—one of those "hey look at this place" pieces—the writers shows his unfamiliarity with the neighborhood by burying the lede. Waaaay down:
New construction is rare in the area, but...one project now going up is in a busy section. A company called Park Tower secured permits in June to build a 24-story, 88-unit building next to the Prospect Park subway stop at 510 Flatbush Avenue.
The developer, it seems, has changed the address decided to use the site's alternate address; the building that got torn down was 27 Lincoln Road, according to the blog Hawthorne Street, which also reports that the Department of Buildings website shows no records of these permits.
A false alarm? Or is another development battle about to erupt in Brooklyn? Or, because it's a largely black neighborhood, will nobody pay attention to the clamoring locals?
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