“In June of 2014, the city’s Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA) approved a variance for New York Methodist Hospital’s new eight-story, 500,000-square-foot Center for Community Health expansion at 515 6th Street, in Park Slope. A settlement between the hospital and Preserve Park Slope has since scaled the project down from seven to six stories, eliminating 28,000 square feet of medical space.”
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Forgot I had an update. JB’s got it.
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Interesting to see this taking shape and recall what was proposed.
Initially, they proposed something quite sheer and massive on the side facing the historic district:
http://www.preserveparkslope.org/renderings/
It went through a number of rounds of revisions, and as the result of a settlement with a community group, it was reduced in height:
http://www.preserveparkslope.org/settlement-illustrations/
Also as a result of the settlement, local preservation architects collaborated with the project architects to make contextual improvements to the facade:
http://www.preserveparkslope.org/design-team-results/
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