Post 2/2 (Park Slope and BedStuy low rises.) Dec 29th
PARK SLOPE, 441 & 467 Prospect Avenue Rezoning
Once again, NIMBY’s hate this and are trying to kill it.
And this absolutely beautiful gem in BUSHWICK!!! Wowwww!
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“These challenges can and should be addressed.”
How? These are intractable problems that have no solutions. It would be easier to engineer a manned mission to the surface of Jupiter.
I didn’t think the New York Times would resort to this level of low-grade clickbait, yet here we are.
What? They are completely solvable
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This is actually a great article. For all its faults, I do commend the NYT for pushing pro-development stories recently.
Here is another one from today
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Says the guy who consistently posts articles from the New York Post 
(just busting your balls)
Honestly, I thought that was a great informative article from an architect who did a lot of data analysis and wanted to share his one piece of the pie to solve the housing crisis. I don’t see how it’s clickbait, the headline very much matches the contents of the article
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I do wonder whether 500,000 new homes (enough for 1.3 million people), as large aa that sounds, would honestly make a significant dent in the cost of rent or condos. Wonder if it would just induce greater demand from around the country and globe and we just end where we are currently anyway. Not that we shouldn’t do it either way.
There are several really great points in here (the 2nd Times article posted) about addressing the zoning and regulation issues that city council and state legislatures should heed, but I do not at all agree with taking down our historic buildings. That post-war crappy building in Canarsie, sure get rid of that. But a brownstone in Brooklyn Heights, or nice historic townhouse on the Upper West Side, get the f outta here. The historic urban fabric of New York is what gives it its character and makes it desirable. We actually need to expand on the historic preservation effort and proceed with the plan as stated in the first NYTimes article of building on underutilized plots.
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I agree with you; don’t support at all the intention to demolish historic neighborhoods. Surely there is a way to build more homes without erasing the city’s history and charm.
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This is a dream of mine. Imagine if all the cornices in the city were reinstalled. Nothing bugs me more than seeing “bald” late 19th century buildings with a missing cornice.
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I walked by this building for over 15 years and always wondered how good it would look if they restored it to its formal glory. I was so surprised when the scaffolding went down and revealed the restoration. The windows were also replaced with new ones. They look so much better. The only detail they couldn’t fix was the patches of different bricks. I’ll try to get close ups tomorrow.
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Anyone have any ideas what’s going on with this area in NYC, near Hudson Yards? Trying to figure out what’s being done there …
That whole lot is the Terminal Warehouse, the imagery is just outdated.
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Got it - thank you!
Here are a couple of pics of the new windows and restored entrance
The Shirley A. Chisholm State Office Building
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Brooklyn needs to export some of its architectural creativity to Queens.
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