This is a VIBE
This tower is gorgeous and would make for an incredible megatall if it was 1000 feet taller.
Great photo 5B! You are an artist.
Thanks guys. Dramatic weather = dramatic photo ( + the view down Flatbush is iconic).
They won’t go taller than the aviation lighting, which you can see in the close-ups.
Ah,gotcha - so the white pole on the soutwest side is the aviation lighting then. When are they required to put that up, as soon as the building tops out? I haven’t noticed it before.
EDIT: Also curious what those brass U-brackets would be for…
The U-shape things, depending on which you mean, may be what I think is the aviation lighting. They often come in pairs for redundancy.
Four pairs.
The rods for the aviation lighting (which is indeed what the yellow U shaped objects are) and the lightning rod went up in January at the same time the supporting steel for the crown extensions were installed. There are 6, one in each corner. But yes, I’d say in general that they are installed once a building tops out.
Thank you both for filling in the lacunae in my lightning rod & aviation light knowledge!
Right. I believe aviation lighting is required during all phases of construction once the project reaches a certain height, but it is simply installed on the crane(s) until the building tops out.
Love the juxtaposition of 1 Hanson Place / 9 Dekalb in this. The former is 95(!) years old and half the height. It was the tallest building in Brooklyn for 80 years.
Are there any “Brooklyn Tower viable” sites around in DTBK?
Basically like is there anywhere Brooklyn could get another one of these.
This tower was likely just a one-off. However, it is a signal to all the other boroughs that Brooklyn is ready for a higher form of development.
