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Downtown Brooklyn’s Edison Building to Be Considered as an Individual Landmark
The Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to add the Brooklyn Edison Building on Adams Street to its calendar for possible designation as an individual landmark.
Construction Wrapping Up at Brooklyn Tower as Podium Facade Installed, Move-ins Happening
The skyline-altering 93-story, 550-unit SHoP-designed supertall looks a lot like its renderings.
Migrants Sell Snacks in Downtown Brooklyn While Waiting on Work Permits
More than half a dozen immigrants have set up makeshift stands at the Jay Street MetroTech subway station and are selling candy and snacks as they look to cover their mounting living expenses.
Gage & Tollner Will Likely Be Surrounded by Construction for Years, Then Skyscrapers
Fulton Street’s iconic Gage & Tollner restaurant will likely be the last standing historic building on its Downtown Brooklyn block.
Affordable Housing Lottery Opens to Fill Units in DoBro’s The Hub, Starting at $833 a Month
An affordable housing lottery has opened for 12 vacant apartments — and a waitlist — in the amenity-packed Downtown Brooklyn skyscraper The Hub, with rents starting at $833 a month for a studio.
https://newyorkyimby.com/2024/07/permits-filed-for-30-story-tower-at-188-duffield-street-in-downtown-brooklyn.html
Landmarked Duffield Street Houses Unexpectedly Sold as DoBro Development Site for $10 MillionI like this building. It is very subdued and unpretentious. I could see this on the Main Street of some mid-western city such as Cedar Rapids or Omaha. Both of which I'm sure, were tempermentally and spiritually closer to Old Brooklyn than the overwrought Pagan city across the harbor.
Building of the Day: 471-479 Fulton StreetThank you for such a clear summary. This building looks very attractive with it's art deco-style spires. I don't see this as the 'Manhattanization" of Brooklyn. It is more like Downtown Brooklyn is finally growing into the true business hub it deserves to be. If these tall developments were popping up all over the borough, that would of course be another matter. But for now they seem to be confined to downtown, which is good. I'm sure there'll be lots of moaning from the usual suspects who are anti-everything. But I feel positive about this development.
Everything You Need to Know About Brooklyn’s Future Tallest Buildingyou forgot district 14 and the proposed school at Greenpoint Landing. It is already sited, but design has not started.
Your Guide to Brooklyn’s In-the-Works Middle and Elementary Schools