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| DATE | 2003-12-05 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] BRAND NEW B'KLYN
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Better 20 years late than never
On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 08:38:14PM -0000, Inker, Evan wrote:
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> BRAND NEW B'KLYN
> By HEIDI SINGER
>
> http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/12361.htm
>
> December 2, 2003 -- Downtown Brooklyn will become a financial, shopping and
> cultural mecca with new skyscrapers and tree-lined, Parisian-type boulevards
> under a bold master plan unveiled yesterday.
> City officials said the $100 million plan, which would spruce up streets and
> allow taller buildings along Willoughby Street, Fulton Street and Flatbush
> Avenue, will halt the flow of corporate jobs and taxes to Jersey City and
> other points west of the Hudson.
>
> In addition to new stores and housing, the plan would turn underachieving
> Flatbush Avenue into a lush Champs Elysées, making it one of the great
> avenues of New York.
>
> "It will be a place everyone wants to walk," said Amanda Burden, chairwoman
> of the City Planning Commission, which certified the mayor's Economic
> Development Corp. plan yesterday. It now begins a seven-month
> public-approval process.
>
> A tree-lined public square, surrounded by three, 35- to 45-story office
> towers, would be built on the southern side of Willoughby between Gold and
> Duffield streets. The scheme would replace the current mix of parking lots,
> stores and apartments.
>
> Downtown Brooklyn is already a major transportation hub, but the MTA
> promised to improve transit in the area by upgrading some stations and
> putting subway entrances inside buildings.
>
> Roughly 130 apartments will be destroyed and 50 to 60 businesses, mostly
> small retail shops, will be torn down. Owners and tenants will be relocated.
>
>
> Nearly seven acres could be seized to create the square, housing and two
> commercial towers.
> But the plan alters the zoning code so that owners can sell their low-rise
> buildings to developers who will tear them down to build modern high-rises.
> Under the new zoning, tall buildings could soar above the landmark
> Williamsburg Savings Bank clock tower and could become a sticking point
> among neighborhood activists.
>
> The plan will require City Council approval.
>
> As a potential candidate for mayor, Council Speaker Gifford Miller
> (D-Manhattan) may be especially sensitive to community concerns about
> traffic congestion and parking, a council source said.
>
> Mike McGurk, owner of Kevin Barry's Pub, said he'd happily consider selling
> his Willoughby Street building to the highest bidder.
>
> "Depends on the money," he smiled. "Every building in the world is for sale
> if the money's right."
>
> The plan came as a shock to Noor Mayan, who bought Luther's Fried Chicken
> last week.
>
> Mayan, who was already making plans to renovate the popular chicken shack,
> had no idea he'd bought a restaurant that could turn into an office tower if
> his landlord decides to sell.
>
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