Diesel Dan (not verified) | Fri, 08/31/2007 - 10:15am
..than immense public housing projects in the middle of brownstone Brooklyn.
Should we raze them and replace with townhouses? Or better yet, convert them into desperately needed parkland?
I agree, hideous post-modern residential high rises are not the face of Brooklyn. Rental housing should be eliminated from Atlantic Yards, and replaced with additional office space. Yes, it'll still be ugly - but Brooklyn desperately needs its own economy. If most affluent Brooklynites are nothing more than Manhattan commuters, they'll never develop a sense of place.
..than immense public housing projects in the middle of brownstone Brooklyn.
Should we raze them and replace with townhouses? Or better yet, convert them into desperately needed parkland?
I agree, hideous post-modern residential high rises are not the face of Brooklyn. Rental housing should be eliminated from Atlantic Yards, and replaced with additional office space. Yes, it'll still be ugly - but Brooklyn desperately needs its own economy. If most affluent Brooklynites are nothing more than Manhattan commuters, they'll never develop a sense of place.