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December 13, 2006
BREAKING: 70 Lefferts Place Landmarked!
Brownstoner
LPC unanimously approved designating 70 Lefferts Place a NYC individual landmark today. The developer even said, at the public hearing, that he was willing to work within the existing structure to develop condominiums in an adaptive reuse manner.
NoLandGrab: Residents of Clinton Hill have been holding their breath over this one. Many neighborhood activists have been doing double time, working on saving 70 Lefferts Place while trying to save their neighborhood from the impact of Atlantic Yards overdevelopment.
Several of their questions and concerns overlap with the Atlantic Yards fight: * Will the developer listen to the community? * What about adaptive reuse of a historic building? * Can the local elected officials broker a deal satisfactory to all? * Can potential landmarks be saved from the latest wave of outer-borough development?
Congratulations to all involved for their sympathy for their neighborhood and their hard work on this issue.
Posted by lumi at December 13, 2006 8:30 AM