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July 1, 2012
The demise of the (structurally unsound) 1866 Church of the Redeemer near the arena and the mitigation plan (for shadows only) not implemented
Atlantic Yards Report
As reported by Brownstoner and the Brooklyn Paper, the Church of the Redeemer, a non-landmarked 1866 Gothic Revival church at the northwest corner of Pacific Street and Fourth Avenue, is structurally unsound and will be demolished.
It will be replaced by a much larger building, up to 120 feet, and is expected to include a church. Commenters wonder whether it will be an improvement on some of the undistinguished residential buildings just down the block.
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Under the plan for Atlantic Yards, the project sponsors were supposed to help mitigate one set of impacts on the church--shadows--by fixing the windows.
But that plan, never implemented because the nearby building has not been built, would not have addressed the fundamental problems faced by a building, as a Brownstoner commenter suggested, with a crumbling foundation, the result of construction completed long before the adjacent subway was built.
Posted by steve at July 1, 2012 7:49 PM