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Construction Begins on 42-Story Tower on Flatbush Avenue http://www.brooklyneagle.com/inc/min...&szerokosc=200 by Linda Collins 01-03-2011 Quote:
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Flatbush Avenue is quickly becoming the newest core of Downtown Brooklyn.
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Awesome. I hope to see lots of picture/text updates on this. First new construction of the year?
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this is amazing news!!! go Brooklyn!!!
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Great news; Brooklyn is continuing to grow vertically.
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Wow... Flatbush! Who would have ever thought Flatbush would get a generic tower like that? They built that exact same tower on Broadway & 68th in 1994.
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^ Flatbush Avenue has been a target of city planning and has seen recent residential developments. Didn't expect things to pick up there again so soon though.
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This is great for Brooklyn. I hope to see more proposals some day.
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I'm sure it will look like shit, but if for some unfathomable reason they actually use good materials it'll be pretty nice.
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It's unlikely to be worse than the so-so towers a few blocks away (Avalon, Oro), and also unlikely to be better than the nicer buildings (Toren, DKLBBKLN). That seems reasonable for Brooklyn. There are a few other towers breaking ground in the coming months as well, but this is probably the "first" of the year.
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I'm not crazy about the tower itself, but it's some nice height to Brookyln's downtown area. I'd love to see an expanding skyline on that side of the river.
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good news! still hoping for a 200m+ tower for brooklyn! :cheers:
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They actually proposed one a short while back (City Tech Tower), and it was supposed to have been 1,000 feet tall, but NIMBY's shot it down. If you want to know a bit more the building is on an existing thread on the Never Built areas of the forums.
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^ That was never proposed to be 1,000 ft tall, just some misinformation at the time.
Still, here's a look at some of the developments we've seen over the past couple of years. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/re...9cov.html?_r=2 Suddenly, a Brooklyn Skyline http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/...ticleLarge.jpg Brooklyn’s new towers include, from left, Oro, Avalon Fort Greene, Toren and DKLB BKYN http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/...span-popup.jpg Oro, which is doing its bit to change the profile of Brooklyn, has views of a more famous skyline. http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/...cov4-popup.jpg 38 STORIES Toren http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/...cov5-popup.jpg 40 STORIES oro http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/...-map-popup.jpg By JAKE MOONEY January 7, 2011 Quote:
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Holy shytsa! I didn't know there were tall buildings in Brooklyn. Pretty cool! Crazy how fast it's growing too.
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^^^ Yes there are but I hope one day the neighborhood will build character or will be desirable to live or to visit.
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^ It's a work in progress, but also surrounded by some of the best neighborhoods in Brooklyn and the City.
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:previous: (downtown) brooklyn already has a great density, now all it needs is height, height and height! :D
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^ I'd settle for a 700 footer for now.
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