CB2 Nixes “Foreboding” Pineapple Plan
BHB has learned that in a letter to the Landmarks Preservation Commission, Community Board 2 will recommend that the body not approve the proposed "contemporary" design planned for new construction at 73 Pineapple Street:
The Land Use Committee voted 10 in favor, two opposed, one abstention (10-2-1) on June 20, 2007 to recommend disapproval of the application. The committee “disapproved of the horizontal design approach, the window size and configuration, the materials being used and the brick wall on the ground floor which would be at eye level. Members felt the building was foreboding and out of character with neighboring buildings.”
The LPC will review the proposal at its next meeting on August 7.
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Posted : July 26th, 2007 at 12:24 pm by Homer Fink under Development, Landmark Preservation, News.
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Time: August 7, 2007, 10:16 am
[...] As previously reported, the "contemporary" plans for construction on the vacant lot at 73 Pineapple will be reviewed by the Landmark Preservation Commission tomorrow. Community Board 2 has already spoken out against the design calling it "foreboding" in a letter to the LPC. The Brooklyn Heights Association has only commented that it "embraces" new contemporary designs in the neighborhood. [...]
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Time: August 1, 2007, 9:34 am
[...] Plan for 73 Pineapple called "foreboding"… [...]