Hi-rise near Brooklyn Botanic Garden appears set to get axed
A developer who has been critical of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and threatened to destroy some of the garden's rare plants says he has been forced to scale back his plans and is backing away from them. The city's Planning Commission on Monday approved plans for a proposed high-rise apartment building, but only for a […]
Hi-rise plans near Brooklyn Botanic Garden get OK from city planners
A controversial high-rise proposal that could overshadow the “sacred” Brooklyn Botanic Garden and damage delicate exotic plants was approved by the city's Planning Commission on Monday. The panel voted Developer Continuum's plans for 962-70 Franklin Ave. were approved by a vote of 9-3. The plan is landscaped but still tall, and garden advocates argued that […]
Revised high-rise plans will still cast shadow over BK Botanic Garden, cause ‘existential harm’ for ‘generations to come’: critics
A fight over a proposed high-rise near the Brooklyn Botanic Garden continues, even though the project’s developers claim they’ve revised the plans so they don’t overshadow the green space. Dozens of critics gathered at a public hearing Wednesday to reject developer Continuum’s pruning proposals, which garden officials argue would still create harmful shade for sun-loving […]