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The development company that's pushing for a special rezoning approval to construct several residential buildings by the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn came under fire at a Neighborhood Association meeting in Carrol Gardens last night, with two local architects dismissing the project renderings as deceptive. Chris McVoy and John Hatheway maintained that the developer, Toll Brothers, has provided renderings that make their tallest building—which would be 12 stories and 125 feet high—look more like 85 feet.
Furthermore, the developer's seductive renderings for a lush esplanade along the canal omit the tall buildings that would turn the promenade "into a canyon"—so McVoy and Hatheway put the buildings into the picture to show what it would really look like. The ambitious project is currently at the mercy of the local community board, and last night the neighborhood association was urged to rally against it. While the rest of the area is awaiting rezoning from manufacturing to residential, Toll Brothers are seeking a "spot-rezoning" for their 3.4-acre property in order to move forward now.
Blogger Pardon Me for Asking was in attendance and reports that the main objections have to do with the out-of-scale height of the largest building, which would "tower over Carroll Gardens' historic core." McVoy and Hatheway presented an alternative, seven story design to give Toll Brothers something to think about, but McVoy also stressed that because the developer "jumped the gun" by moving forward before the area was rezoned, the community now has more leverage over what they want to build. A Community Board meeting last month was indecisive.
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OMG! 85 feet instead of 125 feet! The world is coming to an end! We want single story industrial buildings for life!
These nibmys in Carroll Gardens are disgusting.
What would Greenwich Village look like today if people protested the 200+ foot apartment houses that were built there before people decided the wanted NYC to be Kansas?
This is BLOCKS away from anything remotely historic. It's a friggin' industrial park next to a Lowes for god's sake!
Oh, and is anyone surprised the event in question is filled with a bunch of selfish old geezers?
I'm so glad the stock market is tanking, they will retire in poverty! I cannot wait until we are free of these cursed baby boomer scum.
These NIMBYs can rest easy: their precious industrial wasteland will remain just that for the next thirty years.
why are 12 story apartment buildings the answer to everything? Gowanus has been abused by industry forever why not turn the whole area into a park for the community. Driving along 3rd ave is already unbearable anytime during the day. We don't need anymore people here.
"why are 12 story apartment buildings the answer to everything? Gowanus has been abused by industry forever why not turn the whole area into a park for the community. Driving along 3rd ave is already unbearable anytime during the day. We don't need anymore people here."
this is almost the exact definition of NIMBY. NY is estimated to grow by an additional million people in 15 years. You would have them all move to NJ where they won't pay NY taxes or income taxes and still use our roads and work in NY City. You may not be able to continue to drive down 3rd avenue as all those people us alternatives as the roads elsewhere stack up. Cleaning up the Gowanus and its surrounding areas will cost millions. If you had it your way it still would be a swamp and we would be heating with coal.
I do have an issue if the drawings were deceptive, but I think that is more a way to show the height in the eye of the beholder. Would be you be happier with seven stories buildings all around the block? probably not...