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It's official. Today the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to designate DUMBO a historic district, pending City Council approval.

The investigationcontinues at the Greenpoint Terminal Market. We thought this quote from a Department of Environmental Protection workerin the Daily News summed it up well: "It looks like an atomic bomb hit it. This looks like a war zone. Everything's totally burned down. Fuhgeddaboudit." One concern is that the buildings will collapse, since the structures have been so devastated by the fire, so the Fire Department is going to start tearing down some buildings. In the Times, Baruch Singer, the unsucessful purchaser of the land, is profiled, and it's not pretty:

"Baruch Singer has a long history of putting tenants at jeopardy," said Jonathan Rosen, a spokesman for Housing Here and Now, a coalition of tenants, housing advocates, labor unions and clergy members. "He has among the worst records of any landlord in the city of complying with the housing code and ensuring that his buildings are safe and habitable."

Continue reading "FDNY to Tear Down What's Left at Brooklyn Warehouse"

Looking for something to do this long holiday weekend? If you're as obsessed about architecture as Gothamist, you might want to check out the Fourth Annual Bridge Street Development Corporation (BSDC) Show House.