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Brooklyn Rezoning

A ‘narrow’ definition

Rezoning: The city will tweak an arcane zoning rule to restrict the scale of new construction on several blocks of Carroll Gardens. Comment.

March 8, 2008

DUMBO plan could nix David

DUMBO: DUMBO residents want the city to expand a rezoning proposal to not only preventing skyscrapers like the 33-story J Condos and 23-story Beacon Tower from rising again, but also to block David Walentas’s Dock Street project. Comment.

Grand idea, too late

Rezoning: The city moved to restrict development along a low-rise stretch of Grand Street, but activists urged the city to speed up the process to protect the neighborhood’s character. Comment.

February 2, 2008

CG rises up against development

Rezoning: City officials turned aside two parts of a Carroll Gardens Councilman’s three-pronged assault on supposed over-development this week — including the lawmaker’s bid for an immediate moratorium on new construction over 50 feet tall and a call to speed up a proposed downzoning. Comment.

January 12, 2008

Downzone ain’t so ‘Grand’

Rezoning: A chorus of Williamsburg residents is complaining that a city proposal to limit high-rise development along Grand Street is too little, too late. Comment.
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