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Email Alerts RSS FeedsThe city Landmarks Preservation Commission has taken up the cause of protecting a Civil War–era mansion in Clinton Hill that is slated to be torn down for luxury condos, The Brooklyn Papers has learned.
The 152-year-old home, at 70 Lefferts Pl., would need landmark status to be spared the wrecking ball.
“We are looking very closely [to determine] its worthiness from a preservation standpoint,” confirmed Landmarks spokeswoman Elisabeth de Bourbon.
Clinton Hill residents, led by the Lefferts Place Civic Association, have opposed developer Christopher Morris’s plans to tear down the vacant home and build a seven-story condo building.
Morris’s original plans set a demolition date for September, but if the Italianate mansion is granted landmark status, not only would he no longer be able to tear it down, but any changes would be closely monitored by the commission.
Morris could not be reached for comment.
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