The company interested in purchasing the lot at 480 Stratford Road, 10 Stratford Associates, is seeking approval for a legal maneuver allowing it to erect a seven-story building among the decades-old Victorians, setting up a fight with the residents of District 14, who insist such a building would violate a rezoning law passed in 2009.
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December 1, 2011September 30, 2019Live Wire
The Gowanus Expressway is Here to Stay
The Federal Highway Administration has decided to shelve plans to rebuild or replace the Gowanus Expressway with a tunnel. Residents have long complained about the traffic congestion on this artery that runs from the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel to the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. The Department of Transportation launched a $680-million “interim” fix of the Gowanus in 2005, but...
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December 1, 2011September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life
In New Suskind Account, A Crisis of Confidence
A brilliant yet rookie president without control of his subordinates. A technocrat faced with a house full of large personalities. A vessel of hope whose own staff has rocked the boat. This is the portrait of the Obama White House we get from Pulitzer Prize winner Ron Suskind, who interviewed more than 200 insiders for...
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December 1, 2011September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life
An Education in Truth
Before September 11 Megan Stack never imagined herself as a war correspondent in the Middle East. But before 9/11, Americans never imagined they’d be attacked on their own soil and engaged in several wars either. Stack was 25 years old when she was sent to cover Afghanistan for the Los Angeles Times. Before that she...