Thanks to Curbed, we were alerted to the following link to the 500+ page report on the Duffield Street Houses/UGRR Report. http://www.nycedc.com/Web/AboutUs/FinStatementsPubReports/FinancialStatementsAndPublicReports.htm#Downtown%20Brooklyn%20Underground%20Railroad%20Report More on this soon.
From the Downtown Brooklyn Star‘Liars’ Now Seeking Truth by Nik KovacDateline : Thursday, March 22, 2007 Two and a half years ago, the research firm AKRF was publicly embarrassed in front of the City Council. At that time, they were charged with investigating the “historical significance” of the vast swaths of Downtown Brooklyn the city […]
From the New York Times February 13, 2007Deal Would Triple the Size of the Albee Square Mall in Brooklyn and Add a High-RiseBy ANDY NEWMAN The Downtown Brooklyn shopping plaza formerly known as the Albee Square Mall will soon undergo yet another incarnation: It will be razed, rebuilt at triple the size and topped with […]
From the Downtown Brooklyn Star House-Turned-Museum Still Faces Wrecking BallBy Nik KovacDateline : Thursday, February 08, 2007 “There’s no marker on that house,” regretted Brooklyn College teacher, Dr. Stephen Leberstein, on the same day he’d been given a tour by the building’s owner, Joy Chatel. She lives in the attached, antebellum building with several of […]
From Crain’s: Albee Square Mall headed for demolition By: Erik EngquistPublished: February 6, 2007 – 5:28 pm The Gallery at Fulton Street, usually called the Albee Square Mall, has been sold for approximately $125 million and appears headed for the wrecking ball. Sources say Thor Equities reached an agreement yesterday to sell its lease, which […]
