At its current rate of growth, Brooklyn is about to be more populous than the entire city of Chicago.
Saying “we need more housing” is a given, but no one agrees on where, how high, and for whom. And New York has been later to that discussion than San Francisco, Seattle, and Los Angeles: While the city is building housing, technically, it is nowhere near enough to meet the needs of 144,000 new Kings County residents since 2010.
— Curbed New York
Alexandra Lange takes a closer look at Brooklyn's contested 80 Flatbush mixed-use development and argues why it's good for the borough.
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Is this building good?
1) Does it fill a need (check)
2) is the architect/design good (check)
3) how does it relate to the area — improvement or not (check)
This review has too much sanctimonious propaganda (I was a NIMBY, now I’m a Yimby! Yay for me) for me to sign off on. A lot of urbani-speak about data, generic observations and a passing reference to the architect Alloy somewhere the boring church sermon.
Is it necessary for every “arch review” to be a political narrative?
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