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8. 80 DeKalb Avenue
80 DeKalb Ave at Rockwell Pl, Fort Greene, BrooklynExpected: Late 2009
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What it brings to the neighborhood: Some affordable housing, along with a lot more that isn’t—thanks to a 34-story residential stack designed by Costas Kondylis, the architect behind Trump World Tower and the Plaza Hotel’s renovation.
What it takes away: Any faith you might havehad in the state’s common sense. According to critics, the NYS Housing Finance Agency handed out $109.5 million in tax-exempt bonds to finance this project—which means that each of its 73 affordable apartments will cost the state $1.5 million.
Time Out New York / Issue 677 : Sep 19–25, 2008
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The Rockaways is experiencing a major redevelopment and for N.Y standard, is very cheap to rent and buy.
How are they even allowed to represent projects like the way this is depicted? The looming fake illustration makes the building look like it's in the middle of some suburban corporate campus, not the insanely dense and cluttered Queensboro Plaza area. That rooftop deck will seem cozy with the clatter and squeal of the #7 train 50 feet away. More absurdly placed, cheaply built habitats for Bloomberg's lemmings. I hope the building offers a permanent supply of Kool-Aid in its lobby Sub-Zero.
No mention of Atlantic Yards?! Really?!