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The row on Duffield Street in October of 2024.<\/p>\n
Photo by Susan De Vries<\/p>\n
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A developer who bought the landmarked row in Downtown Brooklyn known as the Duffield Street Houses is proposing to build a glassy 30-story tower in the petite backyard that will swallow up the back half of the houses and obscure windows of apartments in the converted BellTel Lofts on the other side of the block.<\/p>\n
The proposal for 188 Duffield Street is headed for a public hearing at the Landmarks Preservation Commission Tuesday, Oct. 21. In May, Community Board 2 voted no on the plan, the Eagle was the first<\/a>\u00a0to report. A rendering of the design\u00a0published by YIMBY<\/a>\u00a0in June shows a glass and beige brick tower with symmetrical window openings and a stepped facade.<\/p>\n The developer, Watermark Capital, proposes to combine the interiors of the 19th century buildings and demolish their rear facades, according to the LPC and preservation nonprofit Historic Districts Council. At the CB2 meeting, HDC \u201cstrongly voiced our concern to CB2 and local elected officials that this precedent would suggest that every historic structure is only as meaningful as its facade, and thereby fair game to be window dressing for a tower,\u201d\u00a0the group said in an update<\/a>\u00a0about New York City landmarks at risk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The row on Duffield Street in October of 2024. Photo by Susan De Vries
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The proposed tower.Rendering by Hill West Architects and Acheson Doyle Partners Architects via LPC<\/p>\n