Infill is not just confined to sliced blobs. Tall thin towers proliferate in the trending neighbourhoods, notably in the downtown financial district and surrounding blocks of the World Trade Centre:
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Nor are the supertalls confined to Manhattan, as seen in this item Spank contributed from New York Yimby:
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Back in June of 2014, YIMBY reported on new building applications filed by JDS Development for a tower coming to 340 Flatbush Avenue Ext., on the southeastern edge of Downtown Brooklyn. Now, we have the first rendering and actual details for the SHoP-designed tower, which will rise 1,000 feet tall, claiming the title of New York City’s tallest building outside of Manhattan, and giving Brooklyn its first legitimate supertall skyscraper.
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I’m familiar with this site in downtown Brooklyn; it’s just up the street from a new condo I stayed in last March at 388 Bridge:
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This mid-block infill isn’t alone.
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The strategy is obvious: add tens of thousands of new residents to reinvigorate an historic urban centre, along with new investments in arts/sports and office space for tech. Of course, that has also raised questions about displacement, gentrification and class.
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In a way, though, downtown Brooklyn is returning its role as a regional centre for government, the arts and business – as reflected in its extraordinary stock of heritage buildings, now being repurposed and integrated into residential developments.
