When a great designer does the wrong good design
Right now in Brooklyn there is a battle being waged. The classic battler of progress vs. quality of life. Brooklyn is facing a huge renassaince. Almost every neighborhood has seen huge improvements from East New York to Bay Ridge. Brooklyn is now THE place to live in New York City and not one major capital plan was necessary to create that attraction.
But one real estate baron come basketball team owner got it in his head that he single-handedly can change Brooklyn forever. But at what cost. I moved to Brooklyn from Manhattan because I wanted to slow down. I had lived over 11 years in Manhattan (w/ a 2 year respite in the suburbs of San Francisco) and I have to say upon returning to the city, I was overwhelmed by the density of everything. Thus, I fled the throngs of Manhattan, to live in “brownstone Brooklyn”.