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Previous rendering of 251 Front Street aka 68 Gold Street - Think Architecture & Design

Revealed: Nine-Story Residential Building Seeking Rezoning at 251 Front Street, Vinegar Hill

New development rarely happens in Vinegar Hill, a tightly zoned, tiny neighborhood wedged between Dumbo, the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and the East River waterfront. But the owner of a parking lot 251 Front Street hopes to get an upzoning to construct a nine-story apartment building there, according to documents filed with the Department of City Planning.

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Photos of the 10 sites designated as landmarks by the Landmarks Preservation Commission on Tuesday

Landmarks Preservation Commission’s Backlog Nearly Cleared with 10 More Designations

Two years ago, the Landmarks Preservation Commission floated the idea of clearing its backlog of items from before 2010 by simply de-calendaring all of them. That was not well-received, to put it lightly. So, they devised a series of steps to actually address those 95 items. That process nearly came to an end today, with the designation of 10 new city landmarks.

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