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Tragic Fire or Planned Development... You Decide.

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Managing Real Estate Broker with Brooklyn/Manhattan Real Estate

In the beginning of May last year there was a very large fire in the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn:

http://www.gothamist.com/2006/05/03/greenpoint_term.php

They say Leszek Kuczera started the fire when he was clearing brush at a campground more than 80 miles northwest of New York City when the 10-alarm fire broke out at the former Greenpoint Terminal Market in Brooklyn on May 2.

http://www.1010wins.com/pages/47508.php?contentType=4&contentId=159247

"I never told them I did it," Kuczera, 59, said through a translator. "They must have misunderstood."

Alot of landmarked buildings were destroyed. If you have ever been in this area of Brooklyn and saw the view from here :

It is amazing.

Now this is what's going up in it's place:

http://www.curbed.com/archives/2006/05/30/greenpoint_after_the_fire_curbed_has_the_renderings.php

Or something to that effect.

Let's see what happens.

What are your views on this?

 

Luke Constantino
Commercial
| Residential
RE
/MAX at THE SLOPE
Direct: (212) 300-3919 | Fax: (360) 368-0098
http://LukeConstantino.com

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Luke Constantino
Realtor
Commercial/Residential
Remax At The Slope
261 4th Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11215
Office: (718) 532-2000
Direct: (212) 300-3919
lukeconstantino@gmail.com

 

Carole Cohen
Howard Hanna Cleveland City Office - Cleveland, OH
Realtor, ePRO
Hmmmmm the old view was very appealing; and lofts would have been cool in some of those old bldgs. Do you think it's all a bit fishy?  The bldgs are big I will say that lol
Apr 01, 2007 10:26 AM
Stefan Scholl
Buyer's Broker of Northern Michigan, LLC - Petoskey, MI
Northern Michigan Real Estate
Fascinating story, Luke.  I followed the link to the fire department's website, and the photos were amazing.  Also interesting to read about what a ten alarm fire means.  That is a lot of fire engines!
Apr 01, 2007 01:53 PM