by Gina As expected, Council Member Stephen Levin voted to approve the proposed development at 77 Commercial St yesterday (12/19) . That means that the city can officially sell the “air rights” of 65 Commercial St to the developers to build higher towers at 77 Commercial.
The good news is that, as a result, 65 Commercial St will become Box Street Park, which will be open to the public. It is currently an MTA parking lot. The…
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There was no reason 77 could not be 15 stories, saying we would not get box st part is BS, the city was bluffing they would not have pulled the park if he voted no. There already started to relocate the MTA, the city did not do that because they won’t make a park. This was a poor negotiation or an outright lie and he is in bed with the developers.
Perhaps if Levin showed up at the first community board meeting he would have seen just how outraged the community was about these towers. Quick recap, the room was full people, screaming over each other, one person was even kicked as she was so angry. The over arching theam was we don’t want these towers. Not we want these towers in exchange for open space and affordable housing. Coming soon we will have less open space per person, subways you have to wait to get on to. Resturants you can’t get etc…
I am interested in one of the apartments one bedroom