by Emma Davey It’s long been a blight on the Williamsburg waterfront, but now, we can officially say that the CitiStorage building is no more.
Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park shared the news on social media and through an email to supporters.
“The long-awaited demolition of the huge Citistorage building signifies the end of a park preservation phase that shifted into full throttle at the start of 2015, almost 10 years to the day, from when a fire…
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It’s funny though, they were able to buy the parcel of land for $150 million. I met the owner of that property years ago, so it’s completely surreal. It took them forever once they finally acquired the land, it’s taken the city forever, to actually get down to tearing it down- years in fact.