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Old Posted Jan 2, 2016, 4:28 PM
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Currently listed as 1,066 ft. Though the actual height will be higher, we can work with that.


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Personally, I'd be totally fine with the final height being 1,066ft considering it's gonna be Brooklyn's only supertall (for now) and it would definitely be tall enough to dominate the skyline of Downtown Brooklyn without looking too out of place. But knowing JDS and SHoP, we'll most likely get a few height bumps like we saw with 111 w57th. I think the final height might be somewhere between 1,100-1,200ft at most.
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This more than likely will not be a flat roofed tower. I give it a final height of at least 1,200 ft. I would just like more details on the design itself, actual renders of a final design. But then again, we don't have that for Nordstrom, and it's rising.
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This more than likely will not be a flat roofed tower. I give it a final height of at least 1,200 ft. I would just like more details on the design itself, actual renders of a final design. But then again, we don't have that for Nordstrom, and it's rising.
I hope this will be the final design.
Happy New Year's everyone!
Let's hope that 2016 will be the year for Brooklyn!!
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This more than likely will not be a flat roofed tower. I give it a final height of at least 1,200 ft. I would just like more details on the design itself, actual renders of a final design. But then again, we don't have that for Nordstrom, and it's rising.
It's going to look awesome in that area whether at 1,066 or ~1,200, definitely a nice New Year's present to hear this.

Now if that 900+ plus footer can get underway in Queens plus Jersey City's new tallest at 800+ feet the outer boroughs will start to add great peripheral mini skylines to mighty Manhattan
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Now if that 900+ plus footer can get underway in Queens plus Jersey City's new tallest at 800+ feet the outer boroughs will start to add great peripheral mini skylines to mighty Manhattan
Well, that's the only way we'll see Manhattan expand beyond the limits of the island.
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So happy for Brooklyn getting its first super tall, the render looks great. I have to say that I know this tower is majority residential, I wish there was a way to have an observation area on this tower to take in Brooklyn, Manhattan and the rest of the boroughs, I know it is just my own personal wish that's all, but in any event lets go Brooklyn, USA!
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Hi. I'm new here. First post. So is this building confirmed? I think it would be a great addition to the NYC skyline.
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"This more than likely will not be a flat roofed tower.
I give it a final height of at least 1,200 ft." - NYguy . .

music to my ears . . looks spectacular in this render . .
nicely shaped edifice - beautiful skyscraper proportion . .

It'll put Brooklyn on the visual map from many Manhattan vantage-points . .
and from the Staten Island ferry . . .
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I'm hoping its even higher. Those views on the JDS website showing what the top units would experienced looked a bit higher than 1,200 feet. Almost at eye level with 1WTC's roof.
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I'm hoping its even higher. Those views on the JDS website showing what the top units would experienced looked a bit higher than 1,200 feet. Almost at eye level with 1WTC's roof.
Agreed. That's why I too believe at the very least it'll be 1,200 ft. At a minimum, 1,200. I can see this being in the 1,400 -1,450ft final height (including the crown)!
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I believe Downtown Bklyn will be the major focus for the borough!!! First, it was Park Slope in the 70's and 80's, then it was Williamsburg in the 90's and 2000's, and now, Downtown Bklyn seems to be transforming into a major hub!!! I like the proposal, and hope Downtown Bklyn can be the downtown that Brooklyn deserves!!!
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Wow, looks amazing. Godspeed, supertall!
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Scrutiny is about to begin of a proposal for the tallest tower in Brooklyn, one that would be impossible to ignore.

Two developers have submitted plans in recent weeks for a 1,066-foot building in Downtown Brooklyn, which would be almost twice as high as anything surrounding it. The complex, at 9 DeKalb Avenue, would also bring the current surge in supertall towers across the East River from Manhattan.

The 73-story structure, to be built by JDS Development Group and the Chetrit Group, would be more than double the height of the 512-foot Williamsburgh Savings Bank building, which has been the tallest in the borough for nearly a century.

The plans were drawn up by SHoP Architects, whose portfolio includes another of the most recognizable new buildings in Brooklyn, Barclays Center.

For this project, the architects say they drew inspiration from the limestone-columned Brooklyn Dime Savings Bank, which sits next door to the site of the tower, and which would be incorporated into the property. The bronzed ribbons running up the tower’s glassy sides draw on details of the bank, and its hexagonal shape echoes the bank’s footprint.

Part of the tower would rest on a rear portion of the bank, which the developer hopes to demolish; this could become a sticking point, since the bank is a New York City landmark.

The bigger issue for many would seem to be the height, even in a neighborhood and city marked by tall towers.

“Yes, the city planned this for a new Brooklyn,” Gina Pollara, the newly appointed president of the Municipal Art Society, said. “But does the public really understand what the cumulative effect of all these towers will be on the public realm?”

In 2014, JDS and Chetrit spent $46 million on the 340 Flatbush Avenue Extension, a five-story midcentury building that covers about a third of the triangular site and would be demolished to accommodate most of the tower. In December, the developers acquired the bank building, until last year a branch of JPMorgan Chase, for $90 million. They plan to use its soaring Beaux-Arts spaces for shops as well as incorporating roughly 300,000 square feet of air rights that would make the tower’s spire possible.

A 1,066-foot tower can be built along Flatbush Avenue without any special approvals from the city, but since the exterior and interior of the bank building — opened in 1908 and expanded in 1932 — are protected, alterations to the bank must be approved by the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission. A hearing before the commission is scheduled for March 15.

The developers were also scheduled to appear before Brooklyn Community Board 2 on Wednesday evening, though the board will play only an advisory role.

Unlike the Manhattan towers rising more than 1,000 feet, the Brooklyn structure, with nearly 500 units, is planned as a rental apartment building, according to a person familiar with the plans who was not authorized to discuss them publicly. The developers also applied for the 421-a program, which provides tax breaks for including subsidized apartments in luxury buildings, before it expired last year, and would set aside at least 20 percent of the units as affordable housing.
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Sweet from every angle. SHoP did it again.
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