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“Why are the high towers hiding behind trees in the pretty pictures you’ve shown,” asked one resident. The questioning started off asking about parking, but soon progressed to the larger issues. That statement produced a number of boos and hisses, causing the presenter to look annoyed, snapping ‘I’ve got to finish my presentation.”Ī question and answer session followed, and at first the audience seemed dazed by the whole thing.

“We have to put the bulk somewhere,” referring to the large number of luxury apartments planned. The audience gasped when a slide of the possible 44 story building was display, but seemed equally dismayed at many of the following artist renderings showing the parkland and open spaces that seemed meant to hide the slightly smaller high rises.Įspecially unsettling was the Fortis remark about placing three skyscrapers across from the Fuller Pavilion. They included architects, consultants and public relations professionals, including Mark O’Luck, once a LICH Regent.Īfter a pro-forma statement acknowledging the community battle over the LICH closure – Fortis brought out their heavy weapons – a worst case scenario for the community followed by a slightly less worse case. In 2013, local political representatives, including councilman Brad Lander, requested the Bloomberg Administration extend landmarks designation to LICH, a request that was ignored. This height limit is part of the NYC Landmarks law, which covers most of Cobble Hill, but not the LICH buildings. The biggest of these principles, the one called most important, was that any new building adhere to the 50 foot height limit that the rest of the community, is limited to. Prior to the Fortis presentation, Laurie Maurer, an architect and CHA member, read a set of general guidelines for the LICH development that she called “Basic Principles” Despite the best efforts of the community, and much political grandstanding, the sale was made to a real estate developer – the Fortis Property Group.Įverybody in the room knew that the big issue was going to be height. The hope was to have the sale made to another hospital group in order to maintain the 155 year-old institution. The Cobble Hill Association was one of the community groups that was part of the lawsuit trying to prevent New York State from closing LICH. In reality, either plan changes Cobble Hill forever. The rendering they presented was an eye boggling jaw dropper – a huge building casting a giant shadow over Cobble Hill. Everyone in the room understood that this was meant as a threat – dropping a huge tower in the midst of a historic brownstone neighborhood. The as-of-right plan that they rolled out places a 44 floor tower on Pacific Street just west of Henry.

This plan affords them less square footage for residential units. If they are unable to get that cooperation, the threat was to build an as-of-right plan.

What they called a Master Plan, which involves zoning changes and the cooperation of the community and the city council, calls for three large towers west of Hicks Street where the parking garage now stands. They presented two plans – both of which include skyscrapers.

The crowd gasped at this rendering, which shows Pacific Street extended from Henry to Hicks.Ī crew of well dressed professionals representing the Fortis Group, presented what seemed like a take it or leave it proposal for residential development of the former Long Island Hospital (LICH) campus at the annual meeting of the Cobble Hill Association (CHA). If Cobble Hill thought losing their hospital was bad – they ain’t seen nothin’ yet.

4 pics 1 word answers 6 letters level 454