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pompcaldor t1_j66zwxy wrote

Anybody have a link to the judge’s ruling?

Edit: South St. Seaport Coalition, Inc. v Landmarks Preservation Commn. of the City of N.Y., via https://therealdeal.com/2023/01/13/judge-stops-howard-hughes-seaport-project-again-citing-quid-pro-quo/

Summary: LPC has landmarked a parking lot for decades, and now they have no good explanation why it’s suddenly no longer landmarked.

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signal_tower_product t1_j69ir8z wrote

Who tf landmarks a parking lot? What is so historic about it,

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chengjih t1_j6b423k wrote

The people who get the parking lot landmarked are the people across the street enjoying the nice views of Brooklyn. If it's landmarked, no one can build a tall building that would block that view.

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b1argg t1_j6iyy85 wrote

It's in a "historic district" so everything within is landmarked

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signal_tower_product t1_j6jefr8 wrote

Tf that’s dumb

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b1argg t1_j6jh6zd wrote

Yeah the landmark commission goes way overboard. At this point they're trying to justify the continued existence of their jobs.

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signal_tower_product t1_j6jhceq wrote

A landmark commission should still exist but this parking lot shouldn’t be part of it, heck any parking structure shouldn’t be included

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b1argg t1_j6mxhui wrote

a lot of landmarks should be rolled back. Why do we need to landmark a building so unique it looks exactly like every other building around it? Everything worth landmarking has already been landmarked.

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