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An alert reader tipped us off to this one–the former courthouse at 283 Adams is being demolished inside to make way for two high schools.
The original building, which makes the House of D look like a country club, will be spruced up and house two high schools: the Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice and the Urban Assembly School of Math and Science for Young Women. One cool feature, in the law school they will build a mock courtroom, complete with judge’s podium, jury box, and (we wish) Sam Waterston as a guest teacher.
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We were having trouble wrapping our heads around all the development proposed (and already happening) in Downtown Brooklyn, so we decided to try to map it. Once all these buildings were on the map we were actually pretty surprised by the number and concentration of new projects going up–these are mostly condos, needless to say, but also include new commercial buildings, and a couple hotels. That whole rezoning thing really is pretty powerful. We threw in a couple familiar landmarks and restaurants as reference points.
Check out the full map, which includes photos or renderings for most sites–click on the pins for pretty pictures. Discuss in the forums or let us know if we’ve missed one (or many).
Further reading:
That’s right, a whale. See local breaking coverage from Gowanus Lounge, and an informative followup.
4/19 Update: A sad end to the tale, RIP Sludgie the whale.
