A newly formed local neighborhood group “CORD” (carroll gardens COalition to Respectfully Develop) has organized a petition against not only the potential new monster building proposed on 360 smith, but is also hoping to set a basic standard of limiting new development projects to no more than 50 feet. I do believe this is a step in the right direction of fighting over-development in the neighborhood, but as a top floor apartment dweller with hopes of one day building a little roof-top extension (I can dream right) I wonder where this leaves smaller home improvement projects. of course, I also don’t want some quasi-high rise looking down on me from the corner either. A similar question was posed on Gownaus Lounge which received the following response:

the petition only requests a moratorium (a temporary halt) on the construction of new or existing structures whereby said structure(s) would attain a height above fifty feet…. UNTIL ALL rezoning options (some include setbacks of indeterminate height) and landmarking/historic district classification have been thoroughly presented, decided upon by the majority of our residents and enacted–so, your dream of an additional floor(setback) would be possible depending upon the path chosen.

So there you go, a little bit about the petition and signs that you’ve seen around the hood. If you’d like more information check out their blog:
and if you’d like to sign the petition go here: Petition

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