Short Rant on the SW Broome/Clinton Building
How did we end up with a building like this in 2024?
đGrand Street Guild building on SE corner of Broome and Clinton
I appreciate the effort that went into providing dozens if not hundreds of people with affordable housing, but the lack of any storefront on this building is ridiculous. This is bad urbanism. Just one block up youâve got one of the most walkable and dynamic examples of New York street life, but here I might as well be walking along the back of a strip mall (hyperbole I know). An excellent opportunity to improve the streetscape after decades of its existence as a parking lot gone to waste. Disappointing.
And Essex Crossing isnât exactly innocent of this either. Most of the luxury buildings in our neighborhood have this terrible habit, and itâs why the tenements will always be the lifeblood of the LES.
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