The Brooklyn Paper reports on the threat to the look of Cobble Hill landmarks as more residents try to pull a “Norah Jones” by adding windows to their brownstones – the latest request is for 227 Clinton Street -
Brooklyn Paper: The proposed renovations to the Clinton Street crib echo the controversial seven windows that singer Norah Jones’s had punched into a blank wall on the side of her Amity Street house, which is only one block away.
Jones managed to get city approval for her renovations without presenting them to the local community board late last year — and, as a result, many Cobble Hill preservationists feared that the neighborhood’s aesthetic would soon be under assault. “Jones’s windows established a precedent,” said Roy Sloane, the president of the Cobble Hill association and a passionate preservationist. “Our fears have been realized.”
The Landmark Preservation Commission will review the application on July 13.
For years, I’ve been fearing….. windows!
people in landmarks need to get a life and stop trying to control other peoples .If we own our homes their upkeep should be up to the home owners , not the likes of Roy Sloane. whoever that is