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Thanks to all who caught our math/measuring error. This one should work – it represents (as we understand it) the maximum potential section. Back to the drawing boards!

Q: what is the maximum building height including the 10′ set back?
A: According to the developer, the maximum building height at the rear of the building (including the 10′ setback) is 32′.
Q: do the front and rear of the building both require the 10′ setback?
A: No.
Q: the R5 zoning requirements on the city [...]

Q: I am contacting you regarding your Conover Cottage Design Competition for two of my Architectural Drafting students.  Could you please give me some insight by answering the following questions?
Will two person teams be allowed? How is registration handled? How do we send in the projects? Will models be accepted?  [...]

Red Hook Day Trip, II

While slightly challenging to get to on the bus or train, Red Hook is full of great spots, so much so that we’ve updated our original Red Hook Day Trip post to bring you a whole new day of Brooklyn fun. We also highly suggest this trip as a bike ride, [...]

The Ikea shuttle and ferry may have made Red Hook easier to get to, but it still feels cut off from the city, in the best possible way. These are our favorite nooks and crannies, Google-mapped here and organized on the hour for one (or more) ambitious days.
11 AM: Get a foot-long Virginia Ham, egg, [...]

By Gary Buiso
Community Newspaper Group

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Photo by Stefano Giovannini
Savior or gentrifyer (or both)? Landlord Gino Vitale wants to renovate several Conover Street cottages, but residents of the decaying structures are unhappy.

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A row of worn Red Hook cottages is on the road to restoration — but their path to architectural salvation might [...]

Elevation Sketch

On the outset there’s nothing particularly special about these three tiny cottages in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y. But according to Tina Fallon of real estate agency Realty Collective, the circa 1931 structures may be some of the increasingly rare architectural holdouts in a rapidly transforming area–there’s already the gourmet grocery Fairway and [...]