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Half of Brooklyn Cheers, Half Weeps as Whole Foods Is Approved on Gowanus Canal

Love it or hate it, Whole Foods is coming to Brooklyn. Can the co-op survive? Read More

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Luxury Lairs on Laight Street

Last night at its monthly full-board meeting, Community Board 1 voted unanimously to approve developer Ken Watanabe’s plan to transform two parking garages at 50-52 Laight Street into a 17,500-square-foot, six-story luxury residential building with a two-story penthouse addition. The proposed building will be constructed of brick and limestone with fiberglass panels.

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By Tom McGeveran and Deborah Netburn 6/25/01 12:00am

Philip Johnson Is Mad: Of All Tall Towers, Why Pick on Mine?

Philip Johnson, the dean of American architecture, will turn 95 on July 8. A few days later, to honor his long and illustrious career–and to raise money for the city’s first museum of architecture–his colleagues will gather at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum to celebrate his work: Frank Gehry, Robert A.M. Stern, Richard Meier and Read More

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