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LPC Looks at Bed-Stuy

The proposed expansion of the Carroll Gardens historic district has garnered a lot of attention lately, in part because the struggle has been depicted as low-income old-timers versus high-income newcomers, not to mention developers against residents. Old rumors and misinformation have been re-circulated in the process, drudging up already discounted ideas: that those who live [...]

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To Landmark or Not to Landmark? That is the Question

As the debate over potentially enlarging the boundaries of the Carroll Gardens historic district intensifies, I went back to the NYC IBO’s 2003 study, The Impact of Historic Districts on Residential Property Values, to refresh my memory on whether or not historic districts have constrained the appreciation in residential property values.  The answer is NO. [...]

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