Brooklyn Botanic launches protest exhibit about proposed high-rise development
Brooklyn Botanic Garden is deploying a new tool to muster public opposition to Crown Heights’ high-rise Spice Factory development: education.
It’s an exhibit called “Fight for Sunlight,” which details the harm that would be done to rare and endangered plants in the garden’s greenhouse and conservatory complex by shadows that two planned 39-story towers would cast for up to 4 1/2 hours per day. The Spice Factory site, where the towers would stand, is just 150 feet away from the garden.
Ian Bruce Eichner’s Continuum Co. and co-developer Lincoln Equities are seeking rezoning for the site at 960 Franklin Ave. in order to build a 1.37 million-square-foot residential and retail project with 1,578 apartments.