Carroll Gardens Walls & Sidewalks Get Political

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please
chalk graffiti is not graffiti

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What the hell is wrong with these people? This is not a tall building by any measure especially compared to other buildings on Smith Street.

Isn't there a war they should be protesting instead of new housing for New Yorkers?

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Think global, act local GrandPa.

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I have no patience with this, since Carroll Gardners, by and large, blew off the whole AY thing with a yawn. Try living next to a 50 story building, people.

No sympathy from this Clinton Hiller.

Grip it.

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Chalking the pavement - how rad! The revolution is around the corner.

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Asking for a moratorium is ridiculous. The community should have seen the signs coming and petitioned for the re-zoning 2-3 yrs ago. Preventing developers from building (currently) as-of-right buildings is nuts! This just reeks of the sense of entitlement so many of us in the more affluent NYC neighborhoods have.

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I live in Carroll Gardens and think these people are ridiculous. Seven stories is not a tower and a moratorium is a work of senselessness. The residents should work on quality of life issues like traffic, street safety and the public site.

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agree with 7.
i live in CG as well.
70 feet is not madness. part of the problem with these banana (build absolutely nothing, anywhere, never again) people is their use of sensationalism... if they came out with a reasonable, thoughtful position i could be persuaded. but comparing a 70 foot building to madness when there are already buldings of this height in the neighborhood is silly. refer to building on 2nd place, on court etc

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I live in CG as well and I have no problem with a 70 foot high building, what I have a problem with is the loss of my little "plaza". Yes, you can mock it all you want, but it was once mine and yours (tax payers) and now it is in the hands of a private developer. And it is a real public amenity.
Oh- and they are going to be driving piles above and around the F line. Pretty sure that wil cause some problems.

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people get a grip the moratorium is part of a growing CG neighborhood wide coalition of people all over CG not just 360 Smith Street who have some very legitimate concerns about safety issues, the wild west atmosphere that has recently characterized all those CG "alterations" (wink wink) and planned "new buildings".....
the anger over over-development in CG is a hot, growing, neighborhood wide issue and definitely here to stay..last night it made television coverage!...anyone heard of
Public Place; the ILA building; the 360 Smith Street building...these are just the tip of the iceberg...these have all aroused the wrath of the residents and rightfully so as this as of right rule is a big joke and everyone knows it even the POLS...look for deBlasio and Millman to try to wiggle out of the hot seat soon before they lose any support they once had

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shuddup already. no cares. it's not important. get over yourselves.