Building boom in the Brooklyn Cultural District
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Construction is picking up speed at development sites in the Brooklyn Cultural District. This calls to mind a favorite Buddy Holly song. But let us not digress.
A building boom is beginning to gain momentum on barren tracts that were parking lots for a looong time. Three apartment buildings with space for cultural facilities, a Marriott Autograph Collection Hotel and a combination health center and office building are underway — or just about to get going — in the Downtown Brooklyn mini-neighborhood anchored by the Brooklyn Academy of Music.