Will new buildings along Brooklyn's "canyon of mediocrity," aka Fourth Avenue make it less shitty? Thanks to a partial rezoning in 2011, street level retail is now required in new buildings, which is bringing some much needed life to the thoroughfare. New restaurants gyms, and shops are dropping up to $65 per square foot for space on the avenue when five years ago, it went for about $35 psf. [TRD; previously]
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