Demolition of the old National Cold Storage Warehouse in Brooklyn Bridge Park kicked off last year, and Brownstoner notes that the complex is now "a snarl of rebar and rubble." Some of the building's timber was used to make park benches and picnic tables, and eventually the warehouse's prime real estate will be used for some of that controversial private development meant to pay for the park's upkeep. [Brownstoner; previously]
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