City Approves Proposal For 73-Story, 1,000-Foot Skyscraper In Brooklyn

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) -- The city has approved a proposal for a 1,000-foot skyscraper in Brooklyn.

The tower would be nearly twice as tall as any other building in the borough.

The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission approved the proposal for the 73-story apartment tower on Tuesday.

The design by SHoP Architects calls for 500 units and a tapered and hexagonal form clad in bronze and black metal fins.

The New York Times said the tower will be built on a portion of the neighboring Dime Savings Bank of Brooklyn, a city landmark. That allows the project about 300,000-square-feet of air rights.

"To me, this project is enlightened urbanism at its best, where old and new are combined, where short and tall are combined in juxtaposition," Frederick Bland, a landmarks commissioner said.

Because the 1908 bank is a landmark developers needed city approval to alter the bank, which will house new shops.

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