Ever wondered why those brownstones down in Cobble Hill never have windows on their weirdly smooth brick sidewalls, even though it seems like a total wasted opportunity to easily engineer a whole lot more precious urban sunlight? Allow Norah Jones, her irate pop star-hating neighbors, and the Landmarks Preservation Commission to explain the answer to you. It involves “dangerous precedents.” [NYP]
This article from the Village Voice Archive was posted on November 16, 2009
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