Flying WalentasQuirky developer David Walentas and his son Jed--the duo that either ruined DUMBO or made it, depending on whom you listen to--is making inroads inroads Noun, pl make inroads into to start affecting or reducing: my gambling has made great inroads into my savings inroads npl to make inroads into [+ into Cobble Hill. Their somewhat bland Courthouse luxury residential apartments just opened up at the corner of Atlantic Avenue The following streets in the United States are named Atlantic Avenue:
For now, it doesn't look good. The company owns 130 Court Street-—the Independence Savings Bank savings bank, financial institution that, until recently, performed only the following functions: receiving savings deposits of individuals, investing them, and providing a modest return to its depositors in the form of interest. building. Two Trees was seeking approval from Brooklyn Community Board Brooklyn Community Boards comprise eighteen local units in the borough of Brooklyn, which, like those in the other boroughs, play a role in the government of New York City. 6 to demolish an extension and to build a seven-story residential building next-door. But in April, the board unanimously voted for a resolution calling on the Landmarks Preservation Commission to sink the Two Trees bid. Two Trees needs the L.P.C.'s nod because, unlike the Courthouse complex, 130 Court Street sits in the Cobble Hill historic district. Community boards Community Boards is a community based mediation program, established in 1976, in San Francisco, California, USA. The program utilizes volunteers from from the neighbourhoods of the city, who work with people involved in disagreements toward the end of resolving the dispute, serve a purely advisory role, but the L.P.C. often takes them pretty seriously. The main problem, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. community groups opposed to the plan, is that Two Trees didn't care much for the historic district's 50-foot-height limitation on new buildings. Jane McGroaty told us: "We consider the 50-foot height limit to be sacred." Diane Jackier, a spokesperson for the L.P.C., said a vote on the plan that was scheduled for July 12th had been tabled. The Real Estate hasn't yet gotten hold of anyone from Two Trees. - Matthew Grace 
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