"Brooklyn needed the Brooklyn Tower"

Since its completion in 2023, Brooklyn's first supertall skyscraper has had an uplifting effect on the borough, writes Cara Greenberg.Nobody plans a skyline the way Haussmann planned the boulevards of Paris. Skylines evolve, building by building – sometimes, as in Downtown Brooklyn – at a dizzy pace.
Since 2004, when rezoning allowed high-rise construction along a mile-long stretch of Flatbush Avenue formerly occupied by gas stations and tire shops, 10 buildings over 50 stories tall