BID Annual Meeting w/Speaker Christine Quinn this Tuesday at SoCo
RSVP at www.surveymonkey.com/s/MyrtleBIDAnnualMeeting2011.

Ceremony:
Wednesday, September 22, 2010, at 10:00am
40 Vanderbilt Avenue between Park and Flushing Avenues (just north of the BQE)
Refreshments will be served
To RSVP contact the Pratt Area Community Council by September 16 to: rsvp@prattarea.org or 718.522.2613xt 22
From the listing, it appears the developers have included some "green" features and some extra amenities, with "maple and bamboo together with thermal insulated 8 ft. windows, a high end energy efficient cooling/heating systems and energy efficient Jenn-Air stainless appliances. Amenities at the Clermont include: concierge service, underground parking, a fitness room, video intercoms, and a shared terrace with spectacular views."
We look forward to having these units sell and fill up, to bring more people to the Fort Greene side of Myrtle Avenue.
Further detail can be found on the developers' website: Myrtle Avenue Condominiums.
Pratt's new building will house several academic programs and administrative offices, including the offices of admissions, financial aid, the bursar, and the registrar; the Pratt Center for Community Development, (formerly PICCED); the offices of the Institute’s Division of Development; The Department of Digital Arts and the Digital Arts Lab; and studios for graduate students.
The building is being designed by the multi-disciplinary architectural and engineering firm of Clinton Hill resident and Pratt alumnus Jack Esterson, Studio A and WASA. The firm is designing the new building to serve as a connection between Pratt’s campus and Myrtle Avenue with an atrium allowing views into and through the building from both sides.
Excerpted from Pratt's press release:
“We are committed to the idea that the building be exemplary, both as architecture and in its environmental performance,” said Jack Esterson, partner in charge at Studio A and WASA, who received a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Pratt in 1975.
“The North façade is highly insulated and finished in brick and glass, in order to complement the 19th century commercial architecture of Myrtle Avenue without imitating it,” added Esterson. “On the South side, a glazed wall with ultra high-performance clear and translucent glass and solar shading is designed to bring daylight into the building year round, while keeping summer heat out.”
The firm’s Director of Sustainable Design and the point person for this project, Tony Daniels, is one of New York City’s most well known experts in sustainable architecture. His work has been recognized for excellence by numerous organizations, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the World Renewable Energy Congress, and the New York Society of Registered Architects, among others.
Pratt plans to break ground on the new project in spring 2008 with an anticipated completion date sometime in summer 2009. Stay tuned for further details, as the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership will be working closely with Pratt to integrate the new building into the commercial corridor, and to make major streetscape improvements along that part of Myrtle Avenue.