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Three weeks after Transfer first wrote the story up, New York Magazine follows with a piece about the rebuilding on the corner of Sterling Place and 7th Avenue, site of the 1960 plane crash that killed 135 people. For reasons no one can point to, the two sites have sat undeveloped until recently, and it now looks like one of them will be large, family-geared condos and one will be a rental. As an aside, we also learn from the article that A&H honcho Peggy Aguayo grew up on Sterling Street in Crown Heights. Interesting. GMAP
The Long Road Back [NY Magazine]
Ghosts of Sterling Place [Transfer]
Rebuilding at Sterling Place [Brownstoner]


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  1. Back on 12/16/1960, at the age of 15, I was at the site when United 826 crashed into Sterling Place; I still remember the tail section of the plane, and the chaos that followed. I never went back to the crash site, but the picture reminded of that horrible day. I have never recovered from that day. I wrote a manuscript of that event, entitle “Sterling Place” Look it up http://WWW.MIDAIR-COLLISION-OVER- NEWYORK.COM

  2. Um, Angelina, this site is called “Brownstoner,” not “CinderBlocker” or “VinylSidinger.” When it comes to the issue of preserving the architectural character of old Brooklyn nabes, I don’t think it likely the typical reader of this blog will “get over it.”

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