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• joe says:
  

  These are in fact owned by Pratt, they actually wrap around the block onto campus. They are currently used for faculty housing, some are nicer than others. That movie with Matt Damon and Angelina was just filmed in one of the ones on campus. And another interesting rumor is that Walt Whitman was one of the construction workers who worked on the project. Some interesting tid bits!

  01.29.07 at 10:33 am

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• esm says:
  

  I would imagine they are quite pretty, and if Pratt would renovate them (they’ve been faculty housing in disrepair for at least 13 years) they would be a nice addition to the campus and area.

  01.29.07 at 10:56 am

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• lesterhead says:
  

  Joe- great info, thanks!

  01.29.07 at 11:14 am

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• Willoughby Walk says:
  

  I live across the street and my girlfriend and I always talk about how beautiful these houses would be if they were fixed up. It is crazy to me that Pratt has let them fall into such a sorry state… they could make for amazing faculty housing, or Pratt could flip the buildings and make such a great profit. Weird.

  01.29.07 at 1:11 pm

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• joe says:
  

  As an former Pratter, I think it is safe to say that they do some strange things. They owned a bunch of houses along Clinton Ave, the police station on Classon and Dekalb, as well as Emerson Hall on Emerson and Willoughby; all of which they sold in the 80′s for almost nothing. They also own two carriage houses on Hall St (just a few doors in from Pratt Coffee Shop)that they used to rent out until recently. Rumor has it that they sold them and will be converted to condos. I guess Pratt is finally catching.

  01.29.07 at 3:40 pm

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• mary says:
  

  i’m about 90% sure that these houses fall within the clinton hill historic district or are part of the assemblage of buildings on pratt’s campus that are landmarked. so, pratt couldn’t raze them without permission from the landmarks preservation commission. and demolition, most likely, wouldn’t be approved.

  01.29.07 at 10:59 pm

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• arsenal says:
  

  Passing along spurious rumors?

  220-234 Willoughby, 171-185 Steuben, and 172-186 Emerson are all, as a group, individual NYC Landmarks (built in 1907). Some are used as faculty housing.
  I know some of them were “restored” in the past few years (I can’t remember if they’re the ones on Emerson or Steuben) and I think the plan is to restore them all eventually.
  If they did, for whatever reason, have plans to tear them down I’d think they’d get quite a fight from the Brooklyn preservation community. Nothin’s gonna fly under the radar.

  01.29.07 at 11:26 pm

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• carolyn says:
  

  Why rush to renovate when you can hold out and cause all these cool rumors and stories to be told? Basically they hold out for more money. They are going to renovate or sell these things just in the nick of time to make a fortune! That is IF they are smart!

  01.30.07 at 8:54 am

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• Rob says:
  

  Joe, does your last name start w/ M. Only you would know these “tid bits.” Anyway sounds like you ,Architecture (1999)

  01.30.07 at 9:02 am

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• Steve says:
  

  Follow the money…

  http://nycserv.nyc.gov/nycproperty/statements/flk/jsp/stmtassessflk.jsp?statementId=104657084

  01.30.07 at 9:10 am

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• joe says:
  

  No – it’s a W. I went for fine art/painting.

  01.30.07 at 10:16 am

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• Rob says:
  

  OK, Thanks, that would make two of you with that sort of knowledge.

  01.30.07 at 3:49 pm

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