BAM cultural district takes off with onslaught of residential construction

From the March issue: For years, the Bloomberg administration has been trying to revitalize the down-at-heel area around Fort Greene’s Brooklyn Academy of Music (widely known as BAM). Now, those efforts finally seem to be gaining traction, with a bevy of new residential buildings underway. The so-called Downtown Brooklyn Cultural District — between DeKalb and Atlantic avenues — is even drawing comparisons to Manhattan’s now-pricey Lincoln Center neighborhood. [more]