May 13th, 2009
Beautiful, Economical and Tough
A building as good as the Saratoga Avenue Community Center in Brownsville, Brooklyn, designed by New York architect George Ranalli and built by the New York City Housing Authority, better known for its bottom-line public housing projects, deserves to have its presence shouted from the rooftops as a seriously fine demonstration of the art of architecture, and as an example of the radically revised standards that are being successfully implemented under a new city policy.
