A Bad Sign for Owners of Brooklyn’s Famed Watchtower Building
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The new owners of an iconic Brooklyn Heights building have been barred from replacing the massive “Watchtower” sign that shined over the area for half a century. Turns out the sign was illegal all along.
The New York City Department of Buildings ruled that a predecessor sign was never approved, and prohibited the property’s new owners from replacing it. The Watchtower version was long one of the region’s well-loved waterfront signs, along with Pepsi-Cola overlooking the East River in Long Island City and Domino Sugar on a former refinery in Williamsburg.