Williamsburg - Mayor Uses Veto to Support Landmark Status For 184 Kent Avenue

Williamsburg - Mayor Bloomberg vetoed the City Council's recent revocation of the landmark designation of the Austin, Nichols Warehouse, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
"The mayor vetoed the Council's disapproval of the designation because it's a highly significant building designed by a historically significant architect," Mr. Bloomberg said through a spokesman last night.
Last week, the Council voted to revoke the landmark status of the 1915 warehouse.
Several Council members characterized the building as undistinguished and unworthy of the designation.
The owner of the building, which has already been partly converted to apartments, plans to add six floors to the warehouse for condominiums and to alter the windows.
The Council's Land Use Committee has already voted to override the veto, said Councilman David Yassky of Brooklyn, adding that the full Council will take up the override vote tomorrow.