[UPDATED 2]  I’ve included a similar satellite view comparison.

[UPDATED] I’ve replaced the previous photo with one taken much closer to the location of photo showing the National Cold Storage warehouse.

There’s considerable agitation in Brooklyn Heights about the height of the new Brooklyn Bridge Park condos a.k.a. “Pierhouse”.  It seems that many of us have forgotten how tall the cold storage warehouse was.  I scoured the internet to try and find a photograph taken from the Promenade that matched the view of a photo I took a few weeks ago.  On reflection, I should have done that the other way around.

This rough comparison, which is from a pretty close vantage point shows that the new condo building is marginally taller, but probably not as much as everyone thinks it is.

Use the slider to compare the two.

Satellite view: