Reported Sale of 203 Ninth Street Alarms Preservationists

According to an e-mail blast from the Society of Old Brooklynites, the news, according to the former owner, that a developer has bought 203 Ninth Street, an abandoned industrial building next to a site being explored as a historic monument and public park, has set off alarms within the local preservation community.

The Gowanus neighborhood is under intense pressure from builders and