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Share via Shortlink Mayor Bill de Blasio, Bruce Eichner of Continuum Company and a rendering of two 39-story residential towers at 960 Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights (Photos via Getty; YIMBY) UPDATED Dec. 22, 2:24 pm: On the darkest day of the year, Mayor Bill de Blasio withdrew his support for a residential project in Crown Heights that drew opposition for the shadows it would cast over the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. De Blasio, who had backed the development all year because of its affordable housing component, told Gothamist Monday that he now opposes the plan by Bruce Eichner of Continuum Company to build two 39-story residential towers in Crown Heights. ....