They have survived in Brooklyn's northwestern corner for over a century -- handmade and rounded, their shades weathered to a medley of noble grays. But amid efforts to make the rickety streets of Dumbo and Vinegar Hill more accessible and bike-friendly, the city has decided many of the old cobblestones on their streets have to go. The Department of Transportation has offered to install new cobbles that are aged artificially to appear more worn. "It is far worse than I could have imagined," said historic preservationist Andrew S. Dolkart of Columbia University. "It is appalling that the D.O.T. would destroy real historic material and replace it with a completely ersatz program."
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