We’ve got nothing against the upzoning and resulting building boom on Flatbush Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn; in fact, it makes a lot of sense to us. We also think that the derogatory implications of the term “Manhattanization” are overdone (usually in the process of opposing the Atlantic Yards project). That said, Ismael Leyva’s design for the 108-unit condo destined the triangular lot bounded by Flatbush Avenue Extenstion, Tillary and Duffield is a downer, we think. It feels soul-less, robotic even. We aren’t going to get to worried about it though for reasons one commenter on Curbed summed up very nicely:

It’s one building by one architect for one developer. And when another building by another architect is built next to it — blam! — you start to get an interesting streetscape and diversity. and the people who didn’t like the first building may like the second. And problems that are encountered after the first building can be addressed by the second building. It’s not like, oh, say…16 skyscrapers designed by one guy being dropped in one fell swoop on top of an entire neighborhood.

And, there, folks, you have our biggest objection to the Atlantic Yards project.
Flatiron on Flatbush [Brooklyn Papers] GMAP
Alien Spawn of Flatiron on Flatbush [Curbed]