Carroll Gardens "Bastardization" Hits Market
When we wrote about 45 3rd Place last Spring as it was still under construction, we had this to say: “The addition to this house has to be one of the greatest bastardizations of a beautiful old brownstone we’ve ever seen.” (Click on the link below to see the photo from last April.) While some…
When we wrote about 45 3rd Place last Spring as it was still under construction, we had this to say: “The addition to this house has to be one of the greatest bastardizations of a beautiful old brownstone we’ve ever seen.” (Click on the link below to see the photo from last April.) While some readers leapt to its defense, others chimed in with such comments as “jaw-droppingly horrendous” and “cancerous growth”. Now the sucker is on the market. It appears to have been divided into two units, both two floors and approximately 2,000 square feet. They share the parking garage that sits were the garden once was. The lower unit is asking $1.45 million and interested parties as well as architectural critics can check it out at the open house on Sunday from 12 to 2 o’clock.
45 Third Place [Landmark Properties] GMAP
CG Atrocity: There Goes the Neighborhood [Brownstoner]
who’s the star architect of these wonders….it would be nice to know that such creative energies still exist…
i have photos! how can i post them?
Hey, I love that idea. I will call them that from now on……
Let’s start calling them Bloomberg Buildings.
Sorry that’s 7 violations not 73. The text got shifted while copying and pasting
If you walk by the side of the building, you will see structural cracks in the cinderblocks. This is horrible construction and I feel bad for whoever buys into this disaster. These people will have lots of expenses in their future.
Also looked at the Buildings department site. There is still a violation on this place:
Total Open
Complaints 7 3
Violations-DOB 0 0
Violations-ECB 4 1
This property has 1 open ECB “Work Without A Permit” Violations and may be subject to DOB civil penalties upon application for a permit. After obtaining the permit, a certificate of correction must be filed on the ECB violations.
Jobs/Filings 5
PRA / ARA Jobs 0
Total Jobs 5
Actions 7
The developer should go straight to hell for destroying this block with this atrocity.
I’ve interacted with many real estate brokers over the years. In general, success breeds arrogance and very few successful brokers are “nice” where nice to me means all of these things: 1) being diplomatic and pleasant in demeanor 2) prompt in returning calls and 3) as honest and as ethical as possible given the fact that ultimately, sellers tell the broker what to do. Successful brokers who have the volume don’t have to act nice because they’ve already spent years being nice to get where they are. Most people will still sell through them because they know what to price the house at, and because they think that they will get the most exposure through them.
Matthew –
I haven’t seen it, but you hit it right – there is no harmony here. Old and new can work well together, or the new can just overwhelm the old and strip it of all meaning, as looks to be the case here.