New Development: 5423 Seventh Avenue

A reader emailed us a photo of this six-story, ten-unit development at 55th Street and Seventh Avenue in Sunset Park yesterday and we’re still trying to figure out how someone who graduated from architecture school could have oriented the building like this. Actually, it probably wasn’t his fault: The developer must have wanted to get a few extra bucks per square foot by having an extra floor rather than shifting that cubic footage to the front of the building where it could have been used to align with the adjacent facade. Of course, now he’s stuck with a silly-looking building and the job of convincing potential buyers that looking out from their terraces at a brick wall of graffiti is a good thing. Are we just being crotchety or is does this seem like poor design to you too? GMAP P*Shark DOB
Feb 13, 2012 | 12:02 PM