4th Avenue Condos: The Next Generation?
Hot on the heels of news that the under-construction L-shaped condo on 4th Avenue between 6th and 7th streets is being branded the Argyle come intriguing images from Curbed that are supposed to represent a glassy building slated for 8th Street. We’re not certain which 4th Avenue parcel this bad boy’s meant to rise on—our…
Hot on the heels of news that the under-construction L-shaped condo on 4th Avenue between 6th and 7th streets is being branded the Argyle come intriguing images from Curbed that are supposed to represent a glassy building slated for 8th Street. We’re not certain which 4th Avenue parcel this bad boy’s meant to rise on—our best guess is 438 4th Avenue, a site where the DOB approved plans for a 12-story building in 2005 that were never realized—but, wow, doesn’t it look loads more interesting than most of the avenue’s other recentish developments? And is there movement on any other 4th Avenue sites, you ask? For sure. The DOB recently green-lighted the demolition of the old warehouse on 6th Street owned by Baruch Singer and Rosma Development, and it’s started to come down (see photo on jump). The developers’ plans to put a snazzy-looking Ten Arquitectos-designed condo on the site were sadly nixed, and there’s no word what’ll go up instead.
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11:18 I live around the corner from here. The building is being built on 3 or 4 combined lots and some of them still have buildings on them. The front of the building looks like it will be on 8th st not 4th ave which explains no retail. there seems to be a large side garden so i guess the glass will be overlooking that.
I don’t see how this design is going to work, as it will be surround by buildings of at least three stories on 2 or 3 sides. So will all that glass be up against the walls of the neighboring buildings?
Agreed, 8:18 – This stuff blows away the run down trash currently occupying on 4th Ave.
Close to subways, retail on its way – 4th avenue is going to rock!
You negative people are nuts. This is certainly not perfect but is clearly lightyears aheaf of everything around it and a step in the right direction.
Haha, must be comments from the developer “praising” this crap. Please, this looks like shit! Plain old glass covered crap! We don’t need this and we don’t need Novo or Crest, unfortunately developers or their moron marketing people think enough people are swayed by glass crap! I love the protrudng lego balconies, pure genius. Please there must be some visionary developer who can bring something interesting and beautiful to 4th ave, is I really that difficult or are we stuck with lazy bastards who produce and build crap like this?
beautiful design. developer is obviously spending more on this than other buildings on 4th. hopefully we will get more buildings like this so 4th ave will finally be the residential block it should be. nice that it has outdoor space as well.
christ that is hideous. what are those young folks who are in architect school? We need them cause this stuff is hideous!
this looks great!are they selling yet too? how do prices compare to other developements on 4th?
this will supposedly be a LEED certified building according to a curbed item a few weeks ago so it should be very energy efficient. nice to see a 4th ave building finally considering design. anyone know who the builder and architect is?