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February 13, 2006

383 Court: The Molemen Move in Next Week

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We've been watching this building go up at 383 Court Street in Carroll Gardens and wondering why the windows need to be so small? Not only is this less pleasant for the eventual occupants, but it's an impediment to passersby, craning to get a good look inside. From the street level, it looks less than average--odd, since it's so close to what is apparently the new trendiest neighborhood, SoFo. GMAP --L.S.D.




Posted by Brownstoner at 10:40 AM | Comments (17)
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OK, I hate to be so ignorant, but what is SoFo?

Posted by: Anonymous at February 13, 2006 10:43 AM

The new moniker for "South of Fourth Place."

Posted by: Anonymous at February 13, 2006 10:47 AM

It is much, much cheaper construction-wise to install small windows. By the looks of it, the windows should have been framed by the limestone (or probably cast concrete) sills. These are probably the smallest windows allowed by zoning laws.

Posted by: TeoNYC at February 13, 2006 11:15 AM

U.G.L.Y. -- THAT SPELLS UGLY!!!! BLECH!!!!!!

Posted by: Anonymous at February 13, 2006 11:34 AM

Who's L.S.?

Posted by: Anonymous at February 13, 2006 11:50 AM

Actually, it's L.S.D. Lisa Selin Davis, a freelance writer who's written about Brooklyn, real estate and design in the past. We're experimenting with getting a little editorial help around here.

Posted by: Brownstoner at February 13, 2006 12:00 PM

Limestone- LOL.
Someone made a funny.
Place is a dump, above a dump (yes, your fav. Key Foods).
And even worse- they seem to be gearing up for something next door. Just as pretty I bet.

Posted by: Max at February 13, 2006 1:59 PM

a dog-gone ugly shame

Posted by: DN at February 13, 2006 3:36 PM

I look at this and something in me says that this is wrong. Its more than "I don't like the way they look". They just throw off the balance of the building. It seems to me that if you are going to use smaller windows then you need to install more, but the combination of so few windows and such small windows just doesn't work.

Could someone tell me approximately how much cheaper these little LEGO windows are than "standard" sized windows? (And come on, deep down, you know that they look just like the windows in the LEGO houses)

Posted by: Oh Lord! at February 13, 2006 5:55 PM

I look at this and something in me says that this is wrong. Its more than "I don't like the way they look". They just throw off the balance of the building. It seems to me that if you are going to use smaller windows then you need to install more, but the combination of so few windows and such small windows just doesn't work.

Could someone tell me approximately how much cheaper these little LEGO windows are than "standard" sized windows? (And come on, deep down, you know that they look just like the windows in the LEGO houses)

Posted by: Oh Lord! at February 13, 2006 6:05 PM

those are standared sized windows. they just look small next to a brownstone window. They are really meant for the back of a suburban house. I watched this building go up, and am amazed at how crap and quickly it went from steel frame to being finished.

Once it was that you said Carroll Gardens and people said, where?

Posted by: Anonymous at February 13, 2006 8:25 PM

From Curbed: A very angry Beacon Tower supporter:

Come on guys, Beacon is not so bad compared to most of the junk being constructed in Crooklyn...look at some of the alternatives. The Terraces on Court Street (hideous)in the asshole of Carroll Gardens, 60 Tiffany (nice on the outside, but cheap-feeling on the inside...Amana appliances? Don't they put those in Section 8 housing?), Tuscany Condos (Very ugly Fedders building in the asshole of Carroll Gardens), the anachronistic Greenehouse in Fort Greene (there goes that neighborhood), The Smith (Luxe and Pop? What does that mean? The detention center next door puts that one to shame.) The Nexus in Dumbo? (Overpriced glorified Fedders building...for those prices I don't just want central HVAC, I want air coming out of the Developer's Groups' collective asshole.) J Condo...The Joy of Living in Vinegar Hill (It's not technically in Dumbo, and it will be an unsightly monstrosity when completed in two years!) Court Street Lofts (I wouldn't have taken a whore there when I was in college.) Oh and how about the Lofts on DeKalb? (What's next, the new luxury enclave called "Van Siclen Villas"...The Pride of Upper East New York and Ocean Hill Heights?) 70 Washington. (Has anyone seen the carpet picked for the hallways? Has anyone HEARD the noise from the cheapo windows? What do you do with a ginormous column in your living room?) 11 2nd Place (Who got permission for this one? Someone is giving someone blowjobs in the zoning department.) Eight by Eight in the Slope? (Crap location, ugly outside.) 678 Union Street. (Awkward layouts and where are the dishwashers?) 71 Carroll. (Hmm, looks like Red Hook to me. And it looks like some pretty shoddy construction. More Fedders! Woo hoo!) I'd rather have SARS than live in that junk. Boerum Heights...pretty bad, prettay prettay prettay bad. (Downtown Brooklyn sucks and so do these condos.) 14 Townhouses. (Answering a question nobody asked.) Good work Beacon Tower. My money is on you! Nice finishes, unique design, sound absorbing windows, non-offensive facade. In Dumbo Proper.

Posted by: Anonymous at February 13, 2006 11:03 PM

I can't make much sense of the above post, but who ever wrote must live in his own private ass hole.

But the hack developer that did 383 Court Street should get a failing grade, be forced to tear it down and start over and pay a big fine to everyone who lives in a five block radius.

Posted by: Anonymous at February 13, 2006 11:47 PM

Yeah Anon 11:03 makes no sense at all. Where are your meds?

Posted by: Anonymous at February 14, 2006 12:02 AM

I hope that person enjoys his the depreciating value of Beacon Tower.

Posted by: Anonymous at February 14, 2006 12:11 AM

well they can look out their teeny windows at the new CVS about to take over the mouse urine infested key foods...

Posted by: Anonymous at February 15, 2006 5:21 PM

Beacon Tower

The exterior is finished, and I see dented metal work, and chipped brick work.

Isn't there engineer and construction quality control?

If there careless with the exterior, what is going on inside?

Posted by: JW at September 6, 2006 7:52 PM

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