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February 15, 2006

Development Watch: A Step Up in Bay Ridge?

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With all the negative talk about fugly new developments in the borough, a Bay Ridge resident emailed to suggest we look at a recent building designed by Sears Tambasco Architects that he believes runs counter to this trend. "I heard the developer lives in the neighborhood, hence, he didn't go cheap on us," he writes. "It's proof that with a good budget, good architecture can be accomplished." We have to admit the 6-story, 20,000-square-foot structure is a whole lot better than most of the crap we've been talking about lately. We'd be curious to know how the apartments are priced. The chatter on Wired NY is that the smallest units start at $700,000.
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Posted by Brownstoner at 11:02 AM | Comments (13)
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I want to like it but it looks a little office-parky to me.

Granted, it would depend on the context, somewhat. (and it's certainly better than, say, the corner or Fulton and Franklin (or Classon?))

Posted by: Preston at February 15, 2006 11:18 AM

It's nice, I wouldn't say office parky, but I do think it looks like it belongs in Southern California...

Posted by: garrett at February 15, 2006 11:28 AM

for a quick second, this development was on the brooklyn properties site, but then it disappeared. possibly a disagreement between sponsor/bk properties?

anyhow, it looked nice and i think this is on shore road facing the harbor/statue of liberty/verrazano.

reminds me of a poor man's richard meier-type building.

Posted by: ltjbukem at February 15, 2006 11:45 AM

my mom lives around the corner. it looks like an office building and out of context with the surrounding structures. An it has killed parking around there.

Posted by: Anonymous at February 15, 2006 11:56 AM

740ish to 800+, and i think mostly sold, looks out at the water, here's a recent sold one

http://www.betancourtrealestate.com/page.cfm?page=details&id=1296

Posted by: Anonymous at February 15, 2006 11:59 AM

I know a lot of people are saying it's out of context, I see it as a breath of fresh air. There are so many ugly buildings that have gone up recently in Bay Ridge, this is refreshing. A building like this on Shore Road should take advantage of the views; hence, a glass beauty. The one built a few years ago next to it is ugly!

Posted by: Anonymous at February 15, 2006 12:37 PM

I believe the building next to it is a Fedder original.

Posted by: faithful at February 15, 2006 12:40 PM

The building is sold out. Not sure how it could kill parking, since it has its own lot in the rear. The units are lovely, the views spectacular. Yup, I work for one of the selling agencies.

Posted by: Anonymous at February 15, 2006 1:02 PM

good ... architecture? you're kidding, right?

it looks as if it's about to give birth unto the street.

good lord, it's awful.

Posted by: suzy at February 15, 2006 2:33 PM

It's a great building; a nice change from the drek piling up all of brooklyn (see South Park Slope or the area btw 4th and 5th Aves in Park Slope for examples). It reminds me of a lot of the new residential construction in low-rise parts of Tokyo: unabashedly modern, sleek, but respectful of the scale of the area (from what I can see).

An example of similarly good Japanese architecture:
http://www.kapuku.com/foto/pix_processed/2005/japan/images/dsc00480.jpg

if only more of this type of work could be built in brooklyn...

Posted by: erik at February 16, 2006 3:16 PM

It's a great building; a nice change from the drek piling up all of brooklyn (see South Park Slope or the area btw 4th and 5th Aves in Park Slope for examples). It reminds me of a lot of the new residential construction in low-rise parts of Tokyo: unabashedly modern, sleek, but respectful of the scale of the area (from what I can see).

An example of similarly good Japanese architecture:
http://www.kapuku.com/foto/pix_processed/2005/japan/images/dsc00480.jpg

if only more of this type of work could be built in brooklyn...

Posted by: erik at February 16, 2006 3:25 PM

I have driven by this complex at night and it looks beautiful!

Posted by: Anonymous at February 16, 2006 9:33 PM

It looks nice to me, but a little stubby. It would be nice if it could get narrower and taller. But, I assume they maxed out their buildable sq ft.

Posted by: JoshK at February 21, 2006 3:28 PM

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