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August 13, 2009

Scaffolding Down at Greenpoint's Pencil Factory

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We hadn't realized that work had continued on the Pencil Factory conversion in Greenpoint after the project's developer defaulted and the site was shut down in May. According to Curbed, it has continued, and the scaffolding recently came down. How does it match up to the rendering (above)? We'll let you decide. Click here for the match up.
Rendering/Reality: Greenpoint's Pencil Factory Condos [Curbed] GMAP




Posted by Brownstoner at 9:31 AM | Comments (21)
Categories: Development, Greenpoint

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Wow - the rendering isn't that bad, but the actual building is hideous. It looks like it might topple over at any moment.

Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 13, 2009 9:35 AM

Holy cow! My eyes.

Posted by: Maly at August 13, 2009 9:35 AM

I HAD to look again, what a wreck. It looks like Joe the plumber was stuck finishing the building all on his lonesome, using the leftover material.

Posted by: Maly at August 13, 2009 9:40 AM

What dh said.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 13, 2009 9:40 AM

Wow. Just wow. Anyone living within eyesight of this joint should sue the developer and architect for intentional infliction of emotional distress (yes folks, that is a real tort!). If I lived over there, I'd buy a unit *in* this place so that when I looked out the window, I wouldn't be looking *at* this place.

Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 13, 2009 9:44 AM

What was on the right of the original factory when they began? This doesn't look like a rehabbed building on the right, it looks new, for lack of a better word. They would have been better off just converting the old factory on the left, and not tried to get creative. It looks like the Holiday Inn I stay in, way upstate, when I visit my Dad. That wasn't a complement.

Posted by: Montrose Morris at August 13, 2009 9:58 AM

i really want to sit for a drink with the people that design these things and feel really good about it when they look at it. just curious as to what sort of people they are, what they find stylish, and what they think of bklyn.

Posted by: goldie at August 13, 2009 9:59 AM

I don't know whats wrong with me - but i don't hate it.

Posted by: dittoburg at August 13, 2009 10:02 AM

at least there's no juliette balconies.

Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 13, 2009 10:03 AM

I used to work for the architect many years ago, and I think his work has gotten better over time. The rendering on his site indicates that the base wall has some transparency, which is unclear in the photo with the scaffolding. I actually find Dan's design sophisticated in a playful way, but have not seen the building in real life. One reason I like it is that it respects the scale of the buildings around it, alway a nice feature. Architecture is hard, believe me I know, so I am willing to give this one the benefit of the doubt. The imagery on the building's website, well that's another issue...

Posted by: jfmarch at August 13, 2009 10:07 AM

ditto--I'm with you. Doesn't bother me.

Posted by: wasder at August 13, 2009 10:11 AM

looks like a typical park slope mom to me. i dont know WHAT you guys' problem is!

*rob*

Posted by: PitbullNYC at August 13, 2009 10:25 AM

Ha Rob, it's obvious you have a soft spot for the underbitch.

Posted by: Maly at August 13, 2009 10:36 AM

Hey, rob, them's fightin' words!

Posted by: Park Sloper at August 13, 2009 11:07 AM

I.... uh... I.... erm... actually like it.

You want ugly, go rag on the Verdi:

- http://www.brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/2008/09/prices_slashed.php

Posted by: DitmasSnark at August 13, 2009 11:14 AM

reminds me of those patchwork leather jackets from the 70s.
http://www.poshgirlvintage.com/1960s-gandalf-rose-painted-patch-work-leather-jacket-p-469.html

Posted by: gagneur at August 13, 2009 11:47 AM

Where's the beautifully manicured landscape shown in the foreground of the rendering?

I guess it was cheaper for the bank to 'keep her' [suspend foreclosure proceedings]. Keep that inventory in check (oh so futilly). What a mess.

***Bid half off peak comps***

Posted by: Brownstones Half Off at August 13, 2009 1:51 PM

I don't hate it either. Anything is better than featureless brick horror next to it.

Posted by: loty at August 13, 2009 2:37 PM

really not that awful. at least it's not a Fedders special

Posted by: Narcissus at August 13, 2009 3:58 PM

I'm with the non-haters. Anyway, without the last bit of scaffolding removed, we can't really judge the whole thing.

Posted by: Brooklyn Chicken at August 13, 2009 5:17 PM

the apts themselves look fine and the 3 bedrm with terrace is nice. bigger apts would have people with kids interested probably. not sure what's going to sell regardless right now. it would rent out for sure.

Posted by: wine lover at August 13, 2009 8:43 PM

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