Architecture: Modern the Way We Like It
This design at 165 8th Street caught our eye last week. The owner transformed an old one-story taxpayer into, we think, a very cool modern two-family home. This is, on a small scale, what the developer of 328 Grand Avenue should have done instead of tearing down the beautiful old two-story warehouse. You like-y?
This design at 165 8th Street caught our eye last week. The owner transformed an old one-story taxpayer into, we think, a very cool modern two-family home. This is, on a small scale, what the developer of 328 Grand Avenue should have done instead of tearing down the beautiful old two-story warehouse. You like-y?
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I not only know the designers/owners/dwellers but also love them so I’m probably not the most objective commenter. I would suggest, though, that it might be useful to walk down the street and see the place in context. The repetition of the “cheap” thing is puzzling to me. I wonder what that presumption is based on since I suspect that those remarks are from folks who have only seen the one photo. The rear of the building is full of windows; the homes full of light and warmth. Yes, these are HOMES. People live here, raise their families here, share the space with friends, and have crafted their homes with a LOT of thought and care. As a meathead when it comes to design I can only say with authority what my experience is of the place. I love it; it’s beautiful. I’m sorry that most of the rest of you don’t get to have the view of it that I do.
So you’d rather have a big glass box? This is Brooklyn, not Midtown. Plus, it’s vastly better looking than the buildings around it.
Judging by this message board, you all have a little too much time on your hands…
You people are obnoxious idiots. I know the designers as well and you should see the inside…
I’m this guys neighbor and I think it’s ugly. Of course I have a bias- for years I used to be able to sit up on my roof and watch the 4th of July fireworks- no more since that addition! I believe at one point there was a wood shop in there. You should have taken a picture of the empty lot across the street….lots of oddities on this block actually. We have a few warehouses left over from awhile back….a residential brownstone with a preserved storefront from a previous incarnation…an old farmhouse squeezed between apartment buildings…
Well i think it’s amazing!!!! and the inside is even BETTERRR!!!! OOOOOO!!!!! So i don’t know what is up with everybody who thinks it’s, fugly or whatever, but I personally think it is AWESOME!!!
Okay, I’ve thought about it and you seem to be clearly in the wrong.
I know the designer, but I won’t give more ammunition to the uneducated nay-sayers on this board. Some of you should take an architecture class or two before spouting off about things you clearly don’t understand. I have opinions about a lot of things, for example I don’t like country music, but I wouldn’t presume to tell Garth Brooks how he should write his music. Think about it.
I’ve been admiring this place for a year as it was being built.
It’s understated, inventive, and in keeping with the feel of the neighborhood. It’s a great example of the best living spaces in New York. Not too showy on the outside–but cool on the inside.
If you go around the block and look to see the backside, it’s all huge windows and balconies. This place is great.
And I love the fact that if you were walking by you probably wouldn’t even notice it as anything more than one of the thousands of warehouse garages lining brooklyn streets. I was actually a little sad the owner removed all the graffitti off the original garage. I would much rather see more developments like this than tearing down older brick structures and putting up “fake brownstones” or purple textured brick.