Bathroom Tile Exterior in Greenwood Heights
The South Slope and Greenwood Heights have been ground-zero for some of the worst kinds of architectural experimentation in recent years, so it was with little surprise that we opened a tipster email to find this photo of a recently-completed facade on 19th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues that’s composed of, you guessed it,…
The South Slope and Greenwood Heights have been ground-zero for some of the worst kinds of architectural experimentation in recent years, so it was with little surprise that we opened a tipster email to find this photo of a recently-completed facade on 19th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues that’s composed of, you guessed it, bathroom tiles. An OT regular even went up and touched the facade to confirm. There’s a full-length photo on the jump.
Thanks Kensington Gal. Thats what I meant to say. Good design, not taste neccesarily. This is bad design.
when it’s time to scrub the mold off the grout, this is gonna take a *really* big scrub brush and bottle of Comet.
UGG boots are well known to be a horrific sartorial offense, trendy in LA for five minutes five years ago. They are comfortable and warm, is all.
I walked by earlier. Denton is correct, they are some kind of snap together paneling. Meant for outdoors, who know. But it actually looks pretty interesting in person. Outside reno was done decently enough.
Al change my grade to a B+
People who wear UGGs don’t bring down the neighbor’s property values, or shoe values for that matter. And, sorry, it is a matter of not just taste but design. There’s good and bad in both categories. There’s plenty I wouldn’t do myself because it’s not my taste, but still falls under the mantle of good design. It doesn’t have to be an historic replica of anything else and there’s plenty of interesting and innovative design ideas out there that are unusual that would work. This ain’t working. Rule of thumb: If it reminds a majority of people of a bathroom floor, it’s probably not a great choice for a house exterior.
I think if you crazy glued 3 thousand brown UGG boots horizontally to the facade of this POS It would come out way nicer.
i think it’ll probably fall off too and its too bad as it looks good compared to the vinyl is final crap on the house next door. up here in the sticks, that stuff is the fixit for all ills and the solution to actually painting. yecchh!!! bathroom tiles would be an improvement. my house is appealing yellow – its apeeling right off the house. i paint my house every 100 years whether it needs it or not.
“Its just cheap and tacky. You can have a tight budget AND good tatse. And also be sensitive to the surrounding neighborhood.”
Really? The same arguement can be said for people who wear UGG boots. I think they’re ugly as sin, but apparently there’s a whole bunch of people who think they’re the bomb, and who am I to think everyone should be subject to my taste in footwear?
When I find myself and others saying “oh I have seen worse”, I realize that living in Brooklyn has lowered my standards of design because there are soooo many bad bldgs going up.
This tile facade is awful. Its not about individuality, especially if its not even an appropriate exterior facade. Its just cheap and tacky. You can have a tight budget AND good tatse. And also be sensitive to the surrounding neighborhood.