Bigger But Not Better in The Slope
Looking at this kind of before-and-after is a good way to get depressed. The transformation of 561 11th Street was noticed and mused upon by the blog Save The Slope: We have no idea if the new building is great architecture or not. Personally we prefer the old building. One wonders, though, what has really…
Looking at this kind of before-and-after is a good way to get depressed. The transformation of 561 11th Street was noticed and mused upon by the blog Save The Slope:
We have no idea if the new building is great architecture or not. Personally we prefer the old building. One wonders, though, what has really been gained in this process? The new building is not dramatically larger than the old one. The old building could have been a 1- or 2-family; the new building appears to be a 3-family. Perhaps we have managed to squeeze another couple of people into Park Slope, which is great. Probably someone has made a lot of money in this transaction, or hopes to. But the one certainty is that we have lost a bit more of Park Slope’s historic fabric and unique “sense of place”.
Bummer.
11th Street: Another One Bites the Dust [Save The Slope] GMAP
I’m glad I don’t live across the street from it & have to see it every day.
Anyone that says the new is better is just being a contrarian.
It’s really aesthetically unappealing and doesn’t add anything to the neighborhood except the addition of a few more units. It already looks dated and not in a pleasing historical way.
The listings are here:
http://corcoran.com/property/search.aspx?FP=BP&ListingID=1878009&Region=NYC
Seems to be a four family. Priced quite aggressively I would say – looking at this broker everthing seems to be 20-30% above what I would expect even when taking into account the Corcoran mark-up.
A crappy little hovel was replaced by a mediocre, but perfectly functional new building. Why is this a problem?
It’s next door to a parking garage on one side and a wood frame building on the other, so it’s not like there’s some sort of unified streetline that is being marred.
Ok…I like the old version better too, but to say that “we have lost a bit more of Park Slope’s historic fabric and unique “sense of place”??? Come on!
Oh, yeah, it’s really a thing of beauty, certainly much more aesthetically pleasing than that little old piece of s**t historical brick house it replaced.
UGH
how charming was that little brick bulding and now sits a weird euro style charmer
(SMH) I hate what Brooklyn is turning into.
Thumbs up!
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