Goldberger Props for Saratoga Avenue Community Center

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New Yorker architecture critic Paul Goldberger has just posted his list of the Ten Most Positive Architectural Events of 2009. There’s one Brooklyn mention:

Brooklyn, the borough that didn’t get Frank Gehry’s new arena for the Nets, got something a lot smaller and much more suited to its immediate needs, which is an exceptionally handsome and dignified community center in Brownsville by the architect George Ranalli. The Saratoga Avenue Community Center, built by the New York City Housing Authority, is a small, self-assured brick building that loosely echoes Frank Lloyd Wright, but is altogether original, and stands as a welcome—and welcoming—reminder that the city government actually is capable of being a good client when it wants to be.

For the rest of Golderberger’s list click here and to see more images of the community center check out the architect’s website.
Ten Most Positive Architectural Events of 2009 [New Yorker via Curbed]
Saratoga Avenue Community Center [George Ranalli]