How the Argyle Greets 4th Avenue
Following in the footsteps of another 4th Avenue masterpiece new condo, the Crest, behold the latest grate addition to the Park Avenue of Brooklyn’s streetscape, this time c/o the Argyle. Jane Jacobs would love this! GMAP
Following in the footsteps of another 4th Avenue masterpiece new condo, the Crest, behold the latest grate addition to the Park Avenue of Brooklyn’s streetscape, this time c/o the Argyle. Jane Jacobs would love this! GMAP
“On-site parking is required for 50% of the units”–seriously, this is required by the city?
Wow, that’s stupid. Seriously, no parking should be required in any NYC building. Especially one so close to the subway.
Yes, bxgirl, anybody’s brother-in-law CAN do the design work. You don’t need a degree in anything to simply design a building. You only need a registered architect to sign and seal the drawings. As far as the law is concerned, the building has to be structurally sound and code-conforming. Other than in historic districts, aesthetics and urbanism don’t matter.
As hideous and horrible as this is, I don’t think you can blame the architects/developers. A combination of groundwater conditions and stupid stupid zoning makes it practically impossible to put nice retail in this space. On-site parking is required for 50% of the units, and the water table is so high along 4th avenue that underground parking is impossible. That means that the garage has to go on the ground floor. It’s really a horrible oversight that parking is required in dense multifamily new construction that literally sits atop a subway line.
Well the building has sold 53 units, 2 are in contract and 10 are for sale.
So clearly the people buying the place didn’t seem to mind as much as everyone here.
they’re shooting themselves in the foot. why would people want to live in a building when the builders have expressed zero confidence in the street where it’s located?
Don’t architects have to have degrees? Or can anyone’s brother in law do the design work these days?
same as crest on 2nd St and Park Ave of Brooklyn.
unbelievable.
Sweet – blank wall on the street. Or is that vent actually the entrance to a speakeasy cocktail/ramen joint?
Is that the same thing as “flogging the bishop” Snark?