Norah Jones Cuts Back on Her Windows
There’s peace in Cobble Hill. The platinum-selling singer Norah Jones, who got the neighborhood in quite a tizzy at the end of the year when she received approval from the Landmarks Preservation Commission to pop in ten new windows along the western wall of her recently purchased townhouse, took a voluntary step at a compromise….
There’s peace in Cobble Hill. The platinum-selling singer Norah Jones, who got the neighborhood in quite a tizzy at the end of the year when she received approval from the Landmarks Preservation Commission to pop in ten new windows along the western wall of her recently purchased townhouse, took a voluntary step at a compromise. According to The Brooklyn Paper, which broke the news, Jones has amended her LPC application to include only seven windows instead of ten–three on the top floor and four on the bottom floor. The president of the Cobble Hill Association, which has weighed in with the concern that the side windows are not historically consistent, expressed mixed feelings about the news: I’m still concerned that this sets a precedent, said Roy Sloane, the president of the Cobble Hill Association. But I’m always in favor of a compromise, if that’s what happened here. One concern that is not raised by either The Brooklyn Paper or The Post, which also covered the story, is whether the seven-window layout might actually look less natural than the original ten-window layout. Any thoughts on that?
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Fuggedaboutit, benson.
the funniest part about it is that nora’s face is about as asthetically please as a plain brick wall
*rob*
oh benson, stop whining already.
Well, isn’t this interesting?
Here we have the Brownstoner crowd, who day after day call for more landmarked areas, more regulation over building aesthetics (down to what type of sidewalks are appropriate in front of brownstones) and more “community input”, aghast at a Frankenstein they’ve created.
As the old expression goes: be careful what you wish for…..
Next time ask for 20 windows and compromise back down to 10.
The president of the CHA should be sentenced to life in a windowless room.
Posted by: cmu at January 8, 2010 9:59 AM
LOL
cmu, I’m sure there’s a case of repressed “window envy” with this guy.
Maybe he should have his mouth and writing hand duct taped? Honestly- Sloane doesn’t have anything else in life to worry about? I could understand if she was going to have the facade ripped off and replaced with fake fieldstone stucco- but honestly!
The ony thing I’m thinking is she might have been advised to go with les windows over concerns for the structure. 10 is a lot of holes to punch through an old wall. In any case, she certainly showed lot more class than Sloane.
The president of the CHA should be sentenced to life in a windowless room.
The only way even rows of windows can add up to 10 is if you do 5 floors of 2 each. This house doesn’t have 5 floors.
There was never going to be any symmetry.