On Prospect Park: Ready For its Close-Up
[nggallery id=”20762″ template=galleryview] Yesterday we had the distinct pleasure of touring On Prospect Park, the Richard Meier-designed condo next to Grand Army Plaza. The building’s on-site sales office opened last week, and it consists of a model four-bedroom unit on the second floor. Details in the unit are legion: The kitchen, for example, has integrated…
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Yesterday we had the distinct pleasure of touring On Prospect Park, the Richard Meier-designed condo next to Grand Army Plaza. The building’s on-site sales office opened last week, and it consists of a model four-bedroom unit on the second floor. Details in the unit are legion: The kitchen, for example, has integrated appliances like a microwave “garage” and a Sub-Zero fridge, both of which completely blend into the white cabinetry; high-end finishes abound, with Zuma soaking tubs in the bathrooms, Gaggenau gas cooktops with integrated electric ovens in the kitchens, and walk-in showers in the master baths with Dornbracht rain heads. Unsurprisingly, though, the real star of the show at OPP are the views from the floor-to-ceiling glass walls. The view from the most expensive unit, a 16th-floor duplex penthouse that costs $6 million, includes Prospect Park on one end and both the Downtown Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan skylines on the other. The building is now around 40 percent sold—its sales director, Cheryl Nielsen-Saaf of Corcoran Sunshine, said two more units went into contract on Monday—and move-ins should happen by September.
On Prospect Park [Official Site]
Brooklyn Can Finally Get Down With OPP [Brownstoner]
Ha Look closely people, you have to bend down to use the oven too. Get over it, you can’t afford to live here anyway, Cheap ass.
I agree with Stoner on this one. I think it is a very thoughtful design that adds rather than subtracts from Grand Army Plaza. I like it very from across the circle as well as on the PH side. The interiors would take some time to get use to. Maybe 3 hours. It is a great addition to the Boro.
1:18 – I have to disagree, you are buying in a place like 1PP (and paying a huge sq ft premium) because of ‘design’
The microwave in an of itself isnt such a big deal but it does raise some concerns; There are far better options for the placement (and level) of microwave then some cheepy unit stuck underneath a drawer. One would think that you could expect the highest quality materials in a building like this and that the design of the various rooms would be of the highest visual and functional form.
Maybe the microwave was just a ‘miss’ but if I was a potential buyer, I’d be looking a lot closer at stuff if I saw that.
Asshat @ 1:18: Enlighten the rest of us potential BUYERS why I should pay $1+ million dollars for a place in the building and then have to either crouch down to use an appliance or move the appliance to another location so I don’t have to be bothered with sitting on the floor to nuke something?
And while you are at it, explain the design of pillars that block my view?
You don’t get it, fucktard. Design is meaningless if it detracts from functionality.
The Beyonce rumors have been swirling around this building for years. It is crap.
Popcorn maker kinda cranky? Or are you a broker with only 40% sold after a year on the market?
$ 1 million, ok dr evil, a million buys you a studio in this buidling.
Pardon my asking, but why would Beyonce buy in Brooklyn?
Yea if I am going to buy a million dollar Richard Meier building, I want a microwave that is better placed and bigger so I can make FUCKING Popcorn. Stupid. If you do not understand why this microwave is placed there then you do not understand the point of this building and you should probably stick to condos like NOVO and Crest on 4th.
“Who the fuck cares about the microwave. So you buy a multimillion dollar Richard Meier apartment and you make microwave food? You then are the lamest person in the world.”
Your comment makes no sense, I’m sure that plenty of million dollar apartments come with a microwave that is used by the buyers, my point was from a design standpoint, isn’t high design also about functionality