Rendering Released for Seven-Story Adam America Project on Warren Street
Developer Adam America has released a rendering for its latest project in the Gowanus/Park Slope borderlands along 4th Avenue. The seven-story apartment building at 610 Warren Street will be stucco with large divided windows. We like the top of the building but wish there were a bit more going on at the street level, such as…
Developer Adam America has released a rendering for its latest project in the Gowanus/Park Slope borderlands along 4th Avenue. The seven-story apartment building at 610 Warren Street will be stucco with large divided windows. We like the top of the building but wish there were a bit more going on at the street level, such as more windows or doors or stores rather than blank walls.
Building design along 4th Avenue has been much criticized for its lack of stores or other features at ground level that would make the area more inviting and pleasant to walk. This building is not directly on the avenue, but just off it, between 3rd and 4th avenues in Gowanus.
New York YIMBY first published the design for the 31-unit development, which has 16 parking spots on the ground floor and 36,000 square feet of residential space. Architects Issac and Stern first filed permits in late September. The property is currently home to a one-story garage and car rental business, and demolition permits have not yet been filed to knock down the garage.
What do you think of the design?
Revealed: 610 Warren Street, Boerum Hill [YIMBY] GMAP
Adam America Plans Seven Stories of Apartments in Gowanus [Brownstoner]
probably parking behind the blank walls. It is prohibitively expensive to put it below grade so developers provide it at street-level. There are whole neighborhoods in Williamsburg like this, where street-level parking, most of which is vacant most of the time, is the dominant feature of the streetscape. Another reason that the 1950s-era parking requirements should be scrapped, stat.
Lost me at stucco
I don’t understand why they don’t include retail. My co-op has some ground floor retail and it puts hundreds of thousands per year into the association.
But thinking as a developer, does it make more sense for them to use the ground floor for parking for the development above? I don’t get it. Since they’re going to cash out, maybe they like something they can sell (parking spots) vs. something the future owners will rent (retail space).
Check the original post. It explains why there is no retail.