Time Puts Its Stamp on South 4th Street
When we first moved to Brooklyn in 2003, we lived in the upper duplex of the yellow house on the far left of the top photo. We stayed there for two years; the second year was when we were doing the renovations on our newly purchased house in Clinton Hill. When we lived on the…
When we first moved to Brooklyn in 2003, we lived in the upper duplex of the yellow house on the far left of the top photo. We stayed there for two years; the second year was when we were doing the renovations on our newly purchased house in Clinton Hill. When we lived on the block, neither the heinous new building in the top photo or the super-modern building in the second photo existed. We walked down the street a couple of weeks ago for the first time and struck by both of them. While we hope there’s some utilitarian reason for the tiny windows in the latter, we find it interesting; the former has no business ever having been built. Anyone like the modern one?
99 South 4th Street: GMAP DOB
107 South 4th Street: GMAP DOB
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I disagree with rob, in twenty or fifty or a hundred years nobody is going to think these buildings are beautiful. They may think they are interesting curiosities from a time when architects forgot how to design, but that would be about it.
uh you do realize that for many years brownstoners were considered ugly and low rent, right?
*rob*
both pretty bad.
anyone have examples of smaller new construction buildings that you guys think are acceptable?
The only new building it seems people like is Toren.
“I think the owners should rig up a travelling red light crossing the small horizontal windows on the top floor.”
this is the best idea i have ever heard.
fsrq, the finale left a lot to be desired, but otherwise, I agree.
I think the owners should rig up a travelling red light crossing the small horizontal windows on the top floor.
One final comment, from looking at these new buildings, an alien would think that the price of window glass has become prohibitive. Look at how ungenerous the modern windows are compared to the historic ones.
They are both ugly and wrong for the block, but for different reasons.
The interior of the Cylon building has some interesting design choices. Here there appears to be a glass floor:
– http://www.standardarchitects.com/projects/art/0520-4.jpg
Great upskirt opportunities.
OK, after looking at the link, I’m not thrilled. It’s very futuristic and sleek, but also very cold, very grey and hard. It looks like the air conditioning is blasting on full, 24/7, and backing into a concrete wall could be fatal to your health, as you’d stick to it and freeze.
If they had built the Fedders building the same height as the others on the block, and put some decent windows in, instead of those portholes and tiny bays, I wouldn’t have a problem with it.
What is that weird white keyslot of a thing? It does look like a false entry from an ancient Egytian tomb. It is appalling. I’m sorry. I disagree with rob, in twenty or fifty or a hundred years nobody is going to think these buildings are beautiful. They may think they are interesting curiosities from a time when architects forgot how to design, but that would be about it.