What's Up With 140 Degraw Street?
When we first passed by this unconventional work-in-progress on Degraw Street at Tiffany Place we assumed it was a piece of new construction. Looking at the photo from a couple of years ago on Property Shark, however, makes it clear that it’s merely an alteration of an existing brick rowhouse, a fact which is confirmed…
When we first passed by this unconventional work-in-progress on Degraw Street at Tiffany Place we assumed it was a piece of new construction. Looking at the photo from a couple of years ago on Property Shark, however, makes it clear that it’s merely an alteration of an existing brick rowhouse, a fact which is confirmed by DOB filings. And what an alteration it is: The house couldn’t have been much more than 3,000 square feet originally and now it’s been supersized to 6,600 square feet. Anyone know how the developer—who’s creating six residential units—was able to build this much with a 2.43 FAR?
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Hah, comparing this to Le Corbusier.
Architect on the project, is that you?
Let me give you a more appropriate history lesson:
Most of Le Corbusier’s signature villas work was in the period of the 1910s-1930s, before Europe blew itself to pieces.
Of course Europeans were conservative before the utter devastation of WWII, and of course they had no choice but embrace the modern in the wake of that devastation.
Duh…
We still haven’t figured out how they pushed the FAR to 3.4
This isn’t really a question of architectural style for me. It is a concern about scale. It’s too tall and too close to the sidewalk.
A bit of history: the first clients of young Le Corbusier were Americans, because at that time in France there was no market for his modern villas: French were mostly conservative while Americans had much more advanced taste. Looking at these comments one may ask: what happened to Americans?! Looks like 80 years later the situation is completely opposite. Now we have to go to Europe to learn the way modern architecture is being done in historic neighborhoods.
Nice project…well done.
It is a very-very beautful design. One of the best things built in Brooklyn in recent years. It is very elegant, makes an appropriate , well calculated accent in the monotonity of the block. I never saw it alive, but now I really want to go and see. Who is the architect, any idea?
if you don’t like it.. then petition to get the wanna-be carrol gardens neighborhood “carroll gardens west, aka red hook” a historic district.
but – it’s probably not worthy of that distinction.. so there you go.
Brooklyn is loosing its charm? meaning the 60’s, 70’s Queens housing that was constructed in empty lots in CarGard, the removing of orig. entry doors and replace with suburban track housing doors all over,etc ,etc,etc added the charm we are loosing?
Sometimes I think you people have blinders on. Decades of ugly sidings, stripping of cornices, and now some people are doing some very innovative, upscale redesign of houses that need something – and you thing thing loosing its charm.
Take a look around and see what was done in last 50 years before this last decade and tell me it is being ruined today.
My gf lives a couple blocks from here an I drive by it everytime I’m there an I have to say I actually like it. Its nice seeing people go a little wild. Maybe I’m biased cause I work in the architecture field. I say a mixture of old an new can live together and everyone has there own opinions
My gf lives a couple blocks from here an I drive by it everytime I’m there an I have to say I actually like it. Its nice seeing people go a little wild. Maybe I’m biased cause I work in the architecture field. I say a mixture of old an new can live together and everyone has there own opinions