150 4th Avenue: The Renderings
[nggallery id=”26821″ template=galleryview] When last we looked at 150 Fourth Avenue at the end of September, not much was happening, thanks to a Stop Work Order and some other snafus. All we knew was the architect’s name, the Oro’s Ismael Leyva, and the info from the DOB: 12 stories and 95 units. So here, courtesy…
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When last we looked at 150 Fourth Avenue at the end of September, not much was happening, thanks to a Stop Work Order and some other snafus. All we knew was the architect’s name, the Oro’s Ismael Leyva, and the info from the DOB: 12 stories and 95 units. So here, courtesy of Curbed, is what the project will look like someday. And also here, in the last photo, is what the block of row houses looked like before, replete with turreted building on the end. They were demolished, after move outs and evictions, to make way for the project, which Curbed also reports has no construction loan secured yet. So, thoughts on the newest addition to Brooklyn’s Park Avenue?
Huge Ismael Leyva Brooklyn ‘Park Ave.’ Development Revealed [Curbed]
Development Watch: 150 4th Avenue [Brownstoner]
The new buildinf looks stupid. it looks like it was shoved inbetween buildings that were torn down, and the builder wasnt able to get the 2 end properties so he just built in between.
It is ugly. I liked the tenements much better.
Mopar;
Do you really think that a 12 story building puts Brooklyn in the same league as midtown Manhattan? Most of Manhattan is covered with mid-rise buildings, but it hasn’t impacted the charm of, say, Amsterdam Ave or 5th Ave. I can understand that folks don’t like the architecture of this building, but I don’t think that building a 12 story building on 4th Ave. destroys the fabric of Brooklyn. We already have streets like Ocean Parkway, Eastern Parkway and Shore Road. This building is not setting a new precedent.
Everyone likes the West Village. Have you seen the prices there?
Pete – perhaps he meant noone wants to live in midtown. i work there, and its a fine place to work. But honestly, who’d want to live there.
nobody likes midtown Manhattan?
The building is out of size for its surroundings. Why must downtown Brooklyn turn into midtown Manhattan? Nobody likes midtown Manhattan and soon they won’t like Brooklyn if this continues.
Pete, I’m with you. That avenue is mostly ugly, so maybe development will be an improvement, but to tear down an irreplaceable row of buildings like those is tragic.
Nokilissa, no precedent I know of for commercial residential buildings. Rockerfeller Center was built soon after the stock market crash of ’29 – just being an optimist…
Schlock-itecture!