A Changing Skyline in the Lower Slope
Here’s the view back up the Slope from Gowanus with the Fourth Avenue skyline just starting to take shape. Wonder what this view will look like in, say, three years?
Here’s the view back up the Slope from Gowanus with the Fourth Avenue skyline just starting to take shape. Wonder what this view will look like in, say, three years?
Fifth Avenue will be next. I just want to know if this will affect the quality of service on the F train. When all these people move in you just watch and see if they don’t start charging triple the price for double A batteries and M and M’s!!!
4th Ave is ugly now.
They should put up bigger bldgs, but try to keep the brick and brownstone that are there now and only where the warehouses are. And put some style in the new bldgs, not just ugly plain brick
dudes, i was kidding. fourth ave is a totally appropriate spot for big buildings. bring ’em on.
I should have bought in the gowanus. damn.
I like the clouds. They’re pretty. And gray.
I love it when urban decay fetishists lament big buildings, conveniently ignoring the fact that the neighborhood already had much bigger buildings built 80 years ago! Look in the background on that photo.
linusvanpelt ,
nice
in 3 years? a few more apt bldgs. but by and large 4th avenue will still be ugly and whole foods will finally be announcing their opening. Things change – but is more of constant state of evolution than overnight.
Yes, it will truly be a shame if this beautiful vista were marred by new apartments with people living in them. But why go to Vermont? Head to Detroit! Plenty of unspoiled tracts of warehouses, garages and vacant lots there, unsullied by nasty old gentrifiers. It’s a paradise for the working man!