A Current Look at Third Place Horror Show
Better late than never…A reader, Jim Di Liberto, answer’s last Monday’s call for a current photo of the 45 Third Place. In addition to expressing his disgust at the overall design, he notes that, “The yellow support in the back looks terrifyingly weak.” Jim also asked for an update on the Strong Place Church. Anyone…
Better late than never…A reader, Jim Di Liberto, answer’s last Monday’s call for a current photo of the 45 Third Place. In addition to expressing his disgust at the overall design, he notes that, “The yellow support in the back looks terrifyingly weak.” Jim also asked for an update on the Strong Place Church. Anyone know anything?
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Ok. The column in the back looks fine to me. I’m assuming that the building has a steel frame and that column supports the back corner. There are probably columns around all sides of that opening at the back of the building, but it’s just a guess.
I understand that people may feel entitled to their opinions on the built environment, but pointless, ignorant and dangerous speculation about the structural integrity of buildings does nothing for the quality of architecture in this city or the readers of Brownstoner.
ok that yellow support, does anyone who’s seen it up close think it’s safe? I’m scared just looking at the photo.
Smacks of not just laziness, but ignorance, greed and, oh the list is endless. Look at the new windows! How much did they cost, $50?
Brownstoner, couldn’t you build a site in your media empire that outs all the horrible architects, developers and contractors that are involved in these projects by name and company. Not that any of them seem to have any shame… but.
Anonymous 11:11 am’s got it right — this isn’t a modern extension, this is a developer extension. A modern extension would have some thought behind it, starting with contrasting materials. THis developer pile, on the other hand, is simply about maxing out FAR.
–an architect in Brooklyn
It looks like there was zero attempt to either match the color of the historic building, or contrast the color with a complementary color. Non matching reds/oranges are some of the most jarring color combos possible. The extension is just ugly, not the least bit modern or conceptual.
looks like a fucked up version of tetris .
Strong Place church has been totally gutted. They seem to be starting some major structural work inside, as they have been delivering lots of scaffolding and beams. But the roof is still open and it snowed inside this week! They had the kids from PS 29 paint a mural on the plywood fence enclosing the site. I will take some pictures and send them in. I think it will eventually be a nice place. Demo was hellishly noisy, but construction so far is not as bad.
How about Strong Place Church? Any updates?
On the postive side, as you walk down 3rd Place from Court the look and continuity is not broken.
It is only when looking from Clinton St. that you are subjected to the horror.