CG Atrocity: There Goes the Neighborhood
Carroll Gardens better get off its ass and create some historic districts pronto. Here’s the poster child for the cause: The addition to this house at 3rd Place and Clinton Street, made all the worse by its corner location, has to be one of the greatest bastardizations of a beautiful old brownstone we’ve ever seen….
Carroll Gardens better get off its ass and create some historic districts pronto. Here’s the poster child for the cause: The addition to this house at 3rd Place and Clinton Street, made all the worse by its corner location, has to be one of the greatest bastardizations of a beautiful old brownstone we’ve ever seen. May their condos languish on the market indefinitely. Do you think it would be possible to organize a buying strike against this place? Picket the open houses? GMAP P*Shark
Here’s the rendering of the finished product:
it looks like an oversized mutt humping a helpless poodle.
It’s a mullet.
Glad to see comments are still alive on this one. I walked past last night. Have you seen the houses on the opposite side of Clinton? This is not the worst architecture in the hood.
Synthesis is not created simply by positing the antithesis. One must understand the thesis first, which (IMHO) is not the case here.
For me it is not a question of materials or finishes, but of basic massing and design. The historic building in question had its own freestanding, sculptural quality. That quality is completely negated by this addition. Hence, I see no synthesis here – only thesis and antithesis.
This looks like it was built in Queens, which is not a compliment.
Actually, Anon 7:38, this kind of dialogue is quite constructive, regardless of whether you agree or disagree with the various views expressed.
Halden, you’re an asswipe and yes, it is Hegalian. But you wouldn’t know the abstract association if it smacked you in the face.
None of you who dismiss this project (In its early raw stage) are even remotely competent to criticize it.
As someone mentioned way above, beauty is subjective. I don’t recall ever hearing an artist getting their advise on how to express themselves from the general ignorant public. So until you guys get a degree in Architecture and own or work in a a firm, I suggest to keep the comments to constructive rather than self-referential blabber
Oh, that really is ooooglyyy! Someone should send that photo to Old House Journal for their “remuddling” page, what a perfect example.
There’s nothing wrong with an expansion that makes sense, modern or not. The new entrance to the Bklyn Museum may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but it at least has rhyme and reason to it. Most people understand architecture and neighborhoods can’t stand still, but that doesn’t mean it has to get it’s butt whipped like this poor building did. The balcony really sends it over the edge. Gack!!!
Hey Nick G(uido), the CG’s folks who lived there for generations did some great stuff with the houses by ripping out the original detail and pouring concrete over the front and back gardens. Love the awnings too and the concrete lions – thanks. I love your ideas for the future too. Let’s destroy irreplacable houses to prevent “ossification”. I’m glad they did that in Europe too, otherwise it would be so boring. I can’t wait until everything in NY looks like cheap suburban/urban sprawl.