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Only two blocks away from the site of the planned Hudson Companies townhouse condos, an eight-unit, Scarano-designed condo building is rising at 10-14 4th Street. It looks like it will have the trademark big windows along with high ceilings and balconies. In all the, five-story structure will come in at just over 10,000 square feet. While controversy has surrounded the Scarano design just a block away at 360 Smith, this place has flown under the radar. The scale’s maybe a story too high in our opinion but otherwise the design looks okay to us for this location.
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  1. local resident at August 2nd:
    again, educate yourself….. yes, the lot was 100% excavated at the cellar level only….which is permitted. The coverage above is 65% which is legal as required by zoning(30′-0″ rear yard for legal light and air). This project was audited and approved by a very prestigious examiner at DOB, audited for 4 months, and I assure you, it is completely legal!!!
    So….I am sorry to dissapoint you….educate yourself…PLEASE!!!!!!!!!

  2. Machiavelli?…..You don’t deserve that name….please, read the zoning text, educate yourself. The buildings sourrounding 10-14 4th street are underbuilt!!!!!! And they are owned or rented by archaic people who will never accept what is legal.
    For your information, the building is not 50ft high…its 55ft high, which in a R6, narrow street, by code, is totally permitted.
    Next time, educate yourself before giving a stupid opinion

  3. Has anyone seen a rear yard? The entire lot was 100% excavated to +20 ft so it’s probably 80% lot coverage and full lot occupancy up to 23 ft (in the storage space) to reach the typical +4FAR for Scarano bldgs in R6 zones.

    Adjacent building on Smith was selling for +$800K last year – I wonder what it’s selling for now?