Development Watch: 216 Pacific Street
We can’t believe we haven’t written this one up yet…The former garage at 216 Pacific Street in Cobble Hill is being converted to a mixed-used building with commercial use on the lower two floors and residential use on the upper two floors. The residential portion will be divided up into just three units. Sounds pretty…
We can’t believe we haven’t written this one up yet…The former garage at 216 Pacific Street in Cobble Hill is being converted to a mixed-used building with commercial use on the lower two floors and residential use on the upper two floors. The residential portion will be divided up into just three units. Sounds pretty swanky! GMAP P*Shark DOB
Faux-Italianate atrocity…Dont hold back tell me how you really feel! I am sorry the you are disappointed. It could be worse.
@flavorpaper Thanks for checking in. I live down the street a bit. Your workers have generally been pretty decent. They start a bit early for my taste but are genial and pretty understanding about parking cars etc… This said I can confirm that on several occasions I’ve seen your demolition guys hoisting garbage bags/insulation etc into the vacant lot. I said something to the guys and they told me to mind my own business. I’ve saw this at least 4 or 5 times although less so now that the demo is over.
I like the idea of mixing modern and classic, but not sure about those windows… Maybe when it’s all black it will fit a bit better. Sorry you’re going to have to look at that piece o crap across the street.
Dig your wallpapers though… Remembered your company from cool hunting a while back.
right on FlavorPaper. I like the windows and hope the building comes out looking good. Every block can’t be asthetically pure as some would demand. I look over the construction site from Atlantic (125 Court) and was wondering what the pyramid structures going in on the roof are all about? Skylights?
I used to like the beer distributor… it had a cool vibe. But, I think the new renos aren’t all that bad. And, the guy is right- that block is a total crapshoot for aesthetics.
I have had the exact opposite experience with the construction workers on that site. The fact that they tend to congregate on the stoops of other buildings on the street to smoke and eat meals, leaving food scraps, spilled coffee, cigarette butts and refuse might the the contributing factor as to why they keep the front of their site so clean. Also a neighbor with a newborn tried to park adjacent to the site to unload for five minutes and got an earful from one of the workers who didn’t care that the family was parking there only momentarily.
I look forward to the speedy completion of this project and any contributions to the neighborhood, aesthetic and otherwise.
haven’t seen them up close, but from the pictures I actually like the windows. There, I said it. Doesn’t mean I don’t like old-timey windows also.
flavorpapers good job on defending your place and telling instigators how it is. If I ever need wallpaper, I’ll be sure to stop by your new shop. Good luck!
Hi, Flavor Paper, I’m sure I’ll be (anonymously) checking out your shop after your grand opening. Welcome to Cobble Hill.
But those windows are still fug. Sorry.
Hi Flavorpaper, Since we are about to move it does not help us to prove our point about the trash. We have been asked specifically to keep quiet as there are neighborhood tensions especially on this block that go back tens of years and a considerable amount of capital at stake. It would behoove you to be friendly with the firehouse lady, she’s been here 25 years, is a RE laywer, and is on the neighborhood assoc. She also knows everybody and every real estate issue within a ten block radius.
Btw, your regular constructions guys are extremely considerate – we know a few of them by name and have worked with them to deal with parking issues, namely when you need the space in front for construction vehicles.
It is a matter of taste, I agree re: your reno.
Welcome to the nabe.