Development Watch: 913 Lorimer Street
This is one of those projects that makes you wonder what some developers can possibly be thinking. Granted the house was inhabitable before the current owner got his hands on it a few years ago, but why he had to go and destroy the balance of the original window pattern in beyond us. There’s no…
This is one of those projects that makes you wonder what some developers can possibly be thinking. Granted the house was inhabitable before the current owner got his hands on it a few years ago, but why he had to go and destroy the balance of the original window pattern in beyond us. There’s no accounting for taste, evidently. GMAP P*Shark DOB
They had a limited amount of money and needed a front for their house. Why is this concept so difficult?
I don’t get it. They want LESS light and air?
Emily – I think you meant uninhabitable, it amkes more sense in context.
Having lived in Greenpoint five long years I’d say the Polish majority have a different view than most commenting Brownstoners when it comes to esthetics.
Emily, your editorial is completely misleading. The original structure was completely destroyed in a fire and had to be removed. This was new construction.
meh
they should have left it how it was. i’ve seen a few cool, funky, modern renos of buildings like that in the nabe (one on lorimer, near skillman and one on N7th just east of kent)
It matches the building next door now, and is probably energy efficient. I’d say they weren’t going for beauty here… something that’s almost refreshing to see, since beauty is now defined as floor to ceiling windows and a mezzanine with a juliet balcony and fake wood paneling on the building’s outside.
At least in this neighborhood.
Was the house inhabitable, or uninhabitable, before the developer got his hands on it?
My old block! I don’t know if preserving anything from the exterior of this particular building would be better than this.
really, anybody could take these and turn them back to 100 year old style houses which many have. altho many have vinyl fronts, but the interiors look just like any other old buidling. of course, building something new has also been done a lot. is this a developer? or, is it just a regular person?
the windows on the older houses in that picture are examples of houses that have horrible feng shui inside them. the newer building actually fixes that and allows for a more peaceful existence inside. why do you think the people who live in those vynil sided shacks are so miserable all the time? bad feng shui, especially when it comes to window placement.
*rob*