Mutant Ninja Building at 869 Pacific Street
This one’s a real head-scratcher: Scaffolding’s down at 869 Pacific, revealing an, ahem, interesting facade indeed. Two different types of brick on the top floor and an orange hue on bottom. We’ve been seeing a lot of colorful touches on buildings recently—think they liven up the neighborhood or look too out of place? Development Watch:…

This one’s a real head-scratcher: Scaffolding’s down at 869 Pacific, revealing an, ahem, interesting facade indeed. Two different types of brick on the top floor and an orange hue on bottom. We’ve been seeing a lot of colorful touches on buildings recently—think they liven up the neighborhood or look too out of place?
Development Watch: 869 Pacific Street GMAP
Well, it’s, uh, certainly something.
It’s like the Lego school of architecture.
Ah.
I’m crushed.
So we can’t put this down as a new building even Benson could not love?
🙁
Mopar;
Actually I was not making fun of the building. I was making fun of certain Brownstone posters wrt a recent “discussion”, shall we say. Hint: Ground Zero Mosque, er, excuse me, “cultural center”.
Oh my god, I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. Wow!
I was scrolling down to see what Benson would say and even he is making fun of it!
Howling.
That drainpipe should be able to hold up the top half.
There is no problem here, the house is just upside down. As soon as it gets righted the comments will die down.
That’s one funky monkey.
“this technique is very common in old europe.”
I always wondered about the origins of the word “EUROTRASH.” Now I know.
OK, I’ll take back my 2 word criticism of yesterday’s 6th Ave property…
Three words: Orange shit sandwich.