Development Watch: 292 15th Street
If this doesn’t dash your holiday spirits, we don’t know what will. Another example of architectural disasters in the South Slope. The rendering of 292 15th Street that IMBY nabbed a couple of years ago was a downer to be sure but the reality is even sadder still. Interestingly, building permits tell us that this…
If this doesn’t dash your holiday spirits, we don’t know what will. Another example of architectural disasters in the South Slope. The rendering of 292 15th Street that IMBY nabbed a couple of years ago was a downer to be sure but the reality is even sadder still. Interestingly, building permits tell us that this will be a mikvah on the first floor, which is a Jewish bathing house. Parish apartments will fill the second and third stories. GMAP DOB
Jewish parish? Is the Pope Protestant? I’m confused.
BTW, a mikvah is about as far as you can get from the Playboy Mansion. It is actually kind of the reverse.
Ignorance is bliss. Still, I agree, the building isn’t a looker.
Maybe it’s actually a giant electrical outlet?
By STARGAZER on December 23, 2010 1:31 PM
and people think I need to get laid?
I cannot even comment on this one.
haha – feel free. this one is pretty bad 🙁
The mikvah is a unique piece of Jewish culture, though it is essentially just a big bath tub that uses natural water.
It’s downright depressing though that a mikvah is being housed in this awful industrial shed of a building.
There can only be one apartment in this building, and that is on the third floor… Caretaker’s unit or something like that. The ritual bath is in the cellar, i believe. DOB was going to pull the plug if they tried any funny business.
Here is another post I did showing the bath/foundation/cellar.
http://imby.blogspot.com/search?q=ritual+bath
Being an ex Catholic I understand ritual, but the actual mechanics behind the water used in the Jewish bath is totally fascinating.
Thanks EN for the links today.
My understanding is that the “apartments” are supposedly for people visitng family members at Methodist hospital, presuambly a walkable distance on Shabbat. Construction has gone super slowly. I imagine that there’s not a lot of money in this one so developers are lending their crews to this one when the crews are temporarily idle. Not sure why the upstairs needs such narrow windows if those are to be guest apartments.
oh please, the lack of windows on this building is a GOOD thing, no? i mean, think about it…
it’s not like it’s the playboy mansion!
*rob*
Alright, even I’ll call this one a dog.
and people think I need to get laid?
I cannot even comment on this one.