Facade Watch: 221 Washington Avenue
Seven months after rebuilding began, Clinton Hill’s 221 Washington is now sporting a brand-new facade. The back story: This was once a fish-shingled home, much like its neighbor to the right, before the property’s owner began a major overhaul that involved removing its original facade and roof. The construction has been interesting to follow, and…
Seven months after rebuilding began, Clinton Hill’s 221 Washington is now sporting a brand-new facade. The back story: This was once a fish-shingled home, much like its neighbor to the right, before the property’s owner began a major overhaul that involved removing its original facade and roof. The construction has been interesting to follow, and we’ve been waiting to see how the facade would turn out for a few months now. And here it is! Like what they’ve done with it?
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It’s certainly better than most new facades, but I don’t understand why they wouldn’t keep the original one in the first place, since they had it to start with. The building to the right is cuter. And I second what everyone else has said about windows not lining up and the inappropriate door.
The windows look rather bare, and I’m hoping the door isn’t the finished product. So far it looks like a solid B-.
I like it. Isn’t this blog all about cheering good renos?
I assume that ill-fitting door is a temp while construction is going on?
Yes, I was thinking the San Francisco thing also. I like it. I think it looks nice !!
I hate it…looks all out of proportion
reminds me of SF too, or a triple decker in Bahston
I have noticed more and more of this retrofitting going on (in varying degrees of sensitivity) even in blocks of Williamsburg around the Graham-Metropolitan nexus that are blighted by so many aluminum- or shingle-sided atrocities. Some are opting for stucco, which can look OK if not too much ornamentation is involved. Others are going for a faux clapboard look, which again, can work. My impression is that the stroller-pushing young couples who are colonizing our nabe and are buying some of these venerable wood-frame “Italian” houses may be behind this trend. If so — good for them! Would that the Community Board or someone could issue some guidelines.
Bold.