It's Not Brooklyn But It Sure Is Ugly
Blogger Transfer notes that the only difference between this recently constructed monstrosity on Sullivan Street and the crap being put up by United Homes in poor urban neighborhoods is that the developer in Soho sprang for some grills to cover up the in-the-wall AC units. This does look eerily similar to the types of things…
Blogger Transfer notes that the only difference between this recently constructed monstrosity on Sullivan Street and the crap being put up by United Homes in poor urban neighborhoods is that the developer in Soho sprang for some grills to cover up the in-the-wall AC units. This does look eerily similar to the types of things springing up around Brooklyn. Wonder who the architect was?
Substandard Sickness in Soho [Transfer]
Clinton Hillbilly-
I know the building you’re talking about-it’s a block from my place, and whoa-fugly. Even worse are the crap ‘luxury’ condos they built on Greene and Washington.
For the right price I’d definitely move into that building. That’s a great block. Who cares if the front is completely nondescript? When you’re inside your condo giving a rub down to a Soho model, the last thing on your mind would be the building’s facade.
I don’t have much taste either, but someone was smoking the magic Zong when they were designing the facade on that building.
I recently walked by a new cheap construction cinderblock apartment building going up in the East Village that actually looked pretty good. They’re laying a coat of regular bricks on the front and adding simple brownstone-like lintels above the windows. It’s too bad more builders don’t go that route if they want to save money.
One of the mid level floors in that building was recently on the market for 1.6 million. I doubt they got that much, but you never know. The developer built several buildings in Soho on the few remaining vacant lots he could snatch up.
This one is defintely the ugliest. The others aren’t that bad. I don’t know the developers name, but I think he’s fairly small time. I considered buy an apartment in that building too when it was first built, but at the time $650k was too much for me, even though it was fairly priced for the neighborhood. The Thom Hotel is across the street if any of you Brooklynites want to pay $500 a night and experience the good life in Soho.
This apt building is actually about 5 or 6 years old. Apts in it sold for a pretty good deal back then. Around 650K for a full-floor (probably 1200 sq ft) apartment. I remember noticing them because they were a) a good deal for SoHo and 2) bizarrely ugly and poorly done, particularly for Soho. Apts also feature lovely 8 ft ceilings and crappy finishes. Can’t comment as to developers relationship to crap being put up anywhere in Bklyn that the LPC doesn’t try to keep them from doing so.
To Clinton Hillbilly
Styrofoam that is covered with a cement-based mortar is “stucco.” Some call that California style stucco. Most brownstoners opting for stucco tend to apply it to their rear facades either to cover over deteriorating brickwork and/or to gain a modicum of insulation. I agree that it would probably be a “doozey” to do that to a brownstone front facing facade.
There’s a real doozy on my block. They used some type of styrofoam product covered with mortar to create the “stone” elements on the facade. scary. And why are these houses always set back from the row? Now my block looks like it’s missing teeth.
Who’s buying this crap? Even though it’s awful, it’s not free.
It’s not so bad but it definitely is a lost oppotunity to do something nice