Modern on Prospect Place
When we noticed a four-story home about to be built on the lot at 94 Prospect Place, we were unsure how the finished product would look considering the street is outside of the Park Slope Historic District. It looks like developers took advantage of that freedom: the design is totally modern, right down to the…
When we noticed a four-story home about to be built on the lot at 94 Prospect Place, we were unsure how the finished product would look considering the street is outside of the Park Slope Historic District. It looks like developers took advantage of that freedom: the design is totally modern, right down to the stoop. Do you like?
New Building in Pipeline for 94 Prospect Pl. [Brownstoner] GMAP
I like it well enough. I agree, they could have been bolder.
It actually fits the idea of modern museum conservancy — when you reassemble a broken clay pot or mosaic, you don’t try to hide the missing pieces… instead you use a filler that isn’t distracting. That’s basically what this place is… non-distracting filler.
Is that what the architect was going for?
Is there any reason why these houses wouldn’t be here in a hundred years Rob? Do you know something the rest of us don’t?
Rob, barring unforeseen circumstances, there is no reason these houses, or any brownstone neighborhood, won’t be here in 100 years. They are, on the whole, extremely well built houses. If they don’t last, it’s because people don’t take care of them, not because they aren’t well made.
I must be missing something, I think the building is border line ugly, but more than that, I can’t figure out which building everyone seems to think is a POS. Yeah the one on the left needs a little sprucing up, but if you gave me a choice of the old or the new, I’m going left.
Rob,
The purpose of a cornice is to protect the stone or brick front, by deflecting dripping water. Cornices are indeed functional.
none of these houses are going to be there in 100 years so i still dont think a cornice would have been all that necessary.
*rob*
Looks nice and clean. I wonder what type of materidal they are using? The one to the left is having some maintenance issues, though if I were a 100+…..
Yes, like.
Yes, rob, cornices serve a purpose. Aside from aesthetically capping the building, and making it look finished, especially when everything around it has a cornice, cornices help protect the building. They project water away from the facade, and often hold gutters, both essential to the prolonged life of the building.
They are not just an added expense. Your “unibrow” provides a continuity to the row, joining them together. They can also be quite beautiful. Architectural styles that don’t have cornices look good, because the proportions have been designed in other ways to be complete, and that’s just fine. But these brownstones were designed to have cornices, and removing them throws off the look of the entire building.