New (Altered) Building at 370 11th Street
Here’s another development that pushed the boundaries of the definition of “alteration” in DOB-speak: What was once a one-story garage at 370 11th Street is now becoming a three-story, four-family residential building. In their defense, it does look like they saved a few of the bricks from the original structure. GMAP P*Shark DOB
Here’s another development that pushed the boundaries of the definition of “alteration” in DOB-speak: What was once a one-story garage at 370 11th Street is now becoming a three-story, four-family residential building. In their defense, it does look like they saved a few of the bricks from the original structure. GMAP P*Shark DOB
“Only is New York can ugliness like this be deemed acceptable.”
So you’ve never been outside of New York then?
Because there is FAR uglier than this in every city I’ve even been to, including cities which some consider some of the most beautiful in the world.
Could have been worse…..that about sums it up….a welcome addition to any block….
So – how do you think this should have been filed? Parts of it at least have been filed as an ALT 1, which as far as I know, is equivalent in complexity to a new construction.
http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/JobsQueryByNumberServlet?requestid=2&passjobnumber=301893351&passdocnumber=01 includes the CofO?
Only is New York can ugliness like this be deemed acceptable. Our City’s standards for new architecture are non-existent. Karl Fischer’s designs are bashed repeatedly on this blog, but at least that guy tries to make something interesting.
This building reflects a culture without imagination that only values the bottom line. We can do better.
What’s the difference between doing this with an “alteration” permit and doing it with a proper permit?
I ask this sincerely.
Ah-mazing they can get an Alt-A for this. BK DOB is said to be worst in NYC….. outrageous.
I agree with Senator Street. They skirted around getting the right permits, and through a loophole in the law, got to put up a new four story building. I agree, design wise, it’s not bad, it looks just fine, actually, but it’s the way they did it. It cheats the city out of money it needs, which eventually affects us all, and it makes a precedent for future cases, which will no doubt affect buildings and neighborhoods with architecture that we will be a quite upset to lose in this manner.
That already happened in Prospect Heights, when a calendared house, one of only two unique to that block and neighborhood, got a permit for “alterations” during which they rebuilt the entire lot with a fugly building. They kept the pillars from the porch on it the whole way through the “alterations”, and then got rid of them too. It was all a sham.
looks like a permit was issued for “ERECT THREE STORY & ADDITION & CONVERT BUILDING TO A CONFORMING USE AS
FOUR FAMILY RESIDENCE” in january 2005.
11217, it wasn’t properly permitted. It’s far more than an “alteration.”
There may be issues in obtaining a C of O.