Details About New North Slope Condo
The new development at 137 5th Avenue on St Johns Place in Park Slope continues to chug along, construction-wise, and now there are a few details to report on the building’s layouts and pricing. The interiors are still under construction, and the developers are still waiting on the louver system to be installed over the…
The new development at 137 5th Avenue on St Johns Place in Park Slope continues to chug along, construction-wise, and now there are a few details to report on the building’s layouts and pricing. The interiors are still under construction, and the developers are still waiting on the louver system to be installed over the balconies, which will complete a major portion of the facade. The condo will consist of “4 unique units consisting of three 2 bedrooms and one 1 bedroom penthouse,” according to the broker associated with the project. There are no set prices yet, but it’s expected to come out to around $850 per foot.
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Not bad if they actually go through with the mesh panels along the right side.
http://www.klarchitect.com/137_5th_ave.htm
Agreed about the generally small windows, though I suppose they were thinking noise abatement on the avenue. I’d rather have the view down the hill, though. The red isn’t for me, but I’m more turned off by the fire-practice-tower balconies. I haven’t looked at it in person recently, but that looks pretty harsh.
One strange thing that I noticed during construction is that the developer did not seem to build a brick or concrete demising wall on the north face. It seemed like some steel beams went up against the south wall of the neighboring brownstone but nothing between the beams.
Doesn’t the Code require a demising wall made of non-combustible material? Did anyone see them install brick walls? I don’t think the brick I saw was the brick wall of the house that used to be on this corner bc that it was standing by itself with no support for a long time. Or is there an explanation of why it’s not needed.
Every time somebody calls a building ugly I just smile and think of the millions of dollars of business done by Garden Brick Face and Stucco over the years. I’m all for anyone who takes a chance on stepping away from the school of cheap and drab, like anything else some just do it better than others. And wait for the glass in the back and on the first floor before you kill the place, I think it will make a major difference to the good.
awful, I have seen this in person and it is just as fucking ugly, how can the developer stand back and say , wow, I did a good job???? It looks horrible, maybe even beyond horrible.
super sonic ugly……………
“I’ve given up speculating on how much people will pay to live in Park Slope”
Wise move. Will keep you from going mad.
I also give this “thumbs-up” . Good to see something modern in this area.
Looks alright to me. $850/sf seems a bit ambitious, but I’ve given up speculating on how much people will pay to live in Park Slope.
Terrible, terrible project. Someone must be using this project to launder money, because anyone in the business of making money off of real estate/development would not build something so atrocious. Would it really have cost more to make it less ugly?
Actually looks nicer than the brownstones it borders.