Another Glassy Addition on Sackett Street
An extra story is going up at the brick rowhouse at 463 Sackett Street. It just got glassed up and the architect on the project tells us it will be finished in around six weeks. While it’s kind of hard to see with all the netting still on, it looks very similar to another glass…
An extra story is going up at the brick rowhouse at 463 Sackett Street. It just got glassed up and the architect on the project tells us it will be finished in around six weeks. While it’s kind of hard to see with all the netting still on, it looks very similar to another glass addition nearby at 450 Sackett. (The picture’s after the jump.) The glass facade will consist of five diagonal panes while the one at #450 has twelve smaller ones. We’re not wild about how either of them looks. You? GMAP
450 Sackett Street
“Jarring” is the word, bxgrl. This could have been so much nicer!
I agree, minard.
These additions are done in such a heavy-handed manner that they really detract from the houses’ historic character and beauty. Some historical additions such as mansard roofs and artist studios were detailed less brutally and with the idea of harmonizing with the century-plus old houses rather than contrasting with them in such a visually aggressive way.
These two ham-fisted additions are really are not my cup of tea. They were probably very expensive but I think they overwhelm the houses and in my opinion devalue them.
I think the look awful. they could have made them look more period at least, instead they are jarring.
My guess is a good architect could have come up with something better. Either go crazy modern and totally non-contextual (the juxtaposition of old and new can be a shot of energy to the streetscape) or do something a little closer to period, eg. an updated mansard w. two dormer windows.
character…thats what’s missing.
Has anyone else noticed the incredible artwork on the sides of 450 Sackett?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brokencrow/2665741235/in/set-72057594086999996/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brokencrow/2671532386/in/set-72057594086999996/
Funny – DOB shows that 450 is getting a two-story addition, and 463 is only getting a one-story addition. But in the picture of 463, you can just catch a glimpse of what looks like the overhang of an upper story.
These are sort of acting like the studio additions that you find all through Greenwich Village and parts of the Upper East Side. Those older studio skylights had a bit more character, but this is doing the about the same thing (albeit on smaller buildings).
Is that something the DOB permits for frame houses?