Silver Phallus To Tower Over Fort Greene
And you thought the Greene House condominium was tall? Get a load of what Scarano & Associates is plotting for the corner of South Portland and Fulton in Fort Greene: A 190-foot, 80,000-square-foot mixed use tower with medical offices, parking, retail and, of course, apartments from which residents will be able to wave to their…
And you thought the Greene House condominium was tall? Get a load of what Scarano & Associates is plotting for the corner of South Portland and Fulton in Fort Greene: A 190-foot, 80,000-square-foot mixed use tower with medical offices, parking, retail and, of course, apartments from which residents will be able to wave to their friends in Bruce Ratner’s high-rises. In praise of its own design, the firm’s website offers this architecture-speak:
Most residential or office towers are static objects in the city’s skyline, marked by typical floors and repetition. The design concept for this unique project, presents the residential building from a different perspective: it is developed in way to provide the tower with movement and keep the structural forces evident.
Thank God we live in an historic district.
South Portland Tower [Scarano Architectss] GMAP
The adress is 164 South Oxford. Is is a big lot fronting on both S.Oxford and S. Portland.
Seems like people are inclined to judge your projects severely and continue to find fault in all your efforts.
Your architectural designs apply complex aesthetic considerations to buildings which contribute heavily to the design process.
You need to remember a true Architect is who can still apply the aesthetic principles of ornamentation, edge deliniation, texture, flow, solemnity, symmetry, color, granularity, the interaction of sunlight and shadows, transcendence, and harmony while staying within the design qualities of a neighborhood.
Your designs indicate feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride such as a “PEA” “COCK” (are you compensating…?) A last small but important point, people do not like you.
He actually referred to Santiago Calatrava as his friend! HAHA!! Santiago designs museums, cultural institutions, amazing residential projects, transportation hubs and is renowned the world over. Scarano’s known for designing crap and are infamous in Brooklyn!! Hmmmm…
So, the location was off, touché. What other spots that are “vacant” in the area? You don’t mean the children’s garden on So. Portland & Dekalb do you? You like children don’t you Mr. Scarano?
Please enlighten us folks from the “crazy house.” Or are you not ready to tip your cards and show us your hand?
“You gotta know when to hold-em…know when to fold-em…know when to walk away…know when to run…you never count your money, when you’re sittin’ at the table…time enough for countin’, when the dealings done.” Sound familiar?
Wow another ego trip from scarano!!!! still a thug though!
So, if that’s really Scarano, he’s saying that his website provides misinformation on the tower’s height as well as the site’s location and property status. Also, he’s borderline illiterate. All this provides reason to doubt his capitalized claim. Is the real Scarano dumb enough to be so certain? South Portland at Fulton would not only be affected by the City Planning Commish’s proposed rezoning — it’s also within the proposed expansion of the Fort Greene historic district (http://www.hdc.org/boundariesfgmap.htm).
Hey Bob,
Check out your own site:
“This 190-foot tall, 80,000.0 square foot tower is a mixed use development constructed above a 1 story base on a currently vacant lot.
The building’s base will house medical offices, an executive 20-space parking garage, retail shops and public spaces.
The building is conceived as a freestanding sculptural element posed within the cityscape.
Most residential or office towers are static objects in the city’s skyline, marked by typical floors and repetition. The design concept for this unique project, presents the residential building from a different perspective: it is developed in way to provide the tower with movement and keep the structural forces evident.”
Notice the 190′ part of it. Those peskie details.
Somebody should build a giant vagina next door.
They left off the clothes lines with laundry drying.