State Street Townhouses: Promising Indeed
Blogger Transfer gives us a visual progress report on the State Street townhouses and promises more to come. Judging from the promotional renderings of the facades, the fourteen new homes will work very well in context. We have to say that these places are really starting to grow on us. (See, we’re not completely close-minded…
Blogger Transfer gives us a visual progress report on the State Street townhouses and promises more to come.
Judging from the promotional renderings of the facades, the fourteen new homes will work very well in context. We have to say that these places are really starting to grow on us. (See, we’re not completely close-minded traditionalists around here!) Off the top of our head, they are the best example of new construction going on right now in Brooklyn. We’d be interested in hearing other nominations for that title, though.
Booms on State Street [Transfer]
Homepage [14 Townhouses]
Inside the State Street Townhouses [Brownstoner]
State Street Townhouses Underway [Brownstoner]
2.5 to 3 Mil for these when you can get a much bigger house with original details for that money in Cobble Hill/Boerum Hill/ Park Slope. Plus, with low income housing planned right next door what will that do to the value over time??
There’s new, quite good modernist construction going up near Court and Luquor Streets.
Dwell is a home magazine that specializes in modernist design. As far as I know, it’s pretty much the only such American magazine. In other words, it’s what the sort of person who would buy these homes would read (as opposed to Victorian Living, or House Beautiful, or whatever). As far as I know they’ve never covered 14 townhouses, but it would be a natural, as they always do drool-worthy spreads on modernist homes/townhouses in other cities (and modernist renovations in NYC).
They also have a TV series on Fine Living channel — great show.
Brownstoner had asked for other examples of great new construction. Nobody’s posted one. I don’t have one either.
There’s a big part of your price tag right there.
New construction is expensive — more so, much more so, in NYC. And what new construction there is is unimaginative crap done on the cheap. You want to buld new, with quality materials… Imagine what it would cost to reproduce a period Victorian Brooklyn brownstone, of the same quality, today — land, labor, materials, etc. I tremble at the thought. This is essentially the contemporary equivalent. That’s one reason that, in a way, even at their outlandish prices so many old brownstones are actually a good deal.
That’s why it’s not really relevant to compare the cost of these townhouses with, say, another federal brick on State Street. (I mean, I’m sure there’s a huge markup here, but what’s the surprise?) If you wanted to live in a well-designed modern townhouse in NYC, as far as I know your only options are to buy a lot and build — hard to find and expensive — or this. And I betcha there are a good deal more than 14 moneyed New Yorkers who read Dwell magazine out there.
3 million? In Boerum Hill? Take that Jerry Minsky.
I also live in a 17 foot wide brownstone- but there are no walls dividing the stairs from the rest of the house (a one family). I think if the floorplan is open then the homes won’t feel too skinny. Ive been in 22 wide homes with walls, and left feeling my place was more spacious. Plus, if these end up looking anything like the computer generated plans, the huge glass walls will also compensate for the 3 feet or so you are missing. Just an opinion…
Also, does anyone know when the other 12 townhomes will be posted for sale on corcoran? I believe they only have two up right now.
I live across the street from these. They look like they’ll be just lovely, but they are SKINNY. Something like 16 or 17 feet across. Not worth the complaint till you think about spending 2.55 or 2.65 for them. Eeg.
I live on the next block away from these! 🙂
Good combination of modern forms and finishes with pedestrian friendle 19 century urban idea.
I love that this buildings are not set back condo tower. I think this kind of planing will work for lower income as well.
It simplistic but can be efortlessly proven:
Modernist form = ok
Modernist urbanizm = bad