The Big Reveal at 360 Smith
The scaffolding has finally come down at 360 Smith and the blogger Pardon Me For Asking isn’t very happy about what she can see. She calls the building, which has been under construction since 2008, “uninspired,” “out of scale,” “out of context,” and for good measure: “Fugly.” Clearly the building dwarfs its neighbors but the…
The scaffolding has finally come down at 360 Smith and the blogger Pardon Me For Asking isn’t very happy about what she can see. She calls the building, which has been under construction since 2008, “uninspired,” “out of scale,” “out of context,” and for good measure: “Fugly.” Clearly the building dwarfs its neighbors but the overall look doesn’t seem to be worse than most other new buildings that have popped up around town in recent years.
360 Smith Getting Its Facade [Brownstoner]
360 Smith Tops Out [Brownstoner] GMAP
Oh, and 360? Tootaw, tootaw!
OFF TOPIC
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looks nice
Not a particularly good looking building, and an unimaginative design. Punched openings with PTACs are just a small step better than the dreaded Fedders. I’m sure that the units are going to be meh (I would guess windows on only one side for all but corner units, for instance,) and energy performance probably not so good (barely legal, I’d guess.)
Even so, better than a lot of what actually does get built, and still, a whether in Brooklyn or in the suburbs, density on top of transit is a good idea.
it looks fine. not bad and not some architectual masterpiece. and context? it looks alot better than the school next door or the ugly concrete subway station that was there previously. most of the critics here are just pathetic.
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Piscataway, NJ, circa 1997
LOL, i had classes in piscataway NJ in 1997 at rutgers. if ONLY the buildings looked as nice as this. rutgers new brunswick / piscataway campus had some seriously fugly ass wtf buildings. i cant tell you how many times i got lost in corridor after corridor. terrifying.
*rob*
when the sheeps pay top dollars to buy this or slightly lower quality stuff, why would developers be that incented to come up with something that’s much nicer, more to scale, etc
It’s odd. It’s trying to be an office building and a fedder-styled brick building, some wacky hybrid.
Of course, I hate it and Brooklyn can do better.
I agree that it’s not quite gorgeous, and TOO TALL! but I happen to like the mix (melange!) of brown- and limestones, etc., with ‘tasteful’ new construction that doesn’t tower over its neighbors.
People gotta lighten up. let’s stop pretending that it’s the 19th century, shall we?