Quite a Lot to Take in at 396 Dean!
You’ve come a long way since last fall, 396 Dean Street. The facade of the house between 4th and 5th avenues is now sporting a combination of tile and brick, some mini balconies, and a triangular roof. In short, it’s tough to wrap the noggin ’round all these details, so some close-ups are after the…
You’ve come a long way since last fall, 396 Dean Street. The facade of the house between 4th and 5th avenues is now sporting a combination of tile and brick, some mini balconies, and a triangular roof. In short, it’s tough to wrap the noggin ’round all these details, so some close-ups are after the jump.
Development Watch: 396 Dean Street [Brownstoner]
Development Watch: 396 Dean Street [Brownstoner] GMAP
I actually prefer a Juliet balcony on new construction for one reason: most full balconies turn into storage spaces these days, and most condos don’t enforce rules regarding what can be put on them. The result? An unkempt-looking building.
Regarding the color of the doors: they are shown with factory-applied primer paint. They can be finished in a different color.
I can’t believe they spent a million dollars for a burnt-out shell and then did this to it.
11217 – the problem with French Doors is that they open inward and take up a lot of interior space. That entire wall becomes essentially usuable for furniture, etc. I’m not sure some nice windows wouldn’t have been better
I would guess the doors may still be painted something other than white….it looks as though they’ve been sanded. Why jump to conclusions about the final color of the doors when it’s clear the project isn’t finished. If they paint the doors and balconies a dark color, this could look just fine. And as deen said, better than the burned out hovel there before.
I live on the block too and while it has many choices I wouldn’t have made, I prefer it to the boarded up and burned out shell we looked at for years.
Wanted to add- and THANK YOU snarky for forever imprinting that image in my mind.
Chuck- I have always loved the color of that house.I’m saving the picture to see if I can somehow match it for something I want to paint (no, not a house 🙂
If they had only done it in brick and terracotta. If only.
Used old doors and if the window frames were dark dark brown or green, it could be a whole lot better. Like Amzi said, it was almost there.
If I’m not mistaken, one probably isn’t allowed to have the balconies go past the facade of the buildings next door.
So the option was just windows or a juliet balcony and they chose the latter. I would have too. It’s better than NO balcony plus having french doors is so nice. As for the rest, I don’t love it but having those little balconies are a nice luxury and are found all over buildings in Europe and South America.
Walked by this over the weekend.
I can handle the stone sides – almost something English countryside about them. I can handle the poltergeist heads across the top (clearly they will begin writhing any second).
But seriously: those are the doors? that’s the ironwork? and that chippendale hole at the top – is that for the contractor/architect to piss through on passersby?
Also – the eggplant color on the neighbors house is the best! My favorite house on the block.
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