Williamsburg Waterfront Warehouse Landmarked
Whoa! 184 Kent Avenue has been designated a landmark, throwing a wrench into the developer’s plans to add extra floors and carve out a courtyard. Hear, hear. Billburg Condo Plan Dealt a Blow [The Real Estate (NYO)] GMAP 184 Kent Does Landmark Shuffle [Curbed]
Whoa! 184 Kent Avenue has been designated a landmark, throwing a wrench into the developer’s plans to add extra floors and carve out a courtyard. Hear, hear.
Billburg Condo Plan Dealt a Blow [The Real Estate (NYO)] GMAP
184 Kent Does Landmark Shuffle [Curbed]
Karl Fischer hasn’t been involved with this project for almost a year. Jordon Gruzon is the project architect.
eagle warehouse link I tried but failed to embed:
http://www.timeoutny.com/features/413/413.view.eagle.html
so many typos … first the here, here instead of hear, hear, and now but ugly instead of BUTT ugly!
I’m very happy. It’s a great warehouse, and it was designed by Cass Gilbert, who was a great architect. The narrow windows might deter some millionaires from buying the condos, but I think there’ll be others to take their place.
It reminds me of the Eagle Warehouse it has small windows but has done pretty well as a residential building.
This is one of the most beautiful buildings in williamsburg-I have always loved it and am so glad they are not permitted to change it.
Doh!
I think you mean “hear, hear,” stoner. A small lapse in your generally admirable spelling and syntax.
You’re right AnonWB.
With a courtyard, residential conversion is possible. It was very hard to tell how big those windows are.
I hope it is handled with class.
For most architects, this would be a dream project, the kind of thing that can make a career. Awards, press…
Too bad it was given to a hack.
Councilmember Yassky has supported the developer over the wishes of the community on this project from the beginning. The Council must approve all designations, and Yassky has promised to turn this one back.
Nothing about this designation prevents a residential conversion.
The plans to carve out a courtyard would likely be approved by Landmarks. Likewise, some form of rooftop addition which was not a) not 4 stories of cruise-ship inspired dreck, and b) not 9 (!) stories tall, would also likely be approved. The building is large enough that a substantial addition (in sq ft) could be made minimally visible; the original Cass Gilbert even included an extra floor.
There are plenty of buildings in Soho, Tribeca, Ladies Miles and Gansevoort which have received the same treatment.
The windows are large as it is (something like 3′ x 6′ each, with 1′ mullions between) – they look small in the scale of the building, but they are industrial windows. Enlarging the openings would seriously detract from the architecture of the building, IMO.
For Anon 11:06, we will obviously disagree about the architecture and significance of this building. What really spurred the designation effort, though, was the hideous Karl Fischer design, nothing more.