Funky Facade for 75 Clinton
Something interesting is going on at 75 Clinton Street, the nine-story residential conversion at Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights. Earlier reports claimed that the new facade would be “terra cotta cladding in a variety of textures and colors.” Some of that cladding has started going up, but from the street level it looks more like…
Something interesting is going on at 75 Clinton Street, the nine-story residential conversion at Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights. Earlier reports claimed that the new facade would be “terra cotta cladding in a variety of textures and colors.” Some of that cladding has started going up, but from the street level it looks more like wood paneling than terra cotta. Regardless, the design is likely to stand out in this location. The question is whether that will be a good thing or not.
Development Watch: 75 Clinton [Brownstoner]
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I think wilso just answered my question – that looks like a terra-cotta rain screen to me, but it’s hard to tell from the street and at that resolution.
That’s terra cotta actually. That’s what it looks like – very euro. Same stuff used here:
http://www.bechtler.org/About/The-building
The real question is whether to disapprove before or after we know what, exactly, it actually looks like.
Will probably look good enough on completion. The real danger is how wood paneling will look after a few years exposed to the elements. May not age well.
Let’s see…terra cotta cladding that looks like wood paneling…I would say probably a bad thing.
There is no design review here as it is across the street from the historic district. Therefore the developer can do whatever they like and this does not usually mean hiring good architectural talent.
Even more curious is the new facade on the corner of Clinton & Joralemon. It looks like an air-conditioning sleeve is going under every window. Could it really be possible that a Fedders building is going up in Brooklyn Heights??!?
I noticed the facade going up the other day. Hard to tell whether or not the wood will work. But I don’t like the windows – remind me of those found in Soviet Bloc “architecture” of the 50s and 60s.