Big Plans for 79 7th Avenue
[nggallery id=”24566″ template=galleryview] The owner of a pair of one-story storefronts at 79-81 7th Avenue in Park Slope wants to tear them down and build a new two-story brick building in their place. First, though, the owner and his architects must convince the Landmarks Preservation Commission that the design is suitable for the historic district….
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The owner of a pair of one-story storefronts at 79-81 7th Avenue in Park Slope wants to tear them down and build a new two-story brick building in their place. First, though, the owner and his architects must convince the Landmarks Preservation Commission that the design is suitable for the historic district. They’re presenting at the LPC’s weekly meeting today. What do you think?
10/7/2008 Agenda [LPC] GMAP P*Shark
it needs a rainbow
i live on berkeley b/w 6th and 7th, and am tired of seeing the eyesore there right now. this looks fine, and i like the previous point about adding arches to the top windows. ‘git er done’
I think it is a nice design BUT for a historic district , this aint historic. It changes the overall look & feel to … windows. It goes from Mom & Pop store to National Corp. Bank look. Not to mention it being a different Style of architecture design from the original as well as the surrounding buildings.
It’s in the historic district. Landmarks will do the best they can making sure this place fits in. You all know how they can be sometimes, so I’m surprised to hear some of you express a lack of faith in their interests…
Agreed – something needs to be built here.
But if any of you have been on this site for long, you’ll know that architects’ renderings are notoriously inaccurate & downright deceiptful…
I share the prevailing fear/cynnicism that judging from this rendering, we’re much more likely to get Indiana stripmall post-modern rather than site-appropriate design. No, they don’t need tiny windows & dark interiors to fit-in, but big expanses of plate glass [I can just picture the fugly aluminum joints they’ll use] are totally inappropriate.
Sounds like quite a few of us all live within a block or two of each other…
me, lechacal, cwbuecheler…
I live across the street from this place, more or less, and would love to see something replace the defunct fruit market and used-to-be-olive-vine space. I don’t know that this building fits perfectly, but it fits better than the shack-like buildings occupying the space right now.
Sorry, that should have been “full-on” not foll-on.
I think your earlier compliment still holds, Noilissa. Cheaply built strip malls don’t spring for cornices and multi-paned frames on windows, like this design has. It’s not a foll-on period reproduction but I don’t see the Midwestern strip mall comparison either.