Scarano-on-Fulton Finally Finishing Up
After going into suspended animation for the better part of 2007 (due, we can only guess, to architect Robert Scarano’s problems with the DOB), the eight-unit trapezoidal residential building at 888 Fulton Street in Clinton Hill appears to be nearing completion. Anyone have any idea whether this will be condos or rentals? Our bet would…
After going into suspended animation for the better part of 2007 (due, we can only guess, to architect Robert Scarano’s problems with the DOB), the eight-unit trapezoidal residential building at 888 Fulton Street in Clinton Hill appears to be nearing completion. Anyone have any idea whether this will be condos or rentals? Our bet would be on the latter.
Development Watch: 888 Fulton Street [Brownstoner] GMAP DOB
Very funny, SnarkSlope!
I assume the “Intel Inside” sticker is on the back side.
I’ve never admitted agreeing with Polemicist on anything before, but I guess there’s a first time for everything.
While this building does have that classic Robert Scarano, overbuilt sort of look, it is in fact in an area that was recently upzoned for higher density by the Department of City Planning.
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/ft_greene/index.shtml
It will soon look like it’s out of context because it’s too short, not too tall. The new R7A zoning allows a maximum height of 80 feet, which is twenty feet taller than this building. Still, you have to give it Scarano, no one else can make a 60 foot tall building “only” have four stories.
Pole, please don’t let the facts get in the way of MrMinerva’s condescending and presumptuous post! Clearly he has all the answer and the rest of us are idiots.
Looks prison-ish, or maybe where The Thing might live, if he chose to live in BK.
The building seems no more bland than the older brick buildings to which it is adjacent. At least it has large windows and french doors. With high ceilings, I imagine the units feel quite spacious.
MrMinvera:
Given this house is not much taller than your typical suburban home, I am quite curious how you could possibly think this building violates the pertinent zoning codes or even the spirit of the zoning codes.
SouthParker:
I think you are the first person to actually use the term “out of scale” to mean “all new development should be precisely the same height as all neighboring buildings”. There are so many taller buildings in Fort Greene it’s not even funny. The only reason buildings are not tall on Fulton Street is an elevated train used to run along it. No one wanted to build anything nice next to that. It’s the same deal on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope.
Wasn’t there a big back-and-forth the other day where you repeatedly espoused the virtues of living in suburbia (when you weren’t complaining about liberals)?
Anyway, thanks for the kind words. Have a great long weekend.
Lechacel – Could you be a bigger asshole? I like Westchester and I like Brooklyn. The two are not mutually exclusive.
I said ONE THING we have over NYC is an architectural review board.
Go back on your meds.
All Aboard!!!