Plans Revealed for Philharmonic's Degraw Street Firehouse
After much delay and hand-wringing, the Brooklyn Philharmonic was handed the defunct Engine 204 firehouse at 299 Degraw Street in Cobble Hill last May as its new headquarters. Now, reports Globe Street and The Times, the non-profit has revealed its plans for the 19th Century building: HOK architects plan to preserve the facade while gutting…
After much delay and hand–wringing, the Brooklyn Philharmonic was handed the defunct Engine 204 firehouse at 299 Degraw Street in Cobble Hill last May as its new headquarters. Now, reports Globe Street and The Times, the non-profit has revealed its plans for the 19th Century building: HOK architects plan to preserve the facade while gutting the 4,250-square-foot interior to create a “multi-purpose space for performances, meetings, lectures, and other community uses on the ground floor, along with a music rehearsal area.” The philharmonic’s main performance space will remain at BAM. The renovation is expected to cost $2,600,000 and to begin this summer. GMAP
guilty as charged.
Lazy readers…
HOK did the work pro bono.
The project is contingent on the orchestra raising the $2.6M.
1/4 of that is probably HOK’s fee.
What architect sold tham that bill of goods and who approved spending $2.6 MM on 4,250 sq. ft.???? That’s over $600 psf!!!!!!!
maybe it is ulurpable after all…
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/luproc/ulpro.shtml#actions
THL its about a public review process when there is a sale or change of use of some types of property.
Sorry, what I meant was what is ulurp?
my bad… may not need ulurp as its a relatively small renovation.
my point was its a stretch on the zoning.
i am sure someone else out there can help distill the issue.
ulurp?
$2.6mm reno = $612/sf = holy high end renovation batman