Bracing For The Worst on South Portland Avenue
South Portland Avenue is getting a new addition. At 97 South Portland, between Lafayette and Fulton, a five-story residential building was just approved on the site of a former garden center. (This is not the same block of South Portland that won the best block award from TimeOutNY a couple of years ago.) Given that…
South Portland Avenue is getting a new addition. At 97 South Portland, between Lafayette and Fulton, a five-story residential building was just approved on the site of a former garden center. (This is not the same block of South Portland that won the best block award from TimeOutNY a couple of years ago.) Given that the total height of the structure is 48 feet, don’t expect the kind of ceiling heights typically found in this part of town. (This site falls outside of the Fort Greene Historic District. Unfortunately.) In fact, based upon this architect’s other projects, it doesn’t seem like you should expect much at all. Let’s hope our pessimism is misplaced. GMAP P*Shark DOB
How is it possible for him to do this? And what person in their right mind would have an architect do work for them long distance?
and a fascinating comment by you too 11:26
He is, of course, not listed on AIA NY.
Real winner. Does he really a registered Architect?
i like how his projects page is called “Pass & Curent Projects,” and how he mentions that some of his work is in “Queen’s.” that’s the mark of a real detail-oriented type o’ guy.
I happen to know that Landis L. Dooley actually operates out of an office in Shenzhen. His real name is Wong. Got his cousin to put up the website on the cheap, so the English translation is not so hot.
“Dooley” has designed a lot of buildings in Greenwood Heights too, have you seen them?
Looks so modern and cool, just like back home in Guangdong!
Yup, another fascinating round of contributions by the bold type crowd.
sigh
Frankly, I live not far away. This very short block of S.Portland bt/w Lafayette and Fulton is not so hot unfortunately. It needs a big makeover, most of it.
Habana Outpost holds the corner in its chartreuse glory, Cafe Lafayette is next with a huge exhaust duct running up the front of the brownstoned building and then this lot which Gardel decided to turn from his garden center into apartments.
It is a very commercial little area. I wonder if Gardel has thought about constructing a business space on the ground floor…would make sense. Green Grasp Provisions is also at that intersection…Moe’s at the next corner at Lafayette…
I would assume a restaurant might do very well there especially if the backyard space could be used for tables.
FGG
PS, Sniff Champignon, okay already, stop rubbing it in. We’ll all enroll in Brownstoner so we can be tracked. Stop worrying.
A little bit of Queens right in my back yard. Lovely.
BTW, does anyone know if the garden center is completely done? Did they have a going out of business sale?
I just looked at the architect’s website. Can they actually be proud of that crap, or are they pandering to customers with no taste?