Enrique Norten-Designed Project in Park Slope Revealed
When we first reported last summer that Enrique Norten firm Ten Arquitectos was working on a new development at the site of the former Garfield Glass Corp. at 580 Carroll Street in Park Slope, we said we were dying to see a rendering. Wish granted: The Brooklyn Eagle got their hands on two designs. The…
When we first reported last summer that Enrique Norten firm Ten Arquitectos was working on a new development at the site of the former Garfield Glass Corp. at 580 Carroll Street in Park Slope, we said we were dying to see a rendering. Wish granted: The Brooklyn Eagle got their hands on two designs. The firm sees the five-story, 17-unit project as a bridge between the more industrial Gowanus neighborhood to the east and the heart of Park Slope’s Brownstone Brooklyn to the west. A major component of the design is the 3,000-square-foot front garden and wooden boardwalk that residents will use to access the entrance of the building. Should be interesting!
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It kind of looks like a futuristic detention facility to me.
The setback doesn’t bother me- the building design does.
Have any of you walked down Carroll Street between 4th and 5th Avenues (closer to 4th Avenue) where this site is located?!
“…a design that totally destroys the street wall” … hahahahh
“…This is going to look really strange in its real setting.” hooheeehah
Please immediately go to Google Maps Streetview and do not collect $200. The street has a bunch of open lots, that weird finger building on the corner and a big ass modern apartment building across from it.
I’m not a huge fan of the design and agree it looks a little Miami Vice but please chill with the “save the character of the block” hysterics. And the “boardwalk” just looks like a wood-covered walkway at grade level. Anyway, I like the setback! It brings all the nice garden action that is usually hidden in the backyards of townhouses to the street for all to enjoy.
Gowanus Shores Motel?
Bxgrl;
Thanks! I’m not going next time unless you promise to come!
Hye benson- sorry I missed meeting you last night. Next time- I promise! MM says you are quite the gent 🙂
Whoops,just realized that we’re talking about Carroll Street here, not Garfield (the name of the glass company confused me).
Anyway, my piece of trivia remains: Al Capone grew up on the adjacent block: Garfield between 4th and 5th. His house is still there.
I think it is a stretch to use Gowanus as an inspiration to mess up a half decent block. The Eagle article commends “looking at zoning in a new way” but what it really does as ruin the potential for it to be a nicer block. No improvement here.
I agree fully with what has been stated above. Is this the leftover plans from some Miami deal that got cancelled? I’m not a big “context” guy, and even I’m taken aback by this proposal.
By the way, one piece of trivia about this block (Garfiled between 4th and 5th Ave). This is the block on which Al Capone grew up. He used to hold court at the nearby Monte’s restaurant, before he packed it up and moved to Chicago.