Glassy Tower Planned for PLG
This morning the Sun has word of the 20-story glass tower that developer Henry Herbst intends to build at 33 Lincoln Road in Prospect Lefferts Gardens. The building, which will be one of the tallest structures overlooking Prospect Park, is being designed by Gilman Architects, and it’s slated to have 80 units, a 17,000-square-foot private…
This morning the Sun has word of the 20-story glass tower that developer Henry Herbst intends to build at 33 Lincoln Road in Prospect Lefferts Gardens. The building, which will be one of the tallest structures overlooking Prospect Park, is being designed by Gilman Architects, and it’s slated to have 80 units, a 17,000-square-foot private rooftop park, and retail on the ground floor. Hawthorne Street, which has been following the coming condo’s progress, snapped the photo above of the site early last month. (Anyone know if those buildings have come down?) Architect Tom Gilman promised Hawthorne Street that the condo “wouldn’t be an eyesore”, which one would certainly hope, considering it’s going to be the tallest building in the neighborhood and significantly alter the Prospect Park panorama. Gilman told the Sun that “There is going to be a lot of glass, which means amazing views of the park.”Update: The Sun has just published a rendering of the tower, as shown above right.
Glass Tower to Overlook Prospect Park [NY Sun] GMAP
Demolition, Large and Small [Hawthorne Street]
Photo of 33 Lincoln from Hawthorne Street.
Hey dumbfuck NIMBYs, in case you haven’t noticed there is a shortage of housing in this city. Not all of us can afford to live in a Park Slope brownstone but would still like our own little piece of the pie. What exactly do you propose as a better solution to house the expected population growth over the next 20 years? You would bitch and moan just the same if they built this thing out of limestone.
You all whine about contextual development but what is the other option now? Building for density is the only option left. Would you like all the new development to be moved out to Far Rockaway so you can maintain your precious brownstone neighborhood? I don’t care if you have lived in NY for one year or an entire liftime, if you live here you are a New Yorker and whatever is built here is also part of New york’s character. Stop trying to turn this city into a museum and accept that people want to move here and will need places to be housed.
Don’t worry folks, this eyesore ain’t getting built any time soon. To quote Gang of Four, “Capital, it fails us now.”
my family didn’t get to brooklyn until 1940 so i guess that makes me a transplant then. anyway, i love brownstones, i love brownstone brooklyn, and i grew up in a brownstone, yet i also love the large scale development going on in downtown bk right now, i’m in favor of AY and i love this building and the placement of it. and i love PLG and it’s beautiful brownstone blocks and its neighborhood feel chunk of flatbush ave.
and frankly i could care less whether someone has lived in brooklyn since 1908 or 2008 in this discussion. it’s like saying a fat person’s review of a restaurant deserves more credence than one done by an underweight person.
“And as for all this garbage about transplants and natives, and how the natives want to preserve the “authentic” brooklyn, who do you think is leading the DDDB effort? Transplants. ANd who wants Atlantic Yards the most, and the jobs it will bring? A lot of people who grew up in brooklyn and saw it through its worst times, and are excited for change.”
Don’t ruin the fantasy, 6:00. Certain “Brooklynnites” want to believe they speak for everyone.
Enjoy your quaint little Brooklyn while it lasts, 4:29. The rest of the world will gladly develop around you. The tree-lined streets will remain, but that doesn’t mean you’ll live there.
And by the way, I’m sure you’d object to new schools, police stations, firehouses, and health clinics in your neighborhood. Sure you would, NIMBY.
4:17 – I was only kidding. Didn’t mean any offense. I was quoting a passage from a movie (“A Few Good Men”) that I was reminded of when I read some of the prior posts. I completely agree with your comment above.
It looks great to me . . . and I live around the corner.
Next up, the Phat Alberts warehouse!
5:32, if you’re so powerful a community activist that you can stop developments in their tracks, why is the new Meier building visible the entire length of the Long Meadow? Why didn’t you stop that? No offense, but those developers have a lot more time, money, and resources than any community group.
And as for all this garbage about transplants and natives, and how the natives want to preserve the “authentic” brooklyn, who do you think is leading the DDDB effort? Transplants. ANd who wants Atlantic Yards the most, and the jobs it will bring? A lot of people who grew up in brooklyn and saw it through its worst times, and are excited for change.
“Son, we live in a borough that has tree lined brownstown blocks and quaint ethnic neighborhoods, and this borough has to be guarded. Who’s gonna do it? You? You, 4:17?”
Huh?? I’m 4:17. I just said I liked the design, and I do. That’s all. Don’t try telling a brother about ethnic neighborhoods, OK? I’m FROM an ethnic neighborhood. Go on your little mission another time. I’m born and raised here, and own a home in Brooklyn, so I have just as much interest as you in what it looks like. I just don’t happen to agree with your viewpoint. So cry your little river to someone else and grow the hell up.
It’s time for your medication, 5:32.