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.
It pains me that a cool, unassuming nabe like PLG has to have this piece of sh*t rammed down its throat. What a bummer. Truly a shame. Also sad is the fact that this will ‘uglify’ the view from the park. It’s lose/lose all around.
wow – good stuff, plg. should be interesting to see where pricing comes in on this.
next up … phat albert’s?
That side of the park is bad why? Because that’s where the zoo is, or is it because of that noisy carousel?
Way to put PLG on the map!
Looks good.
Can someone please tell me the exactly location of this lot? According to Google Map, it is not on the part side. But it looks like it is in the rendering. Thanks.
glad its on the bad side of the park.
it would be a great development for the neighborhood, but it seems unlikely that this kind of project would be able to get financing these days..
“One of the most striking things about Central Park is the border of unique high rises surrounding it on all sides. The contrast between green leafy trees and glassy buildings really helps to emphasize what a haven Central Park is.”
Quite true, but Olmstead and Vaux improved on their earlier effort when they built Prospect Park–thus the bearm intended to shut out views of the city. However the bearm has long since been overwhelmed by tall buildings on PPW, It looks like this will eventually happen on the east side as well.