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.
I live in the neighborhood and think it’s a great development. What PLG most lacks is services, and this should help bring them. The one-family covenant historic district in lefferts manor is a treasure, but it doesn’t provide for enough density for the neighborhood to attract new services. we need more density and more diversity of services. Next, they should tear down the Wendy’s and the McDonald’s on empire and build hi-rises there.
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.
I have hopes that, excepting brownstone/limestone townhouse neighborhoods, Prospect Park will one day have similar views from within.
You live in a major world city, Brooklynites, one of the top five, in fact. If you want an unobstructed skyline and no progress, move to the suburbs. New York–and yes, even Brooklyn–will continue to grow whether you like it or not. You can adapt to these changes, or whine bitterly on a blog that few people will ever read.
Your choice.
No, it’s all right. This is PLG, where the *good* gentrifiers live, not Park Slope or Carroll Gardens. So this building and its residents are to be welcomed.
Too ugly and too late.
you try to pre-empt the valid responses by calling them hysterical, but we all know they are reasonable responses. try again.
How can they build a 20 story tower? Does the zoning allow it?
It’s too big.
It’s too tall.
It’s out of context.
It has no affordable housing.
It’s ugly.
It’s glassy.
It doesn’t respect the neighborhood’s architecture.
It will accelerate gentrification, displace locals, and reduce “diversity”.
Good Night, Gracie.
Actually 9:28, there may not be THAT much opposition to this particular development, assuming that the plans turn out to be fairly decent. The existing building, a former bowling alley {LONG before my time) has been a ruin ever since it’s last occupant, a church called the “Brooklyn Truth Center” ran it into the ground and abandoned it years ago.
The old building does have some nice terra cotta archectectural elements which I, for one, would have liked to have seen incorporated into the new building but. I agree with 9:27’s comment about the eyesore we’ve endured for too long. I don’t usually care for glass buildings but, like the Richard Meier building on GAP this one is not displacing anyone. I just hope it will not be even uglier than OPP.
Anything is better than what is there now!