Development Watch: 111 Kent Avenue
Now that much of the facade and some of the windows are complete, you can get a pretty good sense of how 111 Kent Avenue is going to end up looking and the result ain’t that pretty. The 62-unit development is a pretty classic example of how simpler is usually better. These non-right-angled windows look…
Now that much of the facade and some of the windows are complete, you can get a pretty good sense of how 111 Kent Avenue is going to end up looking and the result ain’t that pretty. The 62-unit development is a pretty classic example of how simpler is usually better. These non-right-angled windows look forced and silly; the design is not helped by the choice of brick, which looks like it belongs somewhere on the border of Bed Stuy and Bushwick. Too bad, too, given the building’s striking views over East River State Park and Manhattan. As for how sales are going, it’s anybody’s guess: No sales are recorded on StreetEasy and the Elliman site shows nine units available.
Development Watch: 111 Kent Avenue (June ’08) [Brownstoner] GMAP
Development Watch: 111 Kent Avenue (March ’08) [Brownstoner] P*Shark
Development Watch: 111 Kent Avenue (July ’07) [Brownstoner] DOB
Does anybody have any idea when these condos will be done? I believe they’re going to go back on sale in 1-2 months.
11217: By your logic, who would ever want to live on Fifth Avenue on the Upper East Side? Sure, you’ll have anm amazing view of Central Park but how could anyone possibly walk all the way over to Lexington to get the train?
You might think 5 – 7 minutes is a long trek, but people who want to live on the Williamsburg waterfront and enjoy water views don’t care.
Come clean, I think most people consider Greenpoint as starting at Bushwick inlet and running across to the edge of McCarren, but not McCarren itslef, which people seem to reagrd as Williamsburg.
I think it looks fantastic!
Now where did I leave my chequebook….
‘These non-right-angled windows look forced and silly; the design is not helped by the choice of brick, which looks like it belongs somewhere on the border of Bed Stuy and Bushwick.’
Umm…okay…whatever you say. I rode by this on my bike and it was pretty clear that the ‘silly’ non right angled windows are so angled to address a particuarly striking view…all you had to do was turn around after taking this picture…
You may think this is ugly…..I’m not sure what I think about it’s aesthetics….but I really wouldn’t call it silly…
i was on Lewis around hart the other night and there were alot of fedders buildings.
i am actually curious to go inside these. i had heard from a local broker that it was going to be one of the better properties to come down the line prior to it being this finished. i am guessing that the windows are for the views which are probably spectacular given that it’s across the street from the park/water with therefore clear manhattan skyline views. it’s very close to amenities if not next to the subway, so for your day to day life, it’s really convenient.
side note: even if you think you don’t like williamsburg, it’s worth checking out DOC wine bar on N.7th which is around the corner from this condo. it’s a rustic italian wine bar with a local couple running it- he’s italian. they also own a wine shop on Broadway also called DOC. these folks are a good example of the the 30 somethings with kids who live and flourish in the burg.
Is it too late to say I think the design is kinda cool? Reminds me a bit of the builiding next to the Quad Cinema in Manhattan. The bf, kid and I were over in Williamsburg a couple weekends ago, and we noted that the condo developments there seemed far more daring architecturally than those over in our neck of the woods. Williamsburg does seem to be a different world from our Brooklyn. On a previous visit my son (6) had refused to believe we were in Brooklyn. When asked why he said – “Because there aren’t any brown people.” He then reassured my boyfriend, who is of a brownish hue, that “it’ll be okay. ”
Traditionally, no — yes, Williamsburg is bigger.