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
“”which looks like it belongs somewhere on the border of Bed Stuy and Bushwick”
Yeah…what exactly is that supposed to mean? There are brick buildings all over Brooklyn. I don’t get where you’re going here, Mr. Brownstoner.
I’m with you ditto…I was going to say something about that comment, but didn’t want to be accused of starting a ‘racism’ dialogue.
But Mr. B…what gives?? You should rethink that sentence.
Someone calls the cops, there’s a wild building on a rampage.
It looks like it’s going to bite its neighbor.
Really ugly – looks like the hasidic buildings going up south of the bridge.
“which looks like it belongs somewhere on the border of Bed Stuy and Bushwick”
??
Contractor:
The windows you specified arrived on the construction site today and they’re too large for the openings.
Architect:
Well, make them fit. It doesn’t matter how. Nobody will know the difference.
i dont think it’s as ugly as most new condos. those are definitely awesome christmas tree windows though!!! i wouldnt mind living there.
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Absolutely hideous.
Williamsburg is really in for it with all this inventory piling up.
They’re really banking on the views as a major selling point here. The units seem nice enough and the location is great, but the pricing here is about as high as I’ve ever seen in Williamsburg, and all of Brooklyn for that matter. These will take a long time to go.