Condos of the Day: 330 Park Place
When the developer of 330 Park Place started butchering the charming house he had just bought back in the fall of 2006, alarmed neighbors wrote in to us about it. Their alarm proved to be justified, as the developer proceeded to lop off the second story of the hundred-year-old house in preparation for stacking four…
When the developer of 330 Park Place started butchering the charming house he had just bought back in the fall of 2006, alarmed neighbors wrote in to us about it. Their alarm proved to be justified, as the developer proceeded to lop off the second story of the hundred-year-old house in preparation for stacking four new levels on top of the existing parlor floor. Last year wrote this about the building: “Not only does the building feel more out-of-scale in person than on film, one can also see certain details which reveal the extent of the developer’s slavish devotion to FAR maximization at the expense of proportion, design and neighborliness.” Now the property is on the market as five condo units ranging in price from $695,000 for a 1,087-square-foot duplex to $899,000 for a 1,671-square-foot duplex with garden. Judging from the quality of the kitchen cabinets and the choice of baseboard heating, this conversion isn’t exactly screaming “high end” to us.
330 Park Place Condos [Ahrlty.com] GMAP P*Shark
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330 Park Place: As Bad As Everyone Feared? [Brownstoner]
Developer Non Grata: 330 Park Place Destruction [Brownstoner]
I am sorry- yes, 330 Park used to look like the prett house to the right…
hahah Home Despot … awesome.
There are a hojillion new condos in Prospect Heights available right now, and I feel like all of them are dramatically overpriced. These are no exception, though at least the street is a lot nicer than some of the new condos I’ve visited or walked by in that area.
I expect to see this and a lot of other buildings go rental in the near future, unless the developers are willing to drop the purchase prices way down. $800k+ is just not reasonable for most of P-Heights, imho.
this building really depresses me. in combination with the 2 on either side, it’s a very disconcerting part of the block. all respect to NOP, but the brick thing on the left is just scary and, in person, really ugly. PH Family – i thought it was the house to the right (not the brick thing in the left) was what 330 used to look like. and about that place (the one on the right), i’m sure it used to be beautiful and could be again, but with the monstrosities to the left, it just has a sad, tired look about it that says, “why bother?”
It’s really telling when the broker doesn’t place a picture of the property in the marketing materials.
It’s almost as ugly as the garbage put up on Underhill and Park Place.
It’s almost as ugly as the garbage put up on Underhill and Park Place.
boy, i am totally confused. Is that brick building the one we’re talking about? what happened to the beautiful front porch? omigod. that is horrible. And the kitchen/bathrooms? Screams Home Despot. Jeez- what a heartbreak.
NOP- the house next door is almost identical to the original house that was destroyed by the developer to make room for the new condos…..Yes, I think the hosues were built in the 1920’s.
Brownstoner:
Yikes!
This is bad, truly.
But that’s a sweet little brick number to the left.
Anyone know anything about it?
It reminds me of town houses in Chicago’s Gold Coast. And does the archway go with it?
Looks like the house was built in the 1920s and if it includes the arch to accommodate cars that would go to a garage in the back.
The terrace and chimneys are nice domestic touches.
If it’s a new building, congratulations to whoever built it. But I suspect it’s been around for a while — and a rebuke to the designer of its awful next-door neighbor!
Nostalgic on Park Avenue