Controversial PLG Condo's Website Goes Live
Ocean on the Park, the Prospect-Lefferts Gardens condo that’s been deeply unpopular with many in the neighborhood, now has a functioning website. (Although the development was a major driving force in terms of getting community members to seek landmark protection for the row it’s located on, the building has appropriated the name of said historic…
Ocean on the Park, the Prospect-Lefferts Gardens condo that’s been deeply unpopular with many in the neighborhood, now has a functioning website. (Although the development was a major driving force in terms of getting community members to seek landmark protection for the row it’s located on, the building has appropriated the name of said historic district). The building consists of 20 units, and the breakdown on them is as follows, according to the site’s floorplans: Twelve 614-square-foot studios; five 814-square-foot one-bedrooms with studies; two other 821-square-foot one-bedrooms with studies; and a final 877-square-foot one-bedroom with a study. No details yet on prices. Click through to see one of the floorplans.
Ocean on the Park [Official Site]
PLG Build Appropriates Historic District Name [Brownstoner]
Development Watch: 185 Ocean Avenue [Brownstoner] GMAP
Checking in on 185 Ocean Ave. [Brownstoner]
Ocean Avenue Hangover Continues to Rise [Brownstoner]
Development Watch: 185 Ocean Encroaching [Brownstoner]
185 Ocean Avenue Starts Back Up [Brownstoner]
185 Ocean Avenue Still Sucking Wind [Brownstoner]
Karma Is a Bitch: 185 Ocean Developer Sucking Wind [Brownstoner]
PLG House Razed, 8-Story Building Planned [Brownstoner]
Ocean’s 13: Landmarking Against a Ticking Time Bomb [Brownstoner]
PLG Shocker! 185 Ocean Closes 33% Above Ask [Brownstoner]
Bonkers? You mean for turning down $2,000,000 each for selling their houses as a group to a developer and pushing to save their homes and have the row landmarked?
That’s my kind of bonkers and IMO we need more of it!
BTW Crunchy; renderings aside, have you seen what the new building looks like in the REAL world? Especially the south side! U*G*L*Y !!
Now let’s be reasonable. The building that was torn down was a complete dump, and the architectural drawings of the facade of the building look pretty fantastic.
I realize there is a bit of history to this part of Ocean Avenue. But really, isn’t the only tragedy that the developer couldn’t acquire the neighboring house BEFORE it was landmarked so that the new building would have ended up to be such a sliver?
I’m all for preservation, but let’s not kid ourselves: those activist homeowners on Ocean Avenue are BONKERS and a bit short-sighted. Now we have a lovely sliver, which is a great improvement over its rotting predecessor, but also a bizarre driveway/easement and a bunch of homeowners with their hands tied behind their backs.
Isn’t it a shame that we are so polarized, when if we worked together and accepted that there is virtue in both preservation AND new development, we’d get to a better place more quickly?
I totally agree with you bxgrl and the entire history of this site is a tragedy. Nonetheless, I know several people who are salivating over this.
That is one ugly building.
Wow – a website as cheap-looking as the construction itself. Not very optimistic here.
No prices anywhere on the site. Instead, you have to e-mail if you’re interested. Good luck with that.