HOTD: Mixing Modern and Traditional on Sixth Ave
Inspired, perhaps, by our recent focus on Fifth Avenue in the South Slope, a reader shot us a photo of this recently completed building on the corner of Sixth Avenue and 14th Street. “Anything would be better than the hollowed out brick building that was there about a year ago,” he writes, “but I think…
Inspired, perhaps, by our recent focus on Fifth Avenue in the South Slope, a reader shot us a photo of this recently completed building on the corner of Sixth Avenue and 14th Street. “Anything would be better than the hollowed out brick building that was there about a year ago,” he writes, “but I think this is great mix of modern and contextual.” We think the top three floors look okay but aren’t really grooving on the choice of material for the ground floor. Why not just continue the brownstone (if that’s what it is) from the upper floors? A little web surfing turned up the listing on Brooklyn Properties. Turns out it’s a 2-family asking $2.25 million. It won’t come as a surprise we’d opt for something different in that price range, but this looks like a lot of square footage with solid rental income and, get this, a 3-car garage. We could see someone stepping up to the place in that range if the interior finishes are well done.
Extravagant 2-family [Brooklyn Properties] GMAP
Anonymous 8:04,
Huh?!?
i think it looks pretty cool actually
i asked one of the workers and he told me that large glass window covers the entire 2nd and 3rd floors through the bulk head-roof and there is tons of light in the house also the huge window’s throughout seems like con ed wont make much money from lighting in this masterpiece i wish i could afford it
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DERELICTE!!!
Heh, sorry, this is just what came to mind upon reading the above.
This is a ridiculous building.
And from the openess of the stair it looks to be a one-family. Am I wrong?
Halden,
Not sure who the architect is but I used to see an Orthodox guy there everyday chatting on his cell. He might have been the architect or just the rabbi praying it doesn’t fall down.
Most of the new buildings in the South Slope are a lot worse. I like that they made an effort to build something that basically fits in with its surroundings — it looks okay next to the building next to it on 6th Avenue (not in picture). But the ground floor stone is so, so awful. Yuck! Still, I could see paying a huge premium to have a garage, as parking gets tighter and tighter around here.
I’m jumping on anon’s brownstone post late (you already corrected it), but brownstone as a building material is available. In addition to the reopening of the quarries in Conn., there are a host of other sources. Some of the best quality stone comes from Canada and Great Britain.
I haven’t seen this building in person, but the materials do not convey a sense of elegance or attention to detail. The massing of the building really bothers me too – in particular the huge blank parapet above the third floor. I like the center tower, but everything around it falls flat.
Anyone know who the architect is?
i used to live on this block and while the derlict building that was previosly here was an eyesore, this is totally hideous in my opinion. i also know that the construction done was quite sketchy and that’s probably why they had to stop work on it. i can’t imagine that the price they’re asking is in any way worth it, not from a use nor a long term investment pov. it was sols to these developers for 1 million a little over a year ago, so…these builders are totally out of touch!
I want to know what the deal is recently with these condo buildings that utilize large glass facades in the stairwells? Sure, it’s makes your experience getting to your apartment nicer than going up a darkly lit stairwell, but wouldn’t it be nice to have this quality of daylight in your apartment? Am I missing something?
–another architect in South Slope