On Prospect Park: Is Anybody Home?
While the sales statistics online are fairly opaque, the inherent transparency of On Prospect Park can’t tell lies. Walking past the Richard Meier design on Tuesday evening on the way to the NY Times panel at the Brooklyn Public Library, we were struck by how few of the apartments appeared to be inhabited. On a…
While the sales statistics online are fairly opaque, the inherent transparency of On Prospect Park can’t tell lies. Walking past the Richard Meier design on Tuesday evening on the way to the NY Times panel at the Brooklyn Public Library, we were struck by how few of the apartments appeared to be inhabited. On a more positive note, this was the first time we’d passed by the finished lobby and we have to say it’s pretty impressive looking if you’ve got a modernist leaning or two.
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It is a nice piece of design. Among the few distinguished buildings built in Brooklyn during the late bubble. I also like the Walentas building next to Trader Joe’s on Atlantic Avenue.
Most of the big (empty) condo towers downtown or in Williamsburg leave me cold.
I think they made a mistake not putting some retail in the first floor–perhaps a union market type store. I understand that might undercut the “high end” vibe they’re trying to create, but the facts are it’s a hike from this location to any sort of decent shopping options (I know the “new” deli on st johns and underhill is one, but I’m not really feeling that place). don’t get me wrong–it’s only about five mins to the keyfood et al on flatbush, but if i’m paying these sort of prices, that’s about 4 mins too long.
Being as cold and about as welcoming as the Antartic myself, I love the interiors. A clean blank slate. The light must be awesome, not to mention a view of the park to die (or kill) for.
Here I will openly traffic in speculation –but there is something fishy about all the reported sales, at or near ask, for this building. Methinks there is some clever-ish logrolling going on, to make it seems to prospective buyers that they aren’t purchasing into a vertical ghost town. Also –didn’t his previous boomtime vanity structure, the Perry St. Meier building, end up a disastrously ill-executed rat trap? What’s to make us believe this will be any different?
A few week ago there was a thread with links. The interiors are open, cold and about as welcoming as the Antartic.
I also noticed the exact same thing other day walking by. I felt sorry for the people who had bought since I would be creeped out living in a nearly empty building (The Shining, anyone?) and having paid out the nose to do so, to boot. I like modernism enough but this building leaves me cold. Maybe its charms are better appreciated from the inside?
The weird thing is, this beautiful modern building looks exactly like a generic office building in any exurb built any time in the last thirty years to me. But I am sure the interiors are fab.
This building is gorgeous. Now here is a beautiful modern building.
I still like this place.