Development Watch: 185 Ocean Avenue
Even though the controversial Prospect-Lefferts Gardens development at 185 Ocean Avenue has been branded “Ocean on the Park,” and a banner on the side of the building says it’s “coming soon,” the super-contextual build still seems like it’s got a ways to go before it starts hosting open houses. The ground-floor space appears very raw…
Even though the controversial Prospect-Lefferts Gardens development at 185 Ocean Avenue has been branded “Ocean on the Park,” and a banner on the side of the building says it’s “coming soon,” the super-contextual build still seems like it’s got a ways to go before it starts hosting open houses. The ground-floor space appears very raw behind the construction fence and, as the pic above shows, the balconies have yet to be completed.
Controversial PLG Condo’s Website Goes Live [Brownstoner]
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]
I think the building is pretty hideous; context has little to do with it, but in this context, it is even worse.
So, Snark, tear down low rise land marked housing and replace them with high rise apartment building. This will help end the housing shortage for the affluent in urban areas. But not where you live.
“Do you oppose increasing housing density in PLG?”
Not entirely, but I do oppose tearing down historic houses to do so. The development on Lincoln Road, on the site where a very dilapidated commercial building oncestood, is something I could support. There are other vacant lots in PLG, for example on the SE corner of Bedford and Sterling, where an attempt to create a “sweat equity” co-op in an abandoned apartment building failed 30+ years ago because the building (since demolished) was not structurally sound.
> I’ve been working to publicize PLG and bring people here
Fair enough, Bob. Do you oppose increasing housing density in PLG? I’m not in favor of tearing down the house in my neighborhood to build more large apartment buildings, but I realize that’s my inner NIMBY talking.
I was opposed to this POS and I’ve been working to publicize PLG and bring people here since I started the PLGNA Publicity Committee in 1975.
DS +1
These aren’t housing projects, so your “point” is moot.
Why don;t you just speak what I suspect is the truth: you don’t want any more people in your neighborhood.
High rises were not the answer for urban housing shortages. Housing projects failed to solve that problem.
“The less verticality there is the better.”
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