Facade Watch: 221 Washington Avenue
Seven months after rebuilding began, Clinton Hill’s 221 Washington is now sporting a brand-new facade. The back story: This was once a fish-shingled home, much like its neighbor to the right, before the property’s owner began a major overhaul that involved removing its original facade and roof. The construction has been interesting to follow, and…
Seven months after rebuilding began, Clinton Hill’s 221 Washington is now sporting a brand-new facade. The back story: This was once a fish-shingled home, much like its neighbor to the right, before the property’s owner began a major overhaul that involved removing its original facade and roof. The construction has been interesting to follow, and we’ve been waiting to see how the facade would turn out for a few months now. And here it is! Like what they’ve done with it?
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Considering I walk down Washington daily, I don’t find it that bad. If they simply corrected the door, I’d be fairly okay with it.
Actually slopey, I don’t think the clapboards should be extended to the bay but the area below the windows shoulkd have a panelled look achieved by using rails & styles and not just the cheap applied molding
They blew it with the door, the enormous flat casings, the absence of clapboard on the right 2/3 of the building, and the bland suburban paint color. Can’t tell from the photo but I hope they used the plain side of the planks. There’s a pretty standard pattern for this type of facade and they chose not to follow it.
What it’s missing is some raised casing detail around the windows.
Looks very San Francisco. Not sure if that’s a good or bad thing.
I like the look of the clapboard (real or faux). I like the green color better than that of the fishscales next door.
But big fail on the off placement of the door and windows above the door. Also, the band of paint under the lowest bay window looks out of proportion with the bands with white trim above. Is proportionality in building doors and windows so hard to attain when you are surrounded by tried and true examples?
the door on the house to the right is also off center, but it has the little windows that make it feel more balanced. maybe they are still going to do that.
does anyone know if this is a developer looking to sell or if the owner did this?
I’m with Minard on this.
I have a feeling that door is there to stay.
With a little more thought and sensitivity, and for the same dollars, they could have achieved something really exceptional as opposed to something mediocre.
Still and all, an “A” for effort.