Are All New Developments Ugly?
Clearly tiring of our predictable bashing of condo developments, a reader asked yesterday whether there were any that we actually liked. Good question. Although we admit the evidence is against us, we are not anti-development or anti-modern by any stretch of the imagination, just anti-ugly. If we were buying a condo, we would probably lean…
Clearly tiring of our predictable bashing of condo developments, a reader asked yesterday whether there were any that we actually liked. Good question. Although we admit the evidence is against us, we are not anti-development or anti-modern by any stretch of the imagination, just anti-ugly. If we were buying a condo, we would probably lean towards an older building that had been converted into lofts. The fact is that the new construction that has been put up in Brooklyn during the building boom has been truly appalling. But we’re open-minded (and admittedly don’t avidly follow the condo market)and would love to be proved wrong, so we’d like to ask folks to point out any new buildings that have gone up in recent years that they think qualify as architecturally significant or at least attractive. LTJ Bukem likes the Washington Condos (above) in Prospect Heights, for example. Feel free to post links in the Comments Section.
do u know how much they are charging at L3???? are we in the market to buy well crafted closets or space/sq ft?? – those architects in L3 built small bedrroms and bathrooms and put fancy cabinet doors and they expect to get $200/sq ft more than their competition – pluuuuuuurrrrlllleeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzz
Interesting question… I have to admit that while there’s little out there to rave about, the new condos, L3, on Luquer Street are beautiful-well-crafted, finishes are nice, and architecturally the buildings are appealing-the developers are architects which is refreshing to hear and which means that aesthetics was an important consideration.
Oh, I had forgotten about that site. Man, that one rules. I laughed myself silly.
“I have tasted The Berry, and it is pungent with the largest underground oil spill in North American history.”
Ridiculous.
12 days and counting until I escape the Burg…
55 Berry doesn’t appear to be new construction, but a conversion. i didn’t mind 171 north 7th st. in williamsburg but i could have done w/o the juliet balconies on the facade.
Will, that’s totally on-topic. When we were living in the Burg last year we did a number of posts (critical mostly) on the new construction. Let us know by email if you’d like to do something.
55 Berry in Williamsburg looks attractive, but, yes, the Elliman site for it is the worst. “I’ve tasted the Berry.”????
Totally agree, Elliman takes nausea to a whole new level…the place does not look bad but at 800+ per sf it’s a bit much.
“Very cheesy” is an understatement. My God, that website for 55 Berry should be nominated for some kind of “crappiest real estate web-marketing” award. Who writes that drivel?! The building might be nice, but the descriptions make you cringe, and that picture of the hipster guys in the bar under the “neighborhood” link makes you want to take a bath.
In spite of a very cheezy Elliman website, I think 55 Berry in Williamsburg is a very cool reconv development. I went to an openhouse last wknd, and although clearly out of my league, I thought it was well done.
http://www.elliman.com/MainSite/NHD/NHDInfo.aspx?ID=99&SearchType=newdev&PageName=home