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October 26, 2005
Stumbling Across 11 Second Place
When we were out doing our ground-breaking story on the Halloween decorations in Carroll Gardens last weekend, we strolled by the development at 11 Second Place. Frankly, we were unaware of the project until we stumbled across it. And even though we don't think the building fits in too well with the brownstone block, for some reason we think it may turn out to be reasonably nice. From the looks of the Corcoran website, so do a few other people: Five our of seven of the condo apartments are already in contract at prices ranging from $489,000 to $1,275,000. How are neighbors feeling about this larger-than-normal building going up on the block?
11 Second Place [Corcoran] GMAP
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How did they do that? What happened to zoning height restrictions? Or is this another faculty housing - market rate condos switcheroo?
Posted by: Anonymous at October 26, 2005 11:42 AM
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Posted by: Anonymous at October 26, 2005 12:08 PM
we talked about this place ....
Posted by: Anonymous at October 26, 2005 12:15 PM
You guys featured this back in September; only difference was artist rendering then and actual photo now.
Looks pretty nice should fit in with surrounding buildings although its a bit tall.
Posted by: Anonymous at October 26, 2005 1:41 PM
I'm one of the neighbors, and the people I've spoken with all think the building is too high. However, since it was apparently legal to build that high, there was surprisingly no organized resistance, beyond complaints to the building departments when we saw violations (i.e., the big trash containers taking up too much space during demolition). We all dread the parking issue with all the additional apartments possibly needing a space, as well as the immense household garbage created by such a big building. (Do the people buying the expensive condos plan to pay for a super? -- they are also responsible for keeping the sidewalk free of snow.) The maintenance is pretty low, so I'll bet the buyers haven't even thought of who will take care of all those things and how much more money it will cost.
Posted by: Anonymous at October 26, 2005 7:58 PM
I've heard that people on the block aren't thrilled. The style doesn't really work with the rest of the block but like many blocks in brownstone Brooklyn it isn't landmarked so anything meeting zoning requirements can be built.
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