Scarano Pushback on Smith
Some Carroll Gardens residents are very, very upset about a Scarano building that a developer wants to put up on the corner of Smith Street and Second Place. According to Gowanus Lounge, plans for an 8-story, 46-unit building of glass and metal were recently denied by the Department of Buildings. But neighbors are trying not…
Some Carroll Gardens residents are very, very upset about a Scarano building that a developer wants to put up on the corner of Smith Street and Second Place. According to Gowanus Lounge, plans for an 8-story, 46-unit building of glass and metal were recently denied by the Department of Buildings. But neighbors are trying not to leave anything to chance. Flyers have been popping up all over the nabe urging people to attend to show up for the Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Association meeting on June 11 at 7:30 PM at Buddy Scottos’ Funeral Parlor and to contact Community Board 6 to express concern over the scale and style of the project. And how’s this for street cred? The woman behind the flyers is the great grand daughter of Frank Lloyd Wright’s first cousin by marriage. Okay.
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I am a property owner in Carroll Gaardens for 10 yrs. I bought my run down brownstown because I saw the neighborhood as a great place to raise a family and commute to the city.
The new development in the neighborhood has created an overcrowed public school (P.S. 58), limited parking and the trains are getting more packed. We have only one subway stop in Carroll Garderns.
This neighborhood doesn’t need anymore housing. We could use a good supermarket and a municiple parking lot for the residents.
With all the new residents and apartments, where are the children going to school? Where are they going to park cars? Which subway are they going to commute from?
My co-workers who live in Williamsburg have to let 3-4 trains pass in the morning because the trains are so overcrowed, they can’t get on.
These developers do not live here!!
I am a property owner in Carroll Gaardens for 10 yrs. I bought my run down brownstown because I saw the neighborhood as a great place to raise a family and commute to the city.
The new development in the neighborhood has created an overcrowed public school (P.S. 58), limited parking and the trains are getting more packed. We have only one subway stop in Carroll Garderns.
This neighborhood doesn’t need anymore housing. We could use a good supermarket and a municiple parking lot for the residents.
With all the new residents and apartments, where are the children going to school? Where are they going to park cars? Which subway are they going to commute from?
My co-workers who live in Williamsburg have to let 3-4 trains pass in the morning because the trains are so overcrowed, they can’t get on.
These developers do not live here!!
Oh the angry mobs, what will they do next?
You cannot pay for this kind of entertainment.
Yes Grandpa, we should build attractive buildings here in Brooklyn!
Problem is Scarano hasn’t built even ONE attractive building in Brooklyn!
Where did this guy get his architectural degree anyway?
Could the ever growing resistance here come from our basic human sense that these Scarano buildings are ugly? Could it be all these ugly new buildings Brooklyn has seen coming for only two horrific architectural firms that have turned community after community away form new development?
It is possible to build new buildings that intergrate into a community, so why should we put up with this junk?
Yes Grandpa, we should build attractive buildings here in Brooklyn!
Problem is Scarano hasn’t built even ONE attractive building in Brooklyn!
Where did this guy get his architectural degree anyway?
Could the ever growing resistance here come from our basic human sense that these Scarano buildings are ugly? Could it be all these ugly new buildings Brooklyn has seen coming for only two horrific architectural firms that have turned community after community away form new development?
It is possible to build new buildings that intergrate into a community, so why should we put up with this junk?
So add 700 square feet.
You’re not losing a plaza, you’re gaining a homeless shelter.
Higher value per square foot maybe but fewer sqare feet available equals less total value. Like my project right now. My building is aprox 2000 sqare feet, so is my lot, three stories. My 2000 square feet is about 1.4 million or 700 per square foot. I want to add another 1000 square feet and that will be worth about the same or roughly $700,000. It will cost me, on the high side about $150 per square foot or $150,000 to get $700,000 in value. The space will rent for about $25,000 a year at market rates so I pay it off in six years and have another 700,000 in value. Or I move my daughter in there and keep her in the neighborhood. Anyway, this economic potential is added value for my property. Giving that away is not something I consider wise. I’m not looking for trump plaza here just another 1000 square feet in my own neighborhood. The downzoning jihad opposes my right to do that. You do your math I’ll do mine, maybe I’m making a big mistake and I’ll go broke and you can pick up a nice piece of property cheap. My bad.
JGNY
“are you kidding me Richard’s building next to prospect park has relation to the buildings around it?context, and if it does please tell me how….”
Richard is just a celebirty architect thats why he is respected.