Man on the Street: How's the Novo Look to You?
We chatted up some Slopers to get their opinions on the design of the the Novo, the biggest condo to hit 4th Avenue since the thoroughfare was upzoned a few years ago. The people we talked to weren’t feeling a lot of love for the building… “I’ve been inside, and the units are nicer than…
We chatted up some Slopers to get their opinions on the design of the the Novo, the biggest condo to hit 4th Avenue since the thoroughfare was upzoned a few years ago. The people we talked to weren’t feeling a lot of love for the building…
“I’ve been inside, and the units are nicer than they are at the one a few block away [the Crest]. But there’s nothing architecturally interesting about it. It’d be a shame if all up and down 4th Avenue we got buildings like this as a result of the upzoning.” -Patrick
“I never really paid much attention to it. It’s just sort of there.” -Linden
“It’s pretty ugly and out of character with the area. The problem with this place is that it’s been about three years in the making and they’ve used non-union labor and haven’t been very friendly with the neighborhood…Basically, I think it looks like a low-income housing project.” -Jim
“Hideous. An eyesore. Horrible. It doesn’t fit in with the neighborhood.” -Julie
“Looks like a big brown turd.” -Boris
excellent question, 10:07. i moved into the neighborhood near NOVO almost three years ago and they were excavating the site. seems a tad sloooooooow to me. and now both corners of 6th St. and 4th Ave are on the road to high rise condos…
those commenters are eye sores themselves
The buildings are ugly – Novo and Crest.
At least they’re not Fedders ugly, but they look like an upstate SUNY dorm.
But here’s the question – why is it taking so long to finish? Comparable buildings in the same vicinity have been built and occupied since the two started construction.
Financial problems with the developer?
4th ave is a fucking shithole!
These ugly condos are a blessing to the area.
well, i think that the comment about the over crowding at 321 is valid. we sold a 2 story house last year and we moved with our toddler because we don’t believe in the future of the school system. crowded is crowded it’s a problem.
7:35PM and 11:12AM are the only ones making sense here. 4th Avenue is disgusting. Any of these buildings are only an improvement. Also, more middle and high income residents will bring more demand for more amenitites. I WISH we had buildings like this going up in our own neighborhood that’s so utterly barren of any decent restaurants or markets.
Buy it, build it to any scale you want. Otherwise, shut the fuck up.
Like you all used to hang on 4th back in the day. Yeah for what? A vial of crack and a blowjob while you got your flats fixed for $3. Bunch of granola eating dickheads want to return it to it’s former glory. What the hell are you smoking?
Petebklyn, you can develop the area without it looking like the previous dump it was.
Obviously, the cat is out of the bag since the zoning for this area has been changed with no expectation that it will be reversed.
The admittedly less appealing, yet low-rise, nature of the current structures will be lost and not re-used in a more community-beneficial way.
Perhaps people like the Manhattanization of this area. I prefer something smaller in scale.
How much do we think the prices will have to drop on the remaining units before they sell?