Hudson Companies Aiming High on Emerson Place
In addition to writing blog posts and chairing park groups, David Kramer of The Hudson Companies also puts up buildings. In some cases, rather big ones. The J Condo is the company’s flagship project in Brooklyn to date, though the townhouse project at Third & Bond Streets in Gowanus is well underway and its proposal…
In addition to writing blog posts and chairing park groups, David Kramer of The Hudson Companies also puts up buildings. In some cases, rather big ones. The J Condo is the company’s flagship project in Brooklyn to date, though the townhouse project at Third & Bond Streets in Gowanus is well underway and its proposal for Public Place is one of two in the final running. In the meantime, though, another large effort is in the works: 131 Emerson Place. The developer (along with the same partner it worked with on J Condo, Cara Development) has recently filed plans for a 16-story, 95,000-square-foot residential building on the 35,000-square-foot through-lot in northeastern Clinton Hill. The plan is for the residential building to front on Emerson with a possible community facility building on Classon; there will be outdoor parking in the middle of the lot. No retail. We’re hoping to beg, steal or borrow some renderings in the coming weeks. GMAP P*Shark DOB
This lot of buildings used to the the home of many artists, craftspeople, and their studios: people who inhabited the place since the early ’90s- maybe before. It was my home until it was sold. The block has a lot of great neighborhood characters: April, “the cowboy”, Manuel and his ductwork company who installed heat in our unit for free, The church and their BBQs, the Section 8 lady who dictated her life story into a recorder while sitting on my stoop… will they still be welcome? Business is business- but there are plenty of “nice” residential buildings in that area- alot of which are empty, meanwhile the people who made the place a community are asked to leave.
The “racist one,” as if someone can be defined by a single event in their life, has more interesting hair than the developer. Or, just more, if you want to simplify.
i like this kramer much more than the racist one.
Very interesting that this block was left out when the rest of Clinton Hill was rezoned last summer. Not sure what to make of that.
Rogers Marvel is the AOR, which I think is a positive sign although I am sure others will disagree.
To the left, you can just see the edge of an awning in this picture–it belongs to a church, and is emblazoned with huge, Gothic letters that read, simply, “Touch Not My Annointed.”
Community facility?
This block could really use a nice building. I hope it all comes together. I bet the businesses on Myrtle hope so too.