Going Modern on Fifth Avenue
A reader inquired about a new modern building at 556 Fifth Avenue in the South Slope. Yes, it stands out from its neighbors both in height—it used to be a single story building, reborn as a five-story, eight-unit building—and aesthetics. Turns out, the building is being marketed with a sister development on 264 Cumberland in…
A reader inquired about a new modern building at 556 Fifth Avenue in the South Slope. Yes, it stands out from its neighbors both in height—it used to be a single story building, reborn as a five-story, eight-unit building—and aesthetics. Turns out, the building is being marketed with a sister development on 264 Cumberland in Fort Greene as “classic modern“—the name of their campaign, which proposes the building as the melding of Victrolas and iPods (a rendering of the interiors is on the jump). Prices for The Fifth Avenue Modern Park Slope will range from $489,900 to the $950,000 or so.
It’s a good thing that brownstones don’t look “dated”.
Which part of this is “classic?”
That’s gonna be/look dated in about 1 minute…if it doesn’t already.
I like it. It looks straight out of Setagaya in Tokyo.
Just stupid!
And the Domino post makes the rumors this is a Issac Katan backed deal even more plausible…and uglier than his building The Vue.
Raising the bar I see, Issac!
“Luke, run with the Force and your paycheck, Luke! Head back to Billyburgh!”
just tacky and third world.
why do some of the windows slant one way and the others slant another way?
is that modern?
or is it arbritary and stupid?
The architect on this one is G-Atelier,the have offices on Columbia Street and in Colombia the country.
Here is the link (I was surprised that they even put the Domino’s in the drawing)
http://www.gateliers.com/admin/showProject.php?id_project=1
What a s-t-u-p-i-d comment.
This place is one of the best looking new condos in South Slope. I realize that’s not setting the bar very high, but it could have been much, much worse.
For example: http://bstoner.wpengine.com/brownstoner/archives/2007/12/bk_developers_w_1.php