How the Argyle Greets 4th Avenue
Following in the footsteps of another 4th Avenue masterpiece new condo, the Crest, behold the latest grate addition to the Park Avenue of Brooklyn’s streetscape, this time c/o the Argyle. Jane Jacobs would love this! GMAP
Following in the footsteps of another 4th Avenue masterpiece new condo, the Crest, behold the latest grate addition to the Park Avenue of Brooklyn’s streetscape, this time c/o the Argyle. Jane Jacobs would love this! GMAP
Yes, tree planting is now a citywide requirement. There are exceptions for issues like subways, so they may have gotten one of those. It’s also possible that they did plant trees, but they’re cropped out of this photo.
I thought the new zoning rules required that all new construction projects on 4th avenue plant trees in front of the building. Is that not true?
Denton doesn’t even have the term right. What he thinks he means is “community facility,” not “community service”. But he’s wrong, and I wish he’d stop saying this wrong thing over and over again.
RETAIL IS ALLOWED ON THIS PART OF 4TH AVE, IN BOTH OLD AND NEW BUILDINGS.
It’s cute how the renderings show trees on 4th Ave.
The parking requirement is totally insane. Fortunately, it looks like the city will be reexamining it soon. (Too late for the building boom, unfortunately.)
denton is totally wrong about the zoning. Retail IS allowed. I’ve tried to correct denton several times on other threads on Brownstoner, but this misinformation keeps coming up… I’ll try one more time. The zoning is R8A with a C2-4 overlay. The C2-4 overlay allows all sorts of retail. The thing about “community service” is completely wrong.
i think parking is crucial. many people have cars, and it’s one of the attractions of living outside of manhattan – driving for errands on the weekends or going away to where-ever. especially if you want to do activities like the beach or skiing. i rarely drive during the week, but use the car for all sorts of stuff on the weekends. it’s not outrageous by any means to have a car as a grown up. if you have kids, grocery shopping can fill up a trunk. and, park slope has limited street parking anyway.
Onsite parking is required for 50% of the units? I don’t get it. Shouldn’t they be encouraging LESS reliance on cars? Isn’t there a subway line on 4th avenue?
sure, hospitals and such are set up as non-profits. Doesn’t mean no one makes money but the company isn’t supposed to.
i guess i don’t get what the “community service” designation even means. they’re not nonprofit, these infusion centers and alcohol treatment outpatient places, are they? so why do “activists” like them better than ordinary retail? or maybe it’s just that they’re more embarrassed to say “no sick people” than they are to say “no yuppies buying coffee.”
you know, the landscaping can always come later. our condo had many trees planted, but no other landscaping. the owners did it later. looks great, and is no big deal.