Condos of the Day: 480 Eastern Parkway
Henry Radusky has been doing his part to uglify Crown Heights with the recent completion of an eight-unit condo at 480 Eastern Parkway. (At least the facade lines up with its neighbor though.) Based upon a sign hanging on the building (there’s nothing posted yet on the Developers Group website), the two- and three-bedroom apartments…
Henry Radusky has been doing his part to uglify Crown Heights with the recent completion of an eight-unit condo at 480 Eastern Parkway. (At least the facade lines up with its neighbor though.) Based upon a sign hanging on the building (there’s nothing posted yet on the Developers Group website), the two- and three-bedroom apartments start at $525,000. That’s about all we know. Has anyone been inside yet?
480 Eastern Parkway [Flickr] GMAP P*Shark DOB
Any project that merely meets the needs of its users – no matter how well – and does nothing to improve the neighborhood where it is built is not considered to be well designed. The result is housing that has missed a golden opportunity. It may provide a home for people in need, but it doesn’t go the extra step and positively impact the neighborhood where those people live. Such positive impacts are critical to a project’s long term success – and better design is the key to creating them. Projects which meet minimal code requirements are just that – minimal.
i love brownstones. live in one actually.
don’t make blanket statements about people you don’t know.
but if you’d like to see better things being built, BUY SOME LAND AND BUILD IT YOURSELF.
the reason developers build this stuff is because they are trying to make money.
DOH.
and like i said, i’d rather see this stuff than needle-invested vacant lots.
that doesn’t mean i love cheap housing.
you’re a nasty one.
To 4:13, Please tell us something we don’t know. I think Pete Seeger was singing about Ticky-Tacky houses 40 years ago. We know that ordinary construction in the rest of the US is not good. That is why we put up with a lot of the grief of NYC to live in these great homes. And that is what this site is about. People who care about these kinds of buildings. And don’t like that a lot of cheap buildings are being thrown up in BK by speculators who are out to make a quick buck.
Don’t come to a special interest website and attack the core values of the people who frequent it. Go somewhere else. There must be sites about cheap housing you might enjoy somewhere else.
“not everyone”? Does ANYONE think that they need bamboo floors and miele dishwashers to be happy?
Anyway, so you disagree- you do think they will stand the test of time?
Oh, thanks, I didn’t realize that NYC is an expensive place to build.
You are a font of knowledge.
likewise, i’m sure….
God…I really…really…hate you people…seriously…all of you…hate you so much…can’t stand it…
i disagree, 4:41. you are extremely naive.
i would much rather see buildings like this than the vacant lots that 90% of these type places replace.
and in case you didn’t realize it, nyc is a very expensive place to build, period. just the land and permits are a hassle, before you even get to the finishes.
not everyone needs bamboo floors and miele dishwashers to be happy.
The reason that people have such high standards is because the price of housing is huge and once you have bought something you feel the pressure of, am I going to lose all my money because I bought in the wrong place, at the wrong time or because some jerk put up a piece of shit building next to me and now the character of my house or neighborhood has changed?
And, yes, some people love architecture (shame on them) and love Brooklyn and know that it is the housing stock that has made and remade the neighborhoods here. This inferior building will not stand the test of time. It is a nail in the coffin. People will not move to, return to, be charmed by a Brooklyn that looks like the above builder’s vision of this Borough.
well they don’t build brownstones anymore and most of the conversations on here seem to be about other developments. the ones about the brownstones have but a few comments and the ones about strollers and what was it yesterday…the suburbs garner the most comments.