BAM Cultural District: Full-Speed Ahead
The psychology surrounding the future of the BAM Cultural District seems to have turned positive again on the heels of last month’s appointment of Carlton Brown to develop the area’s centerpiece, a $385 million mixed-income residential tower sitting atop 40,000-quare-foot dance center. (The Times describes the tower as being composed of “five cantilevered blocks of…
The psychology surrounding the future of the BAM Cultural District seems to have turned positive again on the heels of last month’s appointment of Carlton Brown to develop the area’s centerpiece, a $385 million mixed-income residential tower sitting atop 40,000-quare-foot dance center. (The Times describes the tower as being composed of “five cantilevered blocks of apartments ranging in height from 6 to 14 floors.”) The vibe was distinctly more downbeat last Spring when plans were pulled for an Enrique Norten-designed library. The renewed momentum may have something to do with the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership’s new leadership role in the area. (The turning point has been the administration’s putting much more emphasis on development of downtown Brooklyn, says BAM’s Harvey Lichtenstein.) Other reasons for optimism: The Hugh Hardy-designed Theatre for a New Audience at Lafayette and Ashland that’s expected to break ground in Q1 and the 30,000-square-foot public plaza that’s currently being planned for the immediate area.
Stalled Brooklyn Arts District Regains Momentum [NY Times]
BAM Cultural District: Alive If Not Exactly Kicking [Brownstoner]
Brooklyn wishes it could look like Sao Paolo on a bad day.
Huzzah! Now Brooklyn can look like Sao Paolo Circa 1970!
Yeah! WIND TUNNEL! I love it! It’ll be just like the Yupper Westside’s wind tunnels in that forest of apartment houses along with the Slime Warner Towers.
The wind chill in winter is astounding there sometimes!
All new buildings suck. Landmark everything. I love vacant lots. Buck Fush. Free Mumia.
Does BAM stand for Building Architectural Messes?
Oh crap, here comes more “ART”.
Just what we need, a little more pretentiousness, fake British accents, and condescending obnoxiousness.
I’m moving to an art-free zone, like Besonhurst.
11:27: The foreground lot on the left is owned by Ratner. A large residential development is in the works. Perhaps it will contain a small plaza, but you can bet that it won’t be all plaza.
I love this building. I hope it goes up at lightning speed. Beautiful addition to the neighborhood. What were people expecting? Some brownstones maybe?
The site on the left along Fulton up from this project appears, in this drawing, to be another plaza (all concrete with some street trees). This is currently a parking lot (with chain link fencing).
What’s going to happen to that lot? Is it going to be another tall building? Is it going to be a paved plaza? Will the parking space still be needed?