Scarano Building Limbo

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(Though I am currently down South, I have not forgotten about Brooklyn, more precisely Carroll Gardens.)

My little neighborhood is really getting worked up about the upcoming 360 Smith Street apartment building. But what's going on with architect Scarano's other Carroll Gardens project? The factory conversion or rather " creative re-use project" at 333-335 Carroll is shown on Scarano Architects' web site with a completion date of 2006. I guess that was wishful thinking, before the N.Y.C. Department of Buildings slapped a stop work order on this project and revoked some of the permits. Now, the place is in limbo and very far from being completed. As in everyone of his projects, Scarano used creative math on this project when calculating how high he could build.

Here is how Scarano Architects are marketing this building on their web page:

Our goal was to keep the existing building as pure as possible, while creating comfortable, modern, loft apartments. The interior brick and timber columns are preserved, and the spirit of the original building is maintained.
An 8-unit steel and glass penthouse extension follows the same language as the existing building it sits on, with 5 structural bays that align with the original building grid. The interior and exterior proportions of the new building are similar to the proportions found in the old structure. The intricate extension is a stripped, modern version of the existing structure below in both its proportional and conceptual design, in keeping with its industrial roots.
Scarano Architects
NYC D.O.B. 333 Carroll Street

And now the Carroll Gardens Courier is reporting that there are huge rats running around Carroll Street. Residents on that block suspect that they are coming from 333 Carroll.
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