Yes, readers, this is a brand new building.
What do you think?
I have to hand it to the developer responsible for this four story brick apartment house at 307 Baltic Street. By choosing the right color brick, by limiting his height and by adorning the building with a beautiful ornate cornice, he managed to put up a building that effortlessly blends into the Brooklyn street scape. Granted, the windows could have been a wee bit bigger, the front door could have been more interesting and I am not wild about the visible air conditioners, but all in all, I say bravo.
You know what I am thinking? If this developer can make money designing such a building, how come others like Bill Stein keep on telling us they need to build bigger (and uglier?)
In case you are interested. Iron Gate Properties on Court Street is the rental agent.
The two bedroom plus roof deck apartment is available for $3,350
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2 comments:
Ugh - this is awful. This is the kind of unimaginative hack jobs that will look horrible in a few years once all the shoddy construction starts wearing out. The lights are hideous, the overall proportions are way off. Very cynical - either do a clean contemporary building or do something historically accurate (stoop, roofline, front door, no a/c, - too much to comment on).
I agree more with you Katie. Building looks prety good - except for the cheapo door (which could always be replaced). Plenty of old brownstones have the a/c hanging from windows or thru sleeves.
Don't know how other commentor knows about 'shoddy construction' of this building. From what I see - construction is much better now than the stuff from last construction boom of '80s.
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