Reply With QuoteNice pics Derek. I'm happy to see so much development on this side of Ft. Greene (even if Forte is so very underwhelming) - just so long as the low-rise vibe on the Clinton Hill side is preserved.
That sure is a nicely-proportioned high-rise under construction. Improves every view it's a part of. Makes you wish Leticia and the NIMBYs would just shut the **** up.
Ignoramuses.
Nice pics Derek. I'm happy to see so much development on this side of Ft. Greene (even if Forte is so very underwhelming) - just so long as the low-rise vibe on the Clinton Hill side is preserved.
Don't you know?Originally Posted by sfenn1117
They're telling us that the Williamsburg Savings is and forever will be our one icon.
No if's, and's or but's about it.
"Here's your icon, young man, and ya better like it, too!" (in a Brooklyn accent of course)
Silly me, when I think of the skyline of Brooklyn, I don't really ever think of the WS.
It's just something I don't think of too much.
So much for being iconic...
Brooklyn: forever determined to play second fiddle.
Brooklyn is the most populous borough, as Manhattan becomes increasingly out of reach of even upper-middle class you will see a huge migration to Brooklyn. It's not there yet but give another 15 years and you will see it, Bushwick will be a middle class neighborhood again
Wrong! That process will be quicker!It's not there yet but give another 15 years and you will see it, Bushwick will be a middle class neighborhood again
funny to read that.... the delivery date was definitely an estimate. they're still working on the foundation.375 Myrtle Avenue
150 Cleremont Avenue
6 stories 59 feet
Danois Architects
Dev-BRP Development/Myrtle Clermont LLC
Residential Condominiums
29 units 52,227 Sq. Ft.
Proposed 2005-Early 2006
Plans are here:
http://www.brpdev.com/property375.htm#
375 Myrtle Avenue / 150 Clermont Avenue
Coming in 2006…
375 Myrtle Avenue / 150 Clermont Avenue is a new 6 story concrete and brick face building located at the corner of Myrtle Avenue and Clermont Avenue, in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. This new development by BRP Development will replace the existing underutilization of the corner with 29 one- and two-bedroom apartments, approximately 7,000 SF of office and retail space, 1,800 SF of commercial storage spots, and 9 below-grade parking spaces.
The design, by Danois Architects, continues the street wall of Myrtle Avenue at a scale that is consistent with buildings found along the avenue. In an attempt to delicately intertwine the residential fabric of the neighborhood with the commercial strip, the wall of Myrtle Avenue conspicuously wraps around the corner, locating the residential and the office entrances along Clermont Avenue.
The apartments, will feature ample room sizes, provisions for washers and dryers, and plenty of closet space. Each two-bedroom apartment features two full bathrooms.Occupants will enjoy the amenities offered by an on-site exercise room, and outdoor recreation space.
Register to Brooklyn Eagle to read article:
http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categor...y_id=5&id=3508
Neighbors Look Forward to Proposed Myrtle Ave Development
by Linda Collins (linda@brooklyneagle.net), published online 01-05-2005
That's right. City planners have already pegged Brooklyn for the arrival of priced out Manhattanites (honestly, it already has). I live in Brighton Beach and I can't count how many new construction buildings have spruced up. If you taking the B/Q trains to Coney, just look around during the ride.Brooklyn is the most populous borough, as Manhattan becomes increasingly out of reach of even upper-middle class you will see a huge migration to Brooklyn. It's not there yet but give another 15 years and you will see it, Bushwick will be a middle class neighborhood again
150 Clermont definitely looks like a very nice development.
A very good looking design and groundfloor retail space.
All that plus it's building over what was a surface lot and a derelict walkup.
Most populous now, middle class shortly, second fiddle ...Brooklyn is the most populous borough, as Manhattan becomes increasingly out of reach of even upper-middle class you will see a huge migration to Brooklyn. It's not there yet but give another 15 years and you will see it, Bushwick will be a middle class neighborhood again
Nothing sez you can't play second fiddle if you're middle class.
I just wish Brooklyn looked forward at least as much as it looks back. From a development standpoint, too many of the folks who live there are luddites; without change in the building stock and urban fabric, Brooklyn will end up like Venice: the past overwhelming the future.
A pretty, middle-class bedroom community: is that its long-term fate ?
I wish it something better.
Forte' today.
I don't want to sound like a NIMBY but this building really is out of place.
I'm around there often and yeah, it does look out of place, but why do we sound like NIMBYs saying it?
Give it 10 years -- it will be but one among many, no?
I don't think its that alone. Maybe from those angles, but is it not in the shadow of WSB?
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