News on the plans at Atlantic & Court Streets, from the Brooklyn Papers:
Two Trees Management wants to build a six-story building on the current parking lot behind the Sovereign Bank building, with stores at street level. The LPC has approved the proposed building’s facade, as it is required to do for any new structure going up in a historic district.
In this week’s Talk of the Town, the New Yorker gives us a tantalizing description of some of the old fixtures which adorned the inside of our building before the renovation, including old-style fonts, glass partitions, and vintage plumbing. Plus, another perspective on the legendary dysfunction of the Board of Education as reflected by the building’s interior, which the Board of Ed Chancellor compares to “catacombs.”
Check out the full column at the New Yorker’s site: Lost and Found Department: Revolving Door
This rendering from Ismael Leyva Architects shows us our closest architectural relative, the Farley Post Office building at 33rd Street, which is now being reimagined as a striking new Penn Station. Both the Farley building and 110 were originally designed by McKim, Mead & White, and now are being updated by Ismael Leyva.
For those of you with northeastern-facing views, you will probably see another Leyva design going up over the next few months in downtown Brooklyn, the Oro condo building. Warning: Oro lacks the old-world look and feel of 110 and the post office, as can be seen after the jump. (more…)
The faux turf that has been long planned and discussed is now on the ground. The photo from Brownstoner makes it look pretty decent for fake grass, but judge for yourself: Cadman Plaza Update: Green Scene. Has anyone seen it up close, or know what this stuff looks and feels like?
How much? Nine percent between 2005 and 2006, according to the Real Estate Board of New York in a release titled “Brooklyn Residential Market Booming.”
As for our neighbors, an eye-opening number for Brooklyn Heights: the average condo price per square foot was $914 (!). Meanwhile the average condo in DUMBO goes for $1,053,000.
More at the NY Observer.