As we've pointed out, a residential building is rising from part of the former Kingdom Hall that was owned by the Jehovah's Witnesses at 67 Avenue C.
According to DOB permits, we're looking at a 7-story, 7-unit residential building with a ground-floor retail space here next to the laundromat at East Fifth Street. The building will be topped off by a duplex penthouse.
To date, we hadn't seen a rendering. And then this appeared on No. 67's plywood last week…
Looks nice like a nice building, wherever it is supposed to be. Wrong address, size, neighborhood, etc.
Previously on EV Grieve:
First sign of the new 7-floor condo rising above the Jehovah's Witnesses on Avenue C
I don't agree that it's the wrong size or neighborhood. What's wrong about this building is the demographic of people it will be sold/rented to. If this were an "affordable" building, would it be the wrong size/neighborhood then? Why should the people already living on/near Avenue C be expected to continue living in substandard housing?
ReplyDeleteWrong as in incorrect.
DeleteThe permit says its supposed to be 7 floors, the rendering shows a 5 story building, thus as usual Grieve is right, wrong size, wrong building.
ReplyDeleteEV Grieve is right, the picture doesn't match the words. Also notice there is no retail store on the ground floor and no laundromat on the right, If only it was that easy for them to photoshop away the rest of the neighborhood I'm sure they would.
ReplyDeleteThat is a picture (not a rendering) of a building West 25th street in Manhattan. It was designed by Turett Collaborative Architects. We have no idea why or how it ended up being used here.
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