tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post6886660341125470855..comments2024-03-29T01:38:51.887-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: 137 Avenue C getting its extra floorUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-26131830033669799252015-02-19T21:47:04.853-05:002015-02-19T21:47:04.853-05:00To be fair, I was in the old building a couple of ...To be fair, I was in the old building a couple of times; it was a pre-pre-law tenement. The public stairway was about two feet wide, and the bathroom [water closet] was unheated. <br /><br />The amount of work that would be required in retrofitting the space probably led the developer to shrug and decide to wipe the slate clean. Also, because the adjoining buildings had been demolished or arsoned, 137 was vulnerable to collapsing right into La Plaza one day.Scuba Divahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10326884503725331349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-32368472549572256952015-02-19T13:16:58.695-05:002015-02-19T13:16:58.695-05:00The renderings are so damn beautiful.The renderings are so damn beautiful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-14220988378968416512015-02-19T11:07:52.200-05:002015-02-19T11:07:52.200-05:00Arch's are professionally trained. Much of the...Arch's are professionally trained. Much of the code has to do with your safety and the safety of the community. They have to know the code to get their plans approved. Jon Kellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12010997601404127207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-30161155870613569132015-02-19T11:06:11.943-05:002015-02-19T11:06:11.943-05:00This way it's an Alt 1 instead of an NB new bu...This way it's an Alt 1 instead of an NB new building. Big tax savings. Jon Kellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12010997601404127207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-58593513458586806032015-02-19T10:38:05.356-05:002015-02-19T10:38:05.356-05:00I drew a box with holes! I'm an architect!I drew a box with holes! I'm an architect!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-66726195310884706492015-02-19T09:13:49.235-05:002015-02-19T09:13:49.235-05:00I think we should start a contest calling for arch...I think we should start a contest calling for architects with vision, imagination and a hatred for the bland and the boring to design in the EV.Gojiranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-48164808546522629962015-02-19T09:13:23.652-05:002015-02-19T09:13:23.652-05:00I am baffled by this one, why save one of four wal...I am baffled by this one, why save one of four walls unless it is the facade of a beautiful historic building. Maybe there was a tax break for retain part of the old building. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com