If you loved 5Pointz, grab a box of tissues because you aren't going to be happy with what's planned for the soon to be demolished building. New renderings of what will replace the former art mecca have emerged, and unsurprisingly, the towers are as ho hum residential as they come. The new design is the work of New York-based HTO Architect, and once complete, will hold 1,000 apartments within two towers of 41 and 47 stories each. — 6sqft
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Holy shit. This is worse than the Folk Art debate. Much much worse.
Talk about killing Long Island City
There are so few good new buildings being built in North Brooklyn and Queens. You'd think that with all the development happening in LIC and Williamsburg that at least one or two buildings would've reached for a higher standard.
SHoP's waterfront/Domino plans may be the first project to get Northside above the bar.
ooooh hooray, more generic extrusions. I'm so excited, it'll make that area SO much more interesting...............................
mission statement from HTO Architect's website...womp womp womp
"..( )..We eat, sleep, and breathe New York - which is why we are so adamant about doing right by our city. We know New Yorkers, because we are New Yorkers. Maybe this gives us the upper hand in designing structures that will be seen and experienced by millions of us every day. Maybe knowing that these structures will become ingrained in our community makes us that much more invested in our work. All we know is that we love New York, and we are dedicated to designing it with the passion and excellence that the greatest city in the world deserves. "
I interviewed with this company once. They mentioned they would be working on the 5 pointz project, and I (in a kinda knee jerk reaction) said something disparaging about how it was going to be torn down to make way for (yet more) condo's. As you would expect, they didn't hire me, and after seeing these renderings, I'm glad they didn't. A sheer wall shouldn't be the most interesting component in a skyscraper.
There goes the neighborhood ...
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