"Plans to raze a two-story parking garage at 11-19 Jane Street and build a... seven-story apartment building designed by ... David Chipperfield came in front of the Landmarks Preservation Commission"
"Testimony against the development came in droves, with NIMBYs speaking against the project’s "inappropriate," "out-of-scale," "travesty" of a design."
— Curbed New York
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is that The Bryant? ;)
Definitely has some pretty similar details and materials to the Bryant design.
I think this project is good. The scale doesn't bother me, especially with stepping the penthouse back off the street. There seems to be 14-story apartment buildings a couple lots away based on the elevation drawings and rendering, so seven stories seems reasonable. The existing garage is very cool, idiosyncratic with the parapet lines, but maybe now it's a poor use for a dense neighborhood, like this appears to be?
I like these stoic, materially-restrained projects that Chipperfield is working on. It doesn't have as much character as other Village residences yet, but give the future residents some time and who know what will happen with the building aesthetic once life is introduced in the concrete frame.
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