Novo Park Slope Adds Greenery, Still Looks Like Dorm

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Still an ugly POS.
Even uglier is its sister building on 2nd Street, with the fuglier HVAC exhaust system sticking its silver azz 1 story high into the atmosphere.

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considering the building is already up, it seems more fruitful to comment that the addition of the greenery is a nice improvement to a rather ugly building. it ain't going anywhere so continuing to bitch about how ugly it is isn't going to do a damn thing. the trees and shrubs add something for sure.

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Why is this thing getting singled out when there are other, more egregious examples of hideous architecture (160 Wooster comes to mind, even though that is an older building)?

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a nice parsley garnish for the turkey

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The building wouldn't look bad if it were surrounded by similar buildings, rather than auto repair and fast food.

Then again, in the long run that seems to be the idea. But next time, put in stone lintels.

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The building ain't so bad - albeit could have been better.

It looks like the floor heights are pretty tight. But that's a result of the city planning department restricting a building by its height instead of the nummber floors... I'm glad the folks at the DCP have their act together :-(.

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4th Ave is a 6 lane + 2 parking two way highway with a divider median.

Traffic is a constant stream of speeding cars & trucks, 24 hours a day.

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Hey #2, it sure does, but bear in mind these terraces are privately owned. Will the by laws insist on plants on the terraces? Or will they be like most NYC terraces, repositories for rusting BBQ grills and bicycles?

Denton

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that's my NORDIC track on the fifth floor!! next time it snows i'm going to use it ** on the terrace ** !! see ya' there, mi chocha es CLEAN from "mikvah bath."

Shalom!!

Deb-or-ah

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weird.

the website is blocked due to phishing.

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#7....oh...so sortof like park avenue??

yeah, i can see how there's no potential there for anything.

keep that mind closed. it really does wonders.

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comparing slope & sunsetpark 4th ave strip to midtown & UES Park Avenue strip is idiotic.

only RE brokers use their imagination even faced with reality.

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i find being totally closed minded far more idiotic.

my point was...you described a street with 6 lanes, parking and a median. i am telling you park avenue is the exact same thing. your inability to see that is just plain ignorant. which is SOOOOO much scarier than idiotic.

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Park Avenue isn't busy truck route, has wide planted median, and almost no commercial stores.
4th Avenue has narrow median, full of trucks, and junky storefronts.
Nevertheless, avenue will improve and even if they don't build the pre-war elegant Park Ave apts anymore --- this is big improvement for 4th Avenue.
Once developers see this as successful other will follow. And with all the new residents - will push for other visual improvements.

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this building resembles a hospital or asylum....certainly not a dorm. it's increbibly strange.

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I'm not sure but I'll bet that those flowers are an attempt to hide the illegal Balcony's on this piece of crap. I can't imagine that it would be legal to put a balcony hanging over a public street. A major thoroughfare no less. Usually if a building has balcony's the building it's self is set back from the street, to protect the public and Vehicular traffic. One can only imagine the traffic that would be created on 4th Ave. when one of those idiots drops something off the balcony and kills someone on the street.
If it's not illegal it most definitely should be. If it is indeed Illegal I hope someone will look into it and inform DOB so that they can have them removed - Flowers and all.

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This looks nothing like a dorm. It does, however, look a lot like a prison/mental institution. Reminds me of Creedmore psychiatric hospital.

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Re17
Psychiatric hospital? New Yorkers will fit in nicely.

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Re17
Psychiatric hospital? New Yorkers will fit in nicely.

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I got to make some money: the closets are off the bathroom, so after you take a shower, in the summer maybe your clothes will get mouldy. Also the bedrooms are small, and if you're broadshouldered a little, you can touch each side of the threshold. And there's only parking, at a nice rental, for 40 out of the 160 private condominiums, which means how can you organize?
Not to worry, I live comfortably.

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Does anyone have information on how the 2nd open house was?

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Hay My 2 Cents, Don't you know that Jeff the rat Amangual is the director of construction at Boymelgreen (he's connected), and helps the Boymelgreens hide all the defects, including those in plain sight. These guys get away with whatever they want, by making large contributions to the politicians, and paying the right people at the Building Department to look the other way. Complaint, yeah right, to who the mayor another rich guy....Good luck!

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You are all speaking out of your asses. This is a gorgeous building, with city like apartments. This is the start of a "developing" Park Slope..something that was need for some time now. This is what adds more value to your current houses. None of you have accomplished a percentage of what these developers have. Instead of posting dumb comments, do something more useful and positive with your lives..