Glassy New Fourth Ave. G-Slope Tower Revealed

1.

No thanks. But, if others want to live in that, they are welcome. Not a big fan of windows extending from floor to ceiling. From 3' from floor to ceiling is perfect for me.

2.

Great...soon we'll be able to compare whether Brooklynites are sloppier than Manhattanites (think 110 Third).

3.

wow, what city is this with the nice clean streets and the perfect trees and no people and nothing else nearby..especially not an elevated highway or train tracks or anything like that

4.

I like the hot tubs! Get me some bitches in there and watch the titties fly!!!

5.

The ceiling heights seem low. My guess is 8'. If I stand on my tiptoes I could probably touch the ceiling.

Why oh why do developers build such low height ceilings? Nevermind, I know the answer. FAR! Arrgh!

6.

this looks like a big step up from boymelcrap. notice no ugly vents so probably has central air. nice!

7.

ahahah - FARrrgggh! i love it #5!

8.

ceilings will be at least 9'. do the math. 120' total and 12 stories. Floors are usually 10" to 12" which leaves at least 9'. are the roof decks private or common?

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ceilings will be at least 9'. Do the math-120' tall 12 stories. Floors are usually between 10" and 12" thick which leaves at least 9'. are the roof decks private or common?

10.

Fast Foward to 2008!

Haters, renters, competitors, and brokers, anon shill posts coming soon...

"I hear the floors are buckling!"

"I went the the open house the line was around the block and the place was BUZZING with buyers, they actually ran out of space in the sign-in book..."

"I hear it's 85% sold already"

"I just did a walk-through and the kitchen & bathrooms are top of the line"

"...PRICE-CHOP ALERT...."

"thanks to GowANUS Lounge for taking time out from filming the slime oozing on the canal to post these pictures of the Sub-Zero fridge deliveries.."

"Thanks to a Curbed tipster / photoblogger from the Slope, we have confirmation of FreshDirect truck making deliveries..."

"...PRICE-CHOP ALERT...."

"look at this picture...people are hangout out on the balconies...how cool is that!!!"

"frequent contributor 'the dogshit queen of greenpoint' has found a turd on the corner of 4th ave&8th street....hi-res close-up shots will be uploaded to the server soon"

"...here comes the flippers... - insert link to corcoran listing here - comments to include rating the bangability of the broker..."

"...PRICE-CHOP ALERT...."

11.

Another anti-urban building that doesn't relate to the street & pedestrian at ground level at all. No space for retail. It's fitting that the rendering makes it look like it's going up in a Walmart parking lot in Passaic, because that's where it belongs.

12.

These renderings are a little confusing. Does the building front on 4th Ave or 8th Street?

13.

As someone who lives in the area, all I have to say is thank God. Like this or not, this is light years beyond the crap being along 4th Ave. Imagine, actually considering design!

And #5, what does FAR have to do with ceiling height? FAR dictates square footage (the amount of floor area), not cubic footage (the volume of the building). If buildings are being designed with low ceilings, it's because it's cheaper.

14.

I think it looks great. You naysayers are nuts. Anti-urban? I doubt that.

15.

I agree this is a better design than a lot of crap that springs up in Brooklyn but damn, pour some dye in that concrete mix. Any color pigment instead of the grey default.

FYI. 9 feet ceilings are still pathetic. A very large pool of people won't even consider buying this due to the low (or as you imply average) floor to ceiling height.

Dosen't FAR also dicate how tall a building can be? If so, then FAR has a lot to do with low ceiling heights. E.g. a planned 10 story building with 10 feet ceilings could be a 11 story building with 9 feet ceilings without changing the height of the building.

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If you look closely, from the overhead perspective, the car on the street with what seems to be a grass median, is going the wrong way. Makes you wonder if there is an identical building in the UK somewhere and the renderings were just shifted to this side of the pond. This also would explain no street names or north arrows. Truly a world building.

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More likely it has to do with the fact that that thing was probably rendered in Korea or elsewhere in Asia and they didn't give a crap what side they put the car on. They also weren't budgeted enough to add the other surrounding buildings or the other details metioned.

Anyway, I still agree that it's better than the Boymelgreen crap going up.

And in my opinion the apparently low ceiling heights are appropriate for a space with so much glass. It gives a sense of refuge rather than the feeling of floating in space.

18.

Yay, another shiny hipster incubator. FUCK!

www.diehipster.com

19.

What's great is you can pay a few hoodrats like 20 bucks or give them a bag of weed and they'll bombard the place with rocks.

www.diehipster.com

20.

AS IF the building will look anything like this fantasy rendering if/when it goes up.

AS IF anybody is going to want to sit on a glass terrace overlooking 4th avenue.

21.

this looks much better than anything else on 4th (see mental institiution called NOVO). At least it has some outdoor space. If the builder is spending the $$$ on an expensive curtain wall it figures to be very high end. hope it is contagious.

22.

#21 i agree with you. everyone complains about the lack of any architectural thought in crest/novo etc and i think this looks nice

23.

better than being across the street from pepboys and close to the train. are they selling yet?

24.

There goes my tendency to walk around naked on a hot & humid summer day. Yes, I guess I am shy...

25.

Awesome! Another glass high-rise. NY is the new Poland.

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That rendering looks so much like the real place, it's downright spooky. Check it out:

- http://tinyurl.com/22tw97

27.

is that a bbq on the roof deck? very nice

28.

#15

FAR has nothing to do with how tall a building can be. In fact, building height was never even a factor in NYC zoning until the recent introduction of "contextual zoning" which does prescribe a height limit. If you have a 1000 square foot lot and the FAR is 4, this means that you can only build 4000 square feet, but how you use this is up to you. You could build four floors at 1000 square feet per floor or 20 floors at 200 square feet per floor.

29.

@28

Thanks for the info. Now I know and hopefully you're correct. Been told otherwise regarding FAR but your explanation makes sense.

I guess I should vent my frustration at contextual zoning for developers making so many low ceiling buildings.

30.

if only all the new buildings that will inevitably be built on 4th look as nice as this, that would go a long way towards making it a real residential block. All new construction in brooklyn doesnt have to look like a project or a jail. I just hope the developer doesnt cheap out and build something that looks like a scarano or radisky special (see vue, novo, crest, 126 4th etc)

31.

What stinkin 30 foot required light and air provision?

32.

# 31 -looks like its getting at least 30 ft on the right side by that garden. i dont think the provision specifies rear or front.

33.

nice building in a shit neighborhood

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#5, dont listen to these dum dums. There is probably a building height ordinance. The developer then has to cram as many floors as possible below that height limit, and reach or approximate the allowable FAR square footage.

35.

#5 & #34

there is a height limit on 4th ave of 120 ft. since they rezoned a couple of years ago. If the building is made of concrete, there should be a clear ceiling height of at least 9'3" which is not too shabby at all. It would be a few inches lower if it is a steel building but I doubt that because it looks like an expensive design. seems like it belongs in manhattan somewhere not on the DMZ but i guess time will tell

36.

#35, I agree, it's a very nice design. After reading countless posts from ppl deriding nice looking buildings in this blog, I start to wonder if I'm the one with bad taste...

37.

anyone know if they are selling yet? was considering a unit at crest but i like this design much better. knowing boymelgreen;s track record, this will probably be done before crest anyways. is there parking in the building?

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2:54, i was looking at the Heritage, Novo, Crest. Heritage is projeted to start closing 1st quarter next year, Novo in Jan and Crest in Dec, according to the respective salespeople that is. I think the Novo TCO is contingent on them fixing the park that they used as staging for construction first, so that is iffy. Crest and Heritage seem to be on track though.

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You're darn right #35. This building does belong in Manhattan. I just hope other developers follow suit and Brooklyns' skyline may just be "a place to look at." I looked up DJ Associates. Looks like another hot shot architect based in the financial district.