New-build old-school buildings (evoking old styles)

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[bdurden]

The lower 2/3 of it is very plain, but then all of a sudden the upper 1/3 becomes very busy. The busyness and plainness need to be balanced out more.

The only major change on the upper floors are the setback which help to scale what would otherwise be a pretty boring box.

 

[Charlie_mta]

The only major change on the upper floors are the setback which help to scale what would otherwise be a pretty boring box.

Basically what I mean is to liven up the bottom half a bit. Right now it looks like an image that is plain and clear at the bottom but becomes pixelated as you go up. That business at the top needs to be balanced out for the building's entire height. Most of the other buildings portrayed in this thread are well balanced.

 

[stick n move]

109 east 79th st, NYC

https://newyorkyimby.com/2023/05/fi...9th-street-on-manhattans-upper-east-side.html

 

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YIMBY Tours The Bellemont At 1165 Madison Avenue On Manhattan’s Upper East Side

https://newyorkyimby.com/2023/05/yi...son-avenue-on-manhattans-upper-east-side.html

 

[bdurden]

The Bellemont is wonderful. A building like this would nicely fit into the Back Bay.

 

[stick n move]

Salt lake city, north capitol project.

Building on far right being replaced.

And is being replaced with this neoclassical building

 

[itchy]

109 E 79th Street is a great example of recent NYC architecture. That said - it unfortunately resulted in razing 3-4 brownstones and an even more impressive 5-6 story masonry structure.

Would love to see more buildings like it built on top of razed postwar dreck ... which fills too much of the UES (and that proportion is only increasing with each year).

 

[stick n move]

Avalon Harrison, Harrison NY

https://www.avaloncommunities.com/new-york/harrison-apartments/avalon-harrison/

 

[Arenacale]

Avalon Harrison, Harrison NY

https://www.avaloncommunities.com/new-york/harrison-apartments/avalon-harrison/

On the surface reminds me of a nicer version of Easton in Columbus, OH.

 

[theSil]

Old-ish buildings, now evoking older styles.

The construction technique is very interesting to me. Looks great today, wonder how it holds up.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1692543918196355225

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1692544972304556274

 

[393b40]

Old-ish buildings, now evoking older styles.

That build is wild... what is going on with that third floor thing on the corner?

The new facade is better than the old, but there's still something kinda _weird_ about it. Like it's too heavy feeling or something. There's a lot "stuff" going on.

 

[bdurden]

Was walking around the Brookland neighborhood of DC and came upon new construction at Catholic University of America. As far as the trend on campuses these days to evoke collegiate gothic style, this is a good effort:

 

[Charlie_mta]

Was walking around the Brookland neighborhood of DC and came upon new construction at Catholic University of America. As far as the trend on campuses these days to evoke collegiate gothic style, this is a good effort:View attachment 42226View attachment 42227View attachment 42228

I like it. Oddly enough, the massive, heavy shapes and extensive use of concrete makes it look brutalist to me. Gothic meets brutalist?

 

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LPC Approves New Townhouse Construction At 162 Hancock Street In Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn

“The Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) has approved the construction of a new four-story townhouse at 162 Hancock Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Designed by AT Architects, the building will partially replace an underutilized parking lot between two townhouse-style multifamily buildings.

Renderings of the building illustrate a brown brick and brownstone façade with double-hung windows, brownstone stairs leading from the street level to the first floor, steel handrails that will match gates around the basement level.

At the rear of the building, renderings show a back yard on the ground floor, three levels of balconies, and a roof deck.”

https://newyorkyimby.com/2023/09/lp...-162-hancock-street-in-bed-stuy-brooklyn.html

 

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LPC Approves Renovation And Expansion Project At 1209 Park Avenue In Carnegie Hill, Manhattan

https://newyorkyimby.com/2023/09/lp...9-park-avenue-in-carnegie-hill-manhattan.html

 

[stick n move]

Holy crap what a glow up! This is a conversion not a new building.

Before

After

https://newyorkyimby.com/2023/09/sales-launch-for-archive-lofts-in-lenox-hill-manhattan.html