Fertile Ground on Carlton Avenue
A block away from the Cumberland Street development, there are two empty lots on Carlton just calling out for some developer. The first is the 150-foot-wide lot at 233 Carlton that backs up to the church on Adelphi. The second is the overgrown 20-footer at 228 Carlton that would present a fun opportunity for building…
A block away from the Cumberland Street development, there are two empty lots on Carlton just calling out for some developer. The first is the 150-foot-wide lot at 233 Carlton that backs up to the church on Adelphi. The second is the overgrown 20-footer at 228 Carlton that would present a fun opportunity for building a historically accurate brownstone from scratch. Man, would that be fun!
yes- they can’t build over 4 stories and it has to be approved by the LPC, which is probably why it’s taken them this long to get started…
aren’t they limited in what they can build since the lot is within the historic district boundaries? I’m more concerned with the fact that for a year or so, the facade facing adelphi has been dropping some fairly large chunks….some of which have fallen on the sidewalk beyond the fence.
was at the fort greene assoc. mtg. last night and a speaker (who lives on carlton and was worried also) said that he spoke with the developers and they plan on building something that fits in the with the brownstone aesthetic and sizing. but that is what the developer said, who knows what he will actually do.
thanks Hal- that’s a good idea. I looked up the developer on Property Shark, but hadn’t thought of just calling him. maybe he wouldn’t mind discussing it.
LC, there’s a project on my block (Park Place in Crown Heights) that I was concerned about. I looked up the building permit from DOB, which states the architect’s name. I called the architect and he talked to me about the project!
Perhaps a similar approach would work for you.
a developer bought it a few years ago and has a permit to renovate the church into 13 condo units, and build 4 story residences on the lot with 8 condo units. i see workers out there occationally, digging into the ground- maybe starting the foundation? but they’re not there every day. i saw a bunch of architect/developer looking types on the church side a couple weeks ago talking about the facade. I really hope the LPC is strict with this project! Whatever is built on the empty lot will cast a shadow on my yard, so I’m very curious/concerned- & wish I could find out more about the plans.
1. I have a strong hunch that re-creating a brownstone from scratch would cost way more than buying a 20′ brownstone.
2. What’s on either side of the lot? Looks like brick to me. If that’s the case I think a better-fitting choice would be a high-quality, modern-but-contextual brick townhouse like the 14 Townhouses on State Street. I wish I had the scratch to do that.
To each his own, but while I’m all for preserving existing brownstones, building a new one note for note seems civil-war-reenactment weird to me. Better than condos, tho, I guess.
Yup…Let’s do some calculations on the back of the envelope. Find out how much the land would cost. Contact some architects to see if a historical brownstone could be done and for how much. Then double his estimate and there you have your magic number.