On the left is the former International Longshoreman’s Association Building at 340 Court Street in Carroll Gardens. On the right is a building in Prague. We would love to take full credit for juxtaposing these two structures cut from the same cloth, but it actually goes to our special Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill Correspondent who writes:
I am actually going to miss that chunk of fifties modernism. Reminds me of this building in Prague I used to walk by. Very Funtionalist…the two buildings could be fraternal twins separated at birth!
Indeed.
7 responses so far ↓
1 Anonymous // Jan 29, 2008 at 10:46 am
Clarett should knock down the one in Prague too.
2 BitchinPanda // Jan 29, 2008 at 10:47 am
Wait! Is he moving or is the building coming down? I love that bulding!
3 Gian // Jan 29, 2008 at 10:52 am
Actually, I’ve been reminded of the soon-to-be-razed ILA building by one other edifice:
1. Hempstead Town Hall, home of the D’Amato political machine before their excesses got them voted out:
http://images.pennnet.com/articles/cospp/thm/th_mansard-and-parapet.jpg
4 gary // Jan 29, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Well, I guess that puts the “International” in ILA.
5 Anonymous // Jan 29, 2008 at 3:37 pm
I love that Prague building…
6 Anonymous // Jan 29, 2008 at 3:53 pm
People have been knocking down these modernism buildings because they are not old enough. In 50 years the future generations will see this as a huge shortsighted blunder.
7 Anonymous // Jan 29, 2008 at 6:27 pm
Shortsighted blunder, yes. I agree, but years from now, when Carroll Gardens is a pile of brick dust, who will cry for for a 1898 rowhouse while sitting in their glass towers? Hopefully..everyone.