These are what one might call the Fourth Avenue Friends, looking at each other across Carroll Street. The one on the left is something we called The Shaft when it was rising without windows. It has gained them, but the tall, skinny building generally draws curious looks because it is so, dare we say, Finger-like. (Brownstoner calls it a phallus.) It comes from Bricolage Designs. The building on the right has a more colorful history. It’s 455 Fourth Avenue, which started life as a Robert Scarano building. Mr. Scarano was subsequently replaced by Armand Quadrini, who has followed the controversial architects on other projects too. The building will have 41 units and be 12 stories. The developerr is also doing buildings in Williamsburg designed by Mr. Quadrini.