This exemplary specimen stands on N. 4th Street in Williamsburg, a few doors down from Bedford Avenue. To some (for instance, the architect), it is no doubt a palace. Many of you have no doubt noticed it when walking in Williamsburg, as it tends to catch the eye. Us, we scratch our heads and ask, […]

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We have to say that we’re fascinated by the building at Carroll and Bond Streets that we call The Bunker in honor of its stunning lack of windows. It reminds us of gun emplacements used in Europe during World War II and of the remnants of emplacements near Montauk at the end of Long Island. […]

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Looks like Enrique Norten’s firm TEN Arquitectos is designing a condo that will go on a huge empty lot at the corner of N. 10th and Roebling in Williamsburg. The official address of the project is 33 Roebling, AKA 236 N. 10th Street. The site has been vacant since demolition about a year ago. Interestingly, […]

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This building is so striking in its atrociousness that we rarely fail to stare at it when we pass it. It’s on Metropolitan Avenue east of the BQE near Leonard Street. In its awfulness it is not exceptionally distinct from a sad number of other Brooklyn buildings, yet the balconies add a certain something that […]

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We kick off another semi-regular feature today called “What Were They Thinking?,” which is something that will be limited only by our own ability to shoot enough photos and to get enough reader submissions. “What Were They Thinking?” buildings come in all sizes, shapes and forms. The only thing that qualifies them is that they […]

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Things at the Jackson Foundry at Manhattan Avenue and Jackson Street in Williamsburg are coming along fine as the photo shows. In this case, the thing on top sort of blends–at least better than many things on top. However, our real question in this case is, what is that thing on the side? We can […]

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We return to our “What’s That Thing on Top” feature, looking at interesting building additions around Brooklyn. The “Thing” comes to us from 116 3rd Place in Carroll Gardens and it is currently especially noticeable given that it’s yellow. The addition is a fourth floor and a penthouse and we can happily say that a […]

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The building at the corner of Ninth Street and Smith Street, in what blogger 423 Smith amusingly dubbed “The Notary District,” has come up fast. Its the handwork of Henry Radusky and the ubiquitous Bricolage Designs, a four-story, 50-foot high building with three units. Mr. Radusky has earned the nickname “Too Tall” for his many […]

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In case you were wondering what the heck is going to appear on the southeast corner of Fourth Avenue and Carroll Street in the far reaches of Park Slope, here’s your answer. The building in question, comes from the offices of…drum roll…Scarano Architects. (It’s not that we have a need to mention the firm every […]

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What you’re looking at is 66 N. 1st Street, which is between Kent and Wythe, just across the street from the site of the former Old Dutch Mustard building and the future 80 Met. This was the scene as the Thing on Top, which is another product of Scarano Architects–whose principal, Robert Scarano, is clearly […]

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A reader reminded us about 53 Bridge Street, pictured above, whose yellow growth has graced the Vinegar Hill/Dumbo skyline for some time. The building is owned and is being developed by Joshua Gutman, whose name you might recall from the Greenpoint Terminal Market conflagration. The architect is the Brooklyn King of the Thing on Top, […]

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