Krolewskie Jadlo, Dzipula and Karczma are all owned by the same guy. I had no idea.
Medieval Polish Gourmet at Greenpoint’s Krolewskie Jadlo
Exclusive Reveal For 120 Java Street’s Impending Transformation In Greenpoint, Brooklyn
“The punched windows fit the floor plates without demolishing the facade, and they felt Brooklyn cool.”
Definitely designed from the inside out, this looks absolutely awful. Nothing like the precedent in the Netherlands.
A History of Transit in NorthBK
Nicely researched history of transit and transportation, with a Greenpoint focus.
Rejected Rebuild of Greenpoint Building Gets Redesign
After getting rejected at the Landmarks Commission for demolition and construction of a contemporary building, 111 Noble Street is back with a super-sized “restoration” of the original 1850s clapboard row house. Certainly more contextual, but isn’t this still demolition of a contributing building? Complete with the loss of the side alley, a quirky character-defining feature of Greenpoint and Williamsburg (a throwback to rear tenements).
Stunning Mural Covers Four Story Building in Greenpoint
In other news, TIL that the Greenpoint Historic District doesn’t go all the way to Manhattan Avenue on this block.
$24 Million Deal for Greenpoint Avenue Walk-Ups
Three buildings in the Greenpoint Historic District go for $8 million apiece. The new owner plans to gut renovate the whole shebang, which presumably means the 52 tenants and their families will be looking for new homes (three units are rent stabilized – no word on what is in store for them).
Greenpoint Eberhard Faber Building in Contract
After a failed attempt at residential conversion, 74 Kent Street is in contract and likely to become commercial offices. More good news for a real mixed-use community.
Nearly 60,000 People Apply for 105 Affordable Units in Greenpoint Building
Good example of the need for affordable housing and the incredible inefficiencies in supplying it. If history holds, in a few months they will be scrambling to find eligible tenants to fill some of the affordable slots.
Fight the 40-story Towers?
According to their Facebook invitation, ’40 story towers threaten the future of Greenpoint. The community has been shut out of the process. This is your chance to be heard.’
Actually, your chance to be heard was about nine years ago, when the zoning for the 40-story towers (and ton of new residential development in general) started the public review process. A lot of people fought very hard to make the community’s voice heard – we could have used your help back then.
Idealized or Caricature, Architectural Renderings Are Weapons in Real Estate
Competing renderings of Greenpoint Landing are the starting point for a look at how renderings are used to sell – and stop – development projects.