Street Seen
What do the Neighbors Think of Bushwick's Lavender Building?
In honor of Renters Week, Curbed video editor Drew Dickler and intern Emily Laskodi turned their archicritical attention to a rental building, Bushwick's 85 Cornelia Street. What do the neighbors think of the building, also known as Willy Wonka's sock? Actually…a lot of them kind of like it. Will they still have fond feelings after developer Lavender LLC's march of progress has continued down the block?
· Bushwick Development Looks Like Willy Wonka's Sock [Curbed]
· Street Seen archive [Curbed]
· All Renters Week 2012 coverage [Curbed]
How Does One Jackson Square Fare With the Neighbors?
One Jackson Square, the Kohn Pedersen Fox-designed award-winner, has had a few years to get the neighborhood used to its bendy presence. So, is the neighborhood used to its bendy presence? Curbed video editor David Sherwin and intern Emily Laskodi stationed themselves across the street from the building to find out. On a related note, we'd love to hear these neighbors' opinions on One Jackson Square's dog house twin.
· One Jackson Square coverage [Curbed]
· Curbed Moving Pictures archive [Curbed]
Neighbors Have a Few Last Words On Slope's Pink Brownstone
The new owners of Park Slope's pinkstone—who just bought the place for $2.075 million—have gotten city permission to repaint it brown. As a way of bidding the building farewell, Curbed video editor David Sherwin and intern Emily Laskodi took to the street outside to get neighborhood opinions on its current paint color. Turns out there's a pretty adorable story behind the former owner's choice of pink, though the specific shade was an accident.
· City: Park Slope's pink brownstone will lose its pink [BK Paper]
· 233 Garfield Place coverage [Curbed]
· Curbed Moving Pictures archive [Curbed]
Everyone's a Critic: New Yorkers Speak Out About Blue
There's probably enough commentary out there on Blue, the epic Lower East Side condo tower designed by Bernard Tschumi, to fill a volume or two—with Nicolai's love letter holding a prominent spot. But what do random New Yorkers on the street think? Curbed video editor David Sherwin and intern Emily Laskodi took to the Blue environs to find out. The results of their search are in the video above. Which building should they visit next? Let us know in the comments or via the tipline.
· Blue archive [Curbed]
· More Citizen Archicritics [Curbed]
· Curbed Moving Pictures [Curbed]
Everyone's a Critic: Is Palazzo Chupi Truly Pretty in Pink?
Palazzo Chupi recently "re-upped on the Pepto Bismol paint," in the words of a Curbed tipster. And since Julian Schnabel's pink palace is now back in the form Schnabel intended it, it seemed high time to visit the streets around the building for another citizen archicritics video. This time, video editor David Sherwin and intern Emily Laskodi found that people are actually starting to like the Chupster, kinda. Have a building you'd like us to visit for a future installment? Suggest it in the comments or to the tipline.
· Palazzo Chupi coverage [Curbed]
· More Citizen Archicritics [Curbed]
· Curbed Moving Pictures [Curbed]
Everyone's a Critic: Speaking Out About the Barclays Center
People like to talk about the Barclays Center—even the Times is talking about its weathering steel right now—so Curbed video editor David Sherwin and intern Rob Aquino took to the streets of Brooklyn to get regular folks' opinions on the structure. The video is the latest in our citizen archicritics series. Have a building you'd like us to visit? Suggest it in the comments or to the tipline.
· Barclays Center coverage [Curbed]
· Everyone's a Critic: New Yorkers Speak Out About 40 Bond [Curbed]
· Curbed Moving Pictures [Curbed]
Everyone's a Critic: New Yorkers Speak Out About 40 Bond
Professional archicritics have newspaper and magazine pages in which to spill their architectural opinions, but it's not only official columnists who have strong feelings about the city's buildings. So Curbed video editor David Sherwin and intern Rob Aquino took to the streets to gather regular folks' opinions on much-talked-of buildings. Up first, Curbed favorite 40 Bond. Have a building you'd like us to visit? Suggest it in the comments or to the tipline.
· 40 Bond coverage [Curbed]
· Curbed Moving Pictures [Curbed]