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| Polish Legion of American Veterans, Greenpoint August 2013 |
The adaptive reuse of historic buildings is often necessary for the buildings to maintain market viability. However, in the case of the PLAV building, the proposed design dominates the historic structure it traverses even though the original facade is supposed to be the intended focal point. Hopefully the finished modern portion of the structure will be muted enough that it does not compete with the original building's architecture.
Some time during the building's history the original cornice and pediment were removed and replaced with the gutter and discolored pink stucco seen here.
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| PLAV Missing Pediment |
Some time during the building's history the original cornice and pediment were removed and replaced with the gutter and discolored pink stucco seen here.
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| Roof of PLAV (photo source: Clare Z) |
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| Main Entrance to PLAV |
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| South Side of PLAV |
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| North Side of PLAV |
It was founded a long days ago. It is still bearing the great memories of the veterans. I like to go there recently from healing heroes official tour.
ReplyDeleteHave you seen the rendering in front of the building? It's obscene.
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DeleteI went to see the current rendering last week. I am not a fan but my feelings for the new design are mixed. I think the louvers that align with the PLAV's facade are distracting to the historic structure and the design of the new building seems bulky, with a heavy geometric look to it. Personally, I think they should have designed the new structure to visually fade into the background more. However, one only has to look to the east end of McCarren Park to know it could be worse. We can also be thankful that this part of Greenpoint isn't zoned for high-rises.
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