Friday, October 05, 2007

Fourth Avenue's Argyle: Is It Park Slope?

The Argyle at Seventh Street and Fourth Avenue is setting up a sales office on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope as was noted yesterday over at Brownstoner and on Curbed and at Bklynking, even though it isn't located on a block that we'd personally define as being in the Slope. (For starters, it's on the west side of Fourth Avenue, which we don't think is Park Slope. More on this below.) Our point here, however, is two-fold: One is to share the rendering of the Argyle, which we've run before without knowing it was the Argyle and which Brownstoner ran back in September, describing it, quite amusingly and appropriately we thought, as "yet another big-ass condo" on Fourth Avenue. The other is to note that The Argyle already run into problems. There's a Stop Work Order on the property as of September 24 because construction appears to have significantly damaged an adjacent home. The 14 complaints (so far) have been for things like scaffolding that might not be up to snuff and debris ending up on neighboring properties. The Department of Buildings wrote some violations for some of the problems. So, here's our question: Is a development on the west side of Fourth Avenue and Seventh Street, some of which is on Seventh between Third and Fourth Avenues, a Park Slope building? We're curious what readers think.

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4 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I live a few doors down and when I tell people I live in Gowanus, they give me a blank stare. Then I say, "On the edge of Park Slope," and they say, "Oh, Park Slope! It's so nice there!"

Another point, though: I passed the new Argyle office on 5th ave last night, and in the artist renderings, there are trees all along 4th avenue and on the median strips. Oh how I wish that were true! Also, in the drawings, it looks as if the dingy little 7th st bodega, Riva's, has been replaced with a real market, selling real fruits and vegetables. I wonder if the Argyle artist knows something we don't, or if he or she has just taken creative license.

8:40 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The Old Stone House was always considered Gowanus (Nowadays it is claimed by Park Slope.) The Brooklyn Lyceum on 4th Ave promotes itself (always has) as being in Gowanus. However, that will be a helluva wall of retail and hotels once 4th Ave is finished. Guess Park Slope has a new boundry. Go West, young man.

10:10 AM  
Blogger wishama said...

According to city zoning (http://home2.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/parkslope/park1agr.shtml) 7th St between 3rd Ave and 4th Ave is Park Slope

10:52 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Of course it is. As a resident for 35+ years, fourth avenue has always been a part of the slope. In fact, Park Slope does run down past 4th avenue. How far? Well ... until very recently, we haven't really thought about how far the south slope goes.

I guess Park Slope ends where it should end, at the bottom. The obvious line would be the Gowanus Canal.

1:56 AM  

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