Gowanus Update: Slow Going at the Bunker on Bond
![Bunker One](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2035/2234290796_0b052caf83_o.jpg)
Whenever we pass by the building that we like to call The Bunker on Bond Street because of its
I would like to note the strange faux walnut veneer siding and tiny dot-dash shaped windows on the Bond St side. Bank Leumi has financed 346 Bond Street which could possibly account for its West Bank style. Tiny windows help in dry, desert climates to conserve energy and keep interiors cool. Also small windows are used in libraries of Universities for riot safety. I'd say this building alone could entice a design riot or two.Someday, when the work wraps up on the Bunker, we will get the full effect of the building looming across the Gowanus Canal from the Carroll and Union Street Bridges.
![Bunker Two](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2236/2233502719_7f3f271cf9_o.jpg)
![Bunker Three](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2306/2234290864_af26d7739e_o.jpg)
Labels: Architecture, Gowanus
10 Comments:
Ahh, yes. The Bunker building. I had blotted it from my mind. Now, it will be a bit harder.
I hate to admit that I don't hate the bunker's fake wood facade. I'm also guessing that it may be brighter inside than we all think.
I am shocked at how s-l-o-w this building is moving along. Its almost as slow as the intersection of Pop & Lux.
There's another slow-going building just a few blocks north, on the same side of Bond, between Union and Sackett streets (#304, I think). This one's been finished on the outside (except for the plywood door in front), but nothing's happened there for over a year. Does anyone know what's up with it? Are these buildings waiting for zoning changes?
Design by Scarano. Facade by IKEA!
It's awful . . . not as awful as I thought it would be, but still Stasi approved.
Excellent. STASI!!!!
good looking building; hope the facade holds up with time
"good Looking'???? Ugh. Go back to Los Angeles.
It's Superbowl Sunday - I hope that the workers that are on scaffolding working on the facade get home in time to catch it. I am sure DOB will just rush right over.
And what about the building just around the corner on Carroll St? Aren't they taking down the over built part yet? That un-buiding seems to be taking forever too.
Does anyone know who the selling agent will be?
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