Gowanus Update: Slow Going at the Bunker on Bond

Whenever we pass by the building that we like to call The Bunker on Bond Street because of its lack of windows superior abundance of wall space, we check to see how much progress has been made. We're not sure if it's the slowest moving building project in Brooklyn, but that's only because there is so much competition in the borough. We feel safe in saying that it's one of the slower ones we've seen. The address of the building is 346 Bond Street and the last standing horse stable on Bond Street was demolished to make room for it. The house on the corner, however, was not. The photos here came from our Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill Correspondent who, it is fair to say, can not be counted as an admirer of this Robert Scarano structure. Our correspondent writes:

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.