155 Water Street, 5/20/2007


 155 Water Street, 5/20/2007

I know Brownstoner had a posting about 155 Water Street on Tuesday, but I have few other photos I took over the weekend. Not sure what developer Josh Guttman is planning on doing with the space (condos? rentals? commercial lofts?), but when the planned Pearl Street Triangle is completed, whoever occupies the building will have a pedestrian plaza in front of the building. Even better if a rumored Greenmarket comes to the plaza.

{BIS Job: “Install Windows In Existing Openings”}
{BISweb on 155 Water Street, BISweb on nyc.gov}
{In DUMBO a Parking Lot Will Become a Piazza, 23May2007, streetsblog.org}

11 Responses to “155 Water Street Window Installations”

  1. TWC Says:

    Is there nothing that can be done about this guy and his penchant for ruining our neighborhood? Aside from looking odd, the windows don’t exactly appear to be soundproof so rentals or a condo seem unlikely but who knows with this guy.
    PS - Is it safe to assume the folks in 50 Bridge are still dealing with the aftermath of that botched job? Bottom two floors still empty?

  2. derf Says:

    i heard rumor of a hotel. Also, there was a Yeshiva operating out of the second floor for the last few months http://iyeshiva.com/index.html

  3. local Says:

    the guys on this job dropped scaffolding on my car.
    felt i couldn’t complain, lest they set it on fire like everything else.

  4. Shawn Says:

    a hotel? you’ve got to be kidding. even motel 6 would have enough sense to restore the building with some sensitivity to it’s historic architecture and the character of the neighborhood. the windows are hideous, plain and simple, and no boutique hotel would ever be stupid enough to open 10 feet from the loudest overpass in the city. at best they will convert that bldg into 3rd rate condos. and the yeshiva mentioned in an earlier post is moving into the former garage next to pedro’s on jay st., becuase god knows a narrow religious interest group needs prime retail space with frontage on the neighborhood’s busiest thoroughfair.

  5. local_ms Says:

    Shawn is right-on about the yeshiva comment. Why would they need prime retail space on Jay st? and the building shown above, it has the potential to be a great location for retail and cafes on the ground level. But a hotel will bring nothing to the street level.

  6. Dumbo NYC, Brooklyn » Archive » Guttman Properties Continue Woes (DumboNYC.com) Says:

    [...] fines, “suspicious blazes”, and lawsuits. He owns several buildings in Dumbo, including 155 Water Street, 53 Bridge Street, and 50 Bridge Street (above photo). According to the NY Post article, Mr. [...]

  7. me Says:

    in response to TWC: “the windows don’t exactly appear to be soundproof”
    – are you kidding me? the windows don’t “appear” to be soundproof?!? and what, pray tell, do soundproof windows “appear” like?

  8. TWC Says:

    they are usualy double pane. these didn’t seem to look the same as other soundproof windows i have seen.

  9. eric Says:

    in response to ‘me’: they look like what is in j condo or beacon tower. what’s so shocking about the statement “the windows don’t exactly appear to be soundproof”?. the windows in the gutman building also look like they actually vibrate when the train goes by.

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    [...] triangle is 155 Water Street, which is in the hands of controversial developer Josh Guttman. DumboNYC is not fairly certain what Guttman’s plans are just [...]

  11. Dumbo NYC, Brooklyn » Archive » 155 Water Street Building to be a ‘Green’ Office (DumboNYC.com) Says:

    [...] we noticed new windows being put in place last year May 2007 at 155 Water Street, there was speculation about the building [...]

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