The application submitted by 10 Jay Street to build a glass and steel, sugar crystal-inspired façade was rejected by the Landmarks Preservation Commission this week.
The proposal included demolishing and replacing the north (secondary, waterfront) façade with a faceted glass-and-steel curtain wall system, demolish and replace the west (primary) façade at the 10th floor and replace it with a curtain wall system, and remove the existing stair and elevator bulkheads and replacing them with two elevator/stair bulkheads partially visible from the street level.
According to Curbed, some commissioners called the presentation by ODA Architecture “exceptional,” “compelling” and a “lyrical, personal statement of great beauty,” but they ultimately rejected the plan for the glass facade. The plan to restore the other three facades were approved. ODA Architecture will be converting 10 Jay to 46 residential units. Landmarks is looking for a design more appropriate for the Dumbo Historic District. The owner and developer is Glacier Global Partners.
The 10 Jay Street building is next to the proposed Brooklyn Bridge Park entrance and adjacent to the One John Street development, which is in the Brooklyn Bridge Park and is being built to help generate revenue for the park.
(images courtesy of ODA Architecture via Curbed)
Why do all the renderings, and in the the video, replace the existing Con Edison plant with what looks like a fabulous, beautiful extension of the park? I mean that would be stupendous, but….
The Dock Street project is far more hideous than this. Where was Landmarks 5 years ago when that battle was being fought?
Dock Street Dumbo is not in a historic district, so the commission had no jurisdiction.
Shame.
How the f^(k did Dock Street Dumbo get approved? That thing is hideous! It looks ugly now, it will look worse with each year that passes. Two trees had done a pretty good job with existing buildings in the neighborhood, what a disaster they’ve delivered with their first neighborhood new build.