BROOKLYN!
And Josh Jackson, local Brooklynite and planning consultant
d’jour, has discovered a building with a rather unique aim, meaning its
front facade is aimed at a 60 degree rotation from the rest of the
street, that is.
d’jour, has discovered a building with a rather unique aim, meaning its
front facade is aimed at a 60 degree rotation from the rest of the
street, that is.
Last fall, I was walking through Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, when a residence caught my eye. The building was a fairly
standard one — a classic three-story brownstone built, in this case,
from brick. Rather, what caught my eye was its position: it was rotated
about 60 degrees from the rest of the street grid.
standard one — a classic three-story brownstone built, in this case,
from brick. Rather, what caught my eye was its position: it was rotated
about 60 degrees from the rest of the street grid.
Buildings don’t build themselves, and whoever built this one located it the way they did for a reason. Especially in brownstone Brooklyn, where row houses are the dominant architectural feature, buildings usually face the street.
In this case, either someone decided to build it differently or the street it once faced no longer existed.
Join Jackson in his discover of a potential phantom street at 323 Prospect Place as he traces the history of one place in Brooklyn, through maps and imagination.