Dubbed “Brooklyn’s Champs-Élysées” by the New York Occasions, Jap Parkway in Prospect Heights is a grand thoroughfare that counts amongst its architectural gems Grand Military Plaza, the Brooklyn Public Library, and the Brooklyn Museum—all inside a half mile of one another. Nestled amongst these landmarks are elegant pre-war condominium buildings, like Turner Towers, Brooklyn’s first residential high-rise and the place we found this spectacular renovation by Frederick Tang Architecture.
Like many pre-war residences, this one was bigger (at 2,500 sq. ft) and airier (because of excessive ceilings) than most, however a clumsy structure had its cramped galley kitchen shunted to at least one finish subsequent to small rooms that had been initially meant to be servants’ quarters. The owners, a pair who work within the arts, employed Frederick and his workforce to rectify the outdated design by relocating the kitchen to the guts of the house.
“It was actually vital for the purchasers to maneuver the kitchen and create a extra open ground plan,” says Frederick, whose agency additionally collaborated on the inside design. “This may fulfill their like to cook dinner and entertain. However working throughout the confines of the pre-war constructing is hard. It was a balancing act to protect some historic detailing whereas making a extra open trendy dwelling for a household.” So far as we will inform, it was a balancing act that he pulled off with finesse.
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Pictures by Gieves Anderson, courtesy of Frederick Tang Architecture.
