Gold Street Condominium, Brooklyn Architect


99 Gold Street Condominium

Loft Conversions international architecture firms
Project Manager/Designer
David Blaustein
Completion Date
June 2007
Location
Vinegar Hill, Brooklyn
Visit Site
http://www.99goldstreet.com

Vinegar Hill is a historic Brooklyn neighborhood adjacent to D.U.M.B.O (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass). It is the only neighborhood in northwest Brooklyn that maintains its early 1900s old-world style in a charming five-block square just east of the Manhattan Bridge anchorage. 99 Gold is a renewal pioneer in the area’s industrial landscape. The upscale 88-unit loft conversion offers the latest trend in stylish city living, redefining the 19th-century concrete and block building, originally designed to house and supply New York’s souvenir market.

The floor plan for this rectangular concrete structure was rotated on a carefully calculated angle, which allows for Manhattan views from every apartment without creating awkward, unusable spaces within. All apartments, ranging from 600 square-foot studios to 2,000 square-foot penthouses, enjoy high ceilings, floor-to-ceiling, and wall-to-wall windows and balconies. When viewed across the East River, the building seems like a cruise ship floating on the water. A penthouse addition, recreational roof deck, extensive glazing, and bright white exteriors complete the building’s nautical atmosphere.

As a result of this project and others following in its footsteps, the district has been transformed into the ideal neighborhood for successful artists and professionals with a taste for sophisticated urban living; it provides another link in connecting Brooklyn’s downtown neighborhoods.