QUESTION
How is the facade redesign addressing community feedback?
0:53:22
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3 min
The facade redesign incorporates community board feedback and aims to minimize its institutional appearance.
- Council Member Amanda Farías inquires about the facade's design and community board feedback.
- The Development Director confirms the revised version incorporates feedback aimed at minimizing the institutional look.
- Council Member Farías recommends further consultation with the community board regarding the facade redesign.
- The importance of considering community perceptions, especially concerning buildings that may resemble institutions, is highlighted.
Kamillah Hanks
0:53:22
And, you know, before we deliberate, again, we would like to one moment.
0:53:27
I'm just going to finish my thought.
0:53:29
That we would like to have all of that laid out what the council member wants to see.
0:53:36
And sooner rather than later.
0:53:37
And with that, I'll pass it back to majority leader and council member melee after council member Farris.
Amanda Farías
0:53:45
Thank you so much.
0:53:45
I'm so sorry.
0:53:46
I just was reading through the the the public review from the community board.
0:53:51
Did you do you folks have an image of what the facade the outside of the building is just looks like we're designed.
Aleena Farishta
0:53:59
If we could go to this slide, Which slide?
0:54:05
To
Amanda Farías
0:54:05
and my question is around the feedback from the community board.
0:54:11
Was redesigner update of the facade to minimize institutional appearance,
Kamillah Hanks
0:54:16
curate
Amanda Farías
0:54:17
your response to that, and are you readapting what it looks like, and I actually would like to see what it looks like.
Katherine Gray
0:54:23
Yes.
0:54:23
We've
Aleena Farishta
0:54:25
We'll bring it up.
0:54:26
7,
Amanda Farías
0:54:27
please.
0:54:28
Sorry.
0:54:28
I was like,
Aleena Farishta
0:54:31
are we able to go to slide 7?
Amanda Farías
0:54:35
One moment, please.
Aleena Farishta
0:54:37
Thank you There it is.
0:55:01
Thank you.
Amanda Farías
0:55:07
Okay.
0:55:07
So in terms of of Is this the revised version?
Katherine Gray
0:55:13
Yes.
0:55:13
It does.
Amanda Farías
0:55:13
What the community Yes.
0:55:15
From their feedback?
0:55:16
Okay.
Katherine Gray
0:55:17
That's in consultation with the councilwoman.
0:55:19
Okay.
Amanda Farías
0:55:19
And we've so we've represented this to the community board and to the council member.
0:55:25
Trust you.
0:55:26
Okay.
0:55:28
I mean, I'm a bit of a traditionalist sometimes, so I love me some red brick.
0:55:33
But, yeah, I have porchester in district was all red brick.
0:55:37
I would recommend going back to the community board to see if that's something that they feel comfortable with outside just the comps member and how she personally feels.
0:55:47
We all know that read adapting a building's facade also means at times unit count and what that means affordability and what that means of removal of unit count.
0:55:57
But if anyone in a community, especially in our outer boroughs or where, you know, our community members of color live feel like a building is representative of an institution or institutionalization or an incarcerated institution, we need to take that feedback really seriously.
0:56:19
Absolutely.
0:56:20
Thank you.
0:56:21
They call it brutalistic architecture.