Sunday, February 16, 2014

Along the L

Virtual investigation allows prospects to observe an area based just off the external structures. It eliminates details and accurately provides proportioned buildings, streets and parks in relativeness with one another. When first going over to Brooklyn on the L, you approach a space that is occupied by the Brooklyn Flea Market, an eatery and a park. It takes up 3 Avenues entirely then transitions into a more commercial scene when viewing from the satellite. The buildings are properly aligned in single file rows. The stores are thin and narrow, only leaving a few empty spaces on the corners of the street like N7 and Berry Street. Berry street has a lot of apartments with fire escapes and graffiti covering the outside. Continuing along the L, Bedford Ave is a more spacious environment filled with different cafes and eatery spaces. You can find your average hipster walking along here. There can range from 8-10 stores just on one street! When heading from Graham Ave to Morgan Ave., there are a lot of rundown, vacant stores. Here there are more open lots along with less smaller stores that are replaced with fewer larger stores. This is occupied by a lot of brick buildings for factories. The satellite emphasizes the uneven ratio of parks to concrete. However, when there are green spaces they tend to be relatively close to each other, resulting in only a corner's distance between them. I found spaces that need developing here are those vacant spaces:

  • 66 Aberdeen Street and Bedford Avenue, New York, NY
  • 394 Palmetto Street off of Wyckoff Ave
  • 2 Harrison Place and Morgan avenue, New York, NY
  • 272 Bushwick Avenue between Johnson and Boerum Avenue
  • 510 Metropolitan Avenue between Meeker and Union Ave

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