"We did not deserve the charming, butter-yellow house at 158 South Oxford Street, and we are poised to lose it. The 165-year-old house was never included in any landmark districts, and documents filed last month show plans to take it down and build 17 apartments, "most likely condos," according to New York YIMBY, which broke news of a demolition permit last month."
"The current owner is the artist Marc Lambrechts, according to Brownstoner, which reported that "the property has been owned by artists for decades," given who he bought from: Richard Artschwager, who seems to have used the carriage house as a studio. Those owners appear to have kept the building in habitable shape, given a rental listing from October asking $13,500 for the downstairs duplex: a four-bedroom, 2,500-square-foot spread that could be taken furnished, Eames lounge included."
158 South Oxford Street is a 165-year-old, butter-yellow, wood-frame house built in 1860 with a wide farmhouse-style porch and lacy gingerbread details. A demolition permit filed last month proposes tearing it down to build 17 apartments, most likely condos. An architectural historian sought inclusion in an expanded historic district after a 2007 attempt to bulldoze the carriage house. Fort Greene contains few 19th-century wood-frame houses and faces debates about adding towers to landmarked buildings. The property has been owned and used by artists for decades; a recent rental listed a furnished four-bedroom, 2,500-square-foot downstairs duplex for $13,500. Developer Shimon Kleinman of Borough Developers filed the plans and specializes in luxury condos with modern facades, large windows, and roof gardens.
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