Newswalk

Renovation: 178 Residential and Commercial Condominium Units

700 Pacific Street /535 Dean Street, Park Slope /Brooklyn, New York – Completed 2005

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Newswalk is a renovated, ten-story, industrial building, originally erected in 1920 as The Daily News Printing Plant, which has been converted into luxury, loft-style apartments and offices.

Innovative features include: an elevator tower and lobby located in the courtyard and a Mondrean-like facade comprised of a new aluminum and glass grid contrasting with a framework of exposed concrete columns and slabs representing the building’s original history.

All of the apartments include high ceilings; some incorporate second level lofts and private roof terraces. Building amenities include: a gymnasium, meeting and community rooms, and roof gardens, one of which contains a running path and a children’s playground.

The Wave

Elena Kalman, AIA, believes in having full creative control over built environment and prefers working on every project from concept and zoning analyses to picking plants for reception desk.

Rotary Commons

The Atlantic Elderly Housing

Marcy/Linden

Elena Kalman AIA was responsible for the design of the building’s facade.

Breakers

The Breakers is a new building complex consisting of seventy-five residential units with a number of different configurations: some of the larger units are single-family townhouses at the water’s edge; others are two-family townhouses.

Riverfront

Adjacent to the Bridgefront project, this project is a former industrial building that has been converted into residential lofts. Within the lobby are two art installations: (1) a stone bench designed in the shape of a ripple, suggesting the nearby East River; and (2) a framed section of the original brick, interior wall that maintains the worn look of the bricks and is lit in the fashion of a framed painting.

Bridgefront

Elena Kalman, AIA, designed The Bridgefront to function effectively on a very small site located between two renovated former factories in the DUMBO section of Brooklyn.

Park Slope Terrace

The Park Slope Terrace project is located on a street with traditional 19th century Brooklyn townhouses. For security reasons, the client requested a single corridor building, but the design of the façade with its vertical bays, creates the illusion of several smaller-scale structures that nicely fit into the neighborhood.

Park Circle

Elena Kalman, AIA, designed Park Circle with a zig-zag plan that enables a larger portion of the apartments than would normally be possible to face the park across the street and enjoy an eastern exposure to sunlight.

Ridgewood

Ridgewood Properties is a former 7-story factory building that has been converted into 50 loft -style condominium units. Some of the original industrial design features and interior finishes have been preserved.