Disaster

I was visiting my old stomping grounds in
Brooklyn the other day, when I discovered this monstrosity that had apparently had grown through the roof of the building next to the one where I used to live.

Now I'm no expert in architecture, but would common sense and good taste indicate that if you wanted to add a floor to an existing building, you might want to do it in the style of everything around it. In a neighborhood filled with historic row houses and brownstones, it looks like the top of a factory. Unfortunately this part of Carroll Gardens is not in a historic district and so the owners can do pretty much what they want.

But God it's ugly.