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Project: 465 Pacific Street

For apartment hunters who think that Brooklyn has become too glassy in recent years, with some buildings that look like as if they had floated up from South Florida, a new condominium in Boerum Hill may come as a relief, particularly its lower floors.

Most of the facade of 465 Pacific Street, a low-slung 30-unit condo now under construction, will be made largely of brick, a finish that recalls the 19th-century Greek Revival townhouses on surrounding blocks, which are among the most coveted in the borough. Windows aren’t the trendy curtain-wall variety, but are sized more modestly, in keeping with the traditional spirit of the neighborhood.

There will be some unusual touches at the building, which is being developed by Avery Hall Investments and the Aria Development Group. The upper stories are to be faced in dark metal and set back from the street.

“It’s appropriate, it’s contextual, and it doesn’t offend the neighborhood,” Avi Fisher, a founding principal of Avery Hall, said of the overall design, as he led a tour of the L-shaped block-through site, which also is bordered by Atlantic Avenue and Nevins Street.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/27/re...er=rss&emc=rss