Toll Brothers, best known for the McMansion, came to Hoboken a few years ago to do for the urban condo owner what it had for the suburban housewife. That is, construct a dwelling as quickly as possible, sell it as quickly as possible, and leave before anyone realizes how much they paid for a stainless steel kitchen. Their latest building, Maxwell Place, taking the place of the old Maxwell Coffee Plant is a perfect example. The design team meeting on this place must have gone something like this: "what size windows do we have in the warehouse? What color bricks do we have in the warehouse?" Further, they are the kings of cut concrete (look at the quality of their park compared to pier A). Don't get me wrong, I appreciate how they took a blighted area and made it family friendly, but please take a look at the piles that hold up their piers - picture below.
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