Welcome Back! Coignet Building’s historic façade emerges during rehab
Gowanus landmark glows ghost-white under construction shroud
Preservationists rejoice! Little Red is looking good.
The Coignet Building, that little lost landmark dwarfed by Gowanus’ gigantic Whole Foods, has been stripped of red fake-brick siding that had obscured its true beauty since the 1960s.
Squint past the black-net construction shroud covering the 1870s-vintage architectural icon — and you’ll see its original ghost-white façade, newly uncovered.
Construction crews have liberated the city landmark at 360 Third Ave. from its red covering as part of exterior renovation paid for by gourmet grocery chain Whole Foods, which opened its first Brooklyn store in December on the lot surrounding the Coignet Building.