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March 8, 2006

Standing Out from the Neighbors

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You gotta love this house at 1612 Ditmas Avenue. Has it always been this color?




Posted by Brownstoner at 11:07 AM | Comments (10)
Categories: Neighborhoods

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*sigh* stuff the LPC would never let you do -- but I gotta say, it's better than many "historically correct" color palettes that I get to employ within the Historic Districts...

Nice photo.

Posted by: Anonymous at March 8, 2006 11:21 AM

As far as I know this house has been this color for over 10 years, at least. I think there was an article some time ago in the NY Times about this house and it's color and the fact that the owners wanted to keep it in these colors

Posted by: Ron-04 at March 8, 2006 11:26 AM

It's an illegal paint job. The woman was cited by the LPC a number of years ago (2003 if memory serves), there was a hearing, she was requested to repaint the purple trim to a more suitable color. Still hasn't done it.
She made an enormous scene at the hearing. Here's the preview from the NYT:

NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: DITMAS PARK; She Knows What She Likes, and It's Purple

By DENNY LEE (NYT); The City Weekly Desk
Late Edition - Final, Section 14, Page 8, Column 1, 571 words

DISPLAYING FIRST 50 OF 571 WORDS -Like any sane person, Joyce Kreitman pulled out a bag of jelly beans to choose a new color for her bungalow in the stately Brooklyn neighborhood of Ditmas Park. ''My mother and I sat at the kitchen table!'' recalled Ms. Kreitman, a longtime resident who tends to speak in...

Posted by: Daniel at March 8, 2006 11:34 AM

Far out. It reminds me of some buildings in san franscisco

Posted by: Anonymous at March 8, 2006 12:06 PM

If the price of freedom is garish colored housing, I'm all for it.

Posted by: iceberg at March 8, 2006 2:00 PM

Color aside, the fact is this house is in need of a paint job. Period. It's flaking all over the place.

Posted by: Anonymous at March 8, 2006 2:49 PM

That paint job belongs in San Francisco.

Posted by: Anonymous at March 8, 2006 5:38 PM

What penalties has the onwer faced for defying Landmarks for three years? Inquiring minds want to know...

Posted by: Anonymouse at March 8, 2006 6:29 PM

It is ugly, but you can't fine someone for painting there own house a different color. I believe there are some other YELLOW houses in the nabe, although not as strong a color. It is free country though, and I'm sure this wasn't as big a deal years back, when the nabe wasn't as popular as it is now, when all the preservationists are all looking at the area. (Don't take my last statement as saying I am for tearing down old buildings, I am for keeping old architecture from the past, as they are great).

Posted by: El-04 at March 8, 2006 11:23 PM

Funny enough, I live three doors down from this house, walk past it all the time, and it's never caught my attention. It doesn't stand out all that much.

Sure looks ugly in that picture, though!

Posted by: feelingdesperate at March 11, 2006 12:22 AM

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