Thursday Links

re: 4th Avenue condo. Great to hear block to be developed. I didn't really understand the article. Said their is permit for interior demo. Yet also says they will build the 12 story.
If current facades can be incorporated that would be great.
Don't know why article refers as 5 row houses. 5 walk-up tenement apt. bldgs to me.
BTW, quite awhile back a Brownstoner posting had pics of this row from recent time and years ago. Both boarded up.

Posted by: Anonymous at July 5, 2007 9:12 AM

before you jump for joy over that block being developed, consider this quote from the article, "Although Pearl intends to build in an area increasingly marked by new residential developments, the developer is perhaps best known for a notoriously decaying structure he owns in Greenpoint. Pearl's Greenpoint Hotel on Manhattan Avenue is considered 'one of the most dangerous S.R.O.'s in the city' and a haven for drug deals, according to a New York Times article published last year."
These new large developments on 4th Ave are an eyesore, and this one doesn't give any reason that it will be any different.

Posted by: Anonymous at July 5, 2007 9:33 AM

Again, people love to complain. Demolition on these 4th Ave. buildings has not even begun, yet people are already starting to whine about what could be built there.

Posted by: Anonymous at July 5, 2007 9:47 AM

Whatever goes in on 4th Avenue is going to be better than what was there.

Whoop! You been gentrified!

Posted by: Anonymous at July 5, 2007 10:14 AM

"Demolition on these 4th Ave. buildings has not even begun, yet people are already starting to whine about what could be built there."

Gee, if I can't "complain" about Pearl operating one of the most dangerouos S.R.O.'s & now developing on 4th Ave, what would be an acceptable reason? This is more about "concern" for the area, rather than "complaining."

Posted by: Anonymous at July 5, 2007 10:46 AM

RE: Sick Owner of 105 Greene Defrauded by Con Man [ABC News]

What a character, he borrows against the house. Incase he gets caught he already has the $ in his pocket. It's easier to hide cash. also makes for a nice war chest against a legal battle.

Posted by: Anonymous at July 5, 2007 1:10 PM

Okay, I see the 4th Ave story and see he can build something like 65k sq ft as of right. But the I freak out because I am wondering if the article from last week was right about the Albee Sq. mall morphing in to a lot of things, including 950k sq ft of buildable residential space. How is this even possible? How many human beings will be living there? And where will they all go to parks and schools? The Oro can't even sell their units, why would somebody build like 1m sq feet of residential that close to Flatbush? Juniors' food is gross. That can't be it.

Posted by: Anonymous at July 5, 2007 3:44 PM

RE: Sick owner of 105 Greene Con Man

I am burning a black candle with that lowlifes picture under it as soon as I log off! I hope he chokes on his spit, his tongue swells to the size of a football, he gets boils in his armpits, his skin and scalp get scabies and his dick falls off in his nasty shitty drawers. And then he drops dead!

Posted by: Anonymous at July 5, 2007 6:15 PM

Anon 3:44 PM,

I agree that Juniors' food is gross. So, let them eat (Cheese)cake!

Posted by: Anonymous at July 5, 2007 6:18 PM