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April 16, 2009

Thursday Blogwrap

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Photo by flatbushnelson from the Brownstoner Flickr Pool.
ISSUE Project Room [Brooklyn Based]
Ping Pongin’ in Brooklyn [The Brooklyn Ink]
'Burg Loafers Don't Buy Panties [Curbed]
Hipster Grifter Spotted; May Still Be in Brooklyn [Gawker]
BROWNSTONE VOYEUR: Small Space, Big Ideas in Cobble Hill [casaCARA]




Posted by TCulver at 4:30 PM | Comments (21)
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TCulver, this is an amazing pic! Beautiful shot.

Posted by: Biff Champion at April 16, 2009 4:33 PM

Beautiful photo flatbush nelson!

Posted by: wasder at April 16, 2009 4:34 PM

Ditto Biff, ditto.

Posted by: SnarkSlope at April 16, 2009 4:34 PM

OMG...that is a beautiful photo!!
And I will also say that the house in the background is gorgeous. And if you like architecture YOU must see this house. It is stunning.

Posted by: bayridgegirl at April 16, 2009 4:35 PM

Darn, it must be late in the day. The photo was posted by TCulver, but actually taken by flatbushnelson. My bad. Thanks, wasder, for getting it right.

Good stuff flatbushnelson!

Posted by: Biff Champion at April 16, 2009 4:40 PM

BRG, where is that house? It does look gorgeous.

Posted by: Biff Champion at April 16, 2009 4:41 PM

On Small Spaces, Big Ideas on Brownstone Voyeur, what exactly is that shelving she installed on either side of the fireplace? How did she get it to fit exactly, and how much did it cost?

I tried to buy similar industrial shelving once and it wasn't cheap or easy. The online store wanted to know if I had a "loading dock."

Posted by: mopar at April 16, 2009 4:49 PM

That house is on the corner of Albemarle and Buckingham in Prospect Park South near the church ave stop on the Q line.

Posted by: Argyle Road at April 16, 2009 4:53 PM

Mopar, please post that question on my blog, and I will get the designer/homeowner to answer it. I'm sure others would like to know too.
http://casacara.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/brownstone-voyeur-small-space-big-ideas-in-cobble-hill/

Posted by: casacara at April 16, 2009 4:57 PM

Biff,

http://www.communitywalk.com/location/131_buckingham_road/housingarchitecture/277958

If you haven't been to this area, you should go. The houses are stunning. One more gorgeous than the other. Wonderful victorian architecture. This house is one of my favorite in Brooklyn, it's very Japanese inspired.

Posted by: bayridgegirl at April 16, 2009 5:01 PM

BRG, the link is to long. Can you tinyurl it? Or at least cut it in two and re-post?

Posted by: Biff Champion at April 16, 2009 5:04 PM

sorry, here you go

http://tinyurl.com/cqvb5w

Posted by: bayridgegirl at April 16, 2009 5:07 PM

muchas gracias

Posted by: Biff Champion at April 16, 2009 5:14 PM

This house is often called the "Japanese House." It backs right onto the Q/B tracks so the back of the house can be seen as the train pulls into the Church Avenue station form Beverley Road. The house was built by John Petit in 1903 assisted by Japanese consultants. According to the Guide to Victorian Flatbush the design reflects carefully adapted Japanese temple detailing. Frederick Strange Kolle 1871-1929, a German born medical doctor who was an author and inventor in the field of x-rays, lived there.

I only remember seeing the house once on the Victorian Flatbush House Tour in the last 10 years but the current owner was gracious enough to host a reception for the Hosue Tour volunteers a couple of years back. The interior is just as wonderful.

Of course you don't have to wait for the house tour to see more of these homes. You can just hop the train, bike or drive over any day, preferably a nice day and take a walk through the area. You can take in lunch and or drinks at any number of places.

Posted by: Chaka at April 16, 2009 6:36 PM

mopar, that's just standard metal industrial shelving. It's the pic to the left here:

http://www.meyermat.com/products/shelving/industrial-metal-light-medium/default.html

They come grey, obviously she painted them white. With the de-industrialization of NYC, you can often find them on craigslist. But you have to pick them up. And all the good sources are out of NYC, so they get shipped by truck, (multiple shelves are heavy, and the standards are too long to go UPS, so they come by common carrier ie truck. And truck deliveries are to the sidewalk, altho often you can persuade them to help you in with a cash contribution).

Frankly I wouldn't have them in a living space. I was thinking of buying some for storage in the basement, but ultimately I found an Ikea Broder (also metal) system on CL that I built up. Of course I am used to being around industrial shelving at my biz so for people that aren't maybe they wouldn't mind. I would.

I wouldn't have Ikea Billy bookcases in my living space either but I do have several in my library downstairs and I'd probably use them before metal shelving. But that's just because of my industrial background. Don't want my house looking like my warehouse, ya heard?


Posted by: denton at April 16, 2009 6:46 PM

Re: fitting the shelving units. I think she has built the gyp. board walls on each end. You can see in photo #1 and #3.
Basically you decide on the size of the units and if you have 6-10" left over you build up the walls to fit your unit or their multiples.

Posted by: mg1 at April 16, 2009 6:49 PM

Thanks, Denton. I think it actually looks pretty swell. However, my bf is a book dealer and we have particleboard all over the place and I would NEVER get the Ikea Billy bookcases. But I admit I've been prejudiced against particleboard for decades now....not bf's fault.

Posted by: mopar at April 16, 2009 9:37 PM

Chaka, who's the current owner? I mean, not their name, but are they really into houses, architect, random?

Posted by: mopar at April 16, 2009 9:41 PM

Flatbushnelson is (I assume) the Nelson who has a daily photo on the Ditmas Park Blog.

Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at April 16, 2009 10:05 PM

Biff, I wish I could take a photo like that. It's all Flatbushnelson's doing.

Posted by: TCulver at April 17, 2009 9:32 AM

Gorgeous photo, gorgeous house, thanks Chaka for that history (we must've been at the house tour volunteer party together!) You can occasionally find postcards of the 'Japanese House' from 1900's on Ebay, it was that famous. Flatbush rules!

Posted by: Brenda from Flatbush at April 17, 2009 11:22 PM

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