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Having been born in Manhattan, in which I lived almost consistently for--inhales deeply--sixty-one years following, I finally found myself priced-out.
I ended up as a renter in Brooklyn Heights, in, as luck would and did have it, a rent-stabilized apartment.
Besides the sense of dislocation that anyone might experience under the circumstances, I felt that BH was, though picture-perfect and wholly serene, utterly lifeless--and, believe me, I don't crave anything like a scene.
To make peace with my new nabe, I concocted a kind of bi-borough life: I go to Manhattan not only to work, but for working out at a favored gym; for best meat and produce; for movies and of course theater; for clothes shopping; for most of my socializing.
I return to BH for (temporary) R and R, which of course includes slumber, for which the nabe is so perfectly suited (I mean this as a compliment).
When I finally realized I didn't have to give up Manhattan to live Brooklyn--that I could have the best of both worlds--I felt ever so much happier there.
Posted by: AB at August 12, 2008 1:58 PM in response to The Next New Brooklyn
Not so keen on 5C-s with it's kitchen island in the living-dining area.
But then, for a mere 1.5 million, what can one expect? One should probably be thankful there are doors.
Posted by: AB at August 4, 2008 1:12 PM in response to First Pricing Clues for 20 Henry Street
Sure, there's prob some class condescension, let's call it, going on in the posts.
But, really, the fun-poking is all about overreaching...about pretentiousness---about a failed effort to achieve the desired effect without realizing that gaffe.
Classic targets for satire/mockery.
Posted by: AB at July 30, 2008 7:16 PM in response to Dyker Heights 'Mansion': Yours for $2 Mil
Oh, por favor!
Can we please not go all pious and self-righteous about not ridiculing that which cries out for same?
A target is a target because it's a target. If you follow.
I don't believe any of the comments here, though sometimes wicked, have caused any human grief.
Posted by: AB at July 30, 2008 3:43 PM in response to Dyker Heights 'Mansion': Yours for $2 Mil
Sixty:
"...and people wonder why the democrats have trouble - well, a main reason is because the trendy blue-state crowd folks have snotty attitudes like those seen on this thread and spend so much time looking down through their noses at fellow americans...."
As opposed, of course, to the Repubs, whose profound concern for "the people" has been demonstrated again and again, to such exemplary effect!
Posted by: AB at July 30, 2008 1:33 PM in response to Dyker Heights 'Mansion': Yours for $2 Mil
Frome the listing:
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Posted by: AB at July 30, 2008 12:25 PM in response to Dyker Heights 'Mansion': Yours for $2 Mil
"...Edye Gourmet..."
Hee!
Posted by: AB at July 30, 2008 12:02 PM in response to Dyker Heights 'Mansion': Yours for $2 Mil
Re the listing's "relaxing veranda": I hate tense verandas, don't you?
Posted by: AB at July 30, 2008 11:34 AM in response to Dyker Heights 'Mansion': Yours for $2 Mil
My suggestion: switch the pool and the living room.
Some SERIOUS decor here to match the faux fieldstone hacienda-romanesque mit Juliet balcony and active heliport exterior....
Posted by: AB at July 30, 2008 11:21 AM in response to Dyker Heights 'Mansion': Yours for $2 Mil
AB wrote a review about Peter Luger on July 25, 2008 3:25 PM
Though I haven't been to PL in more than a year, previous visits have all been vuat le voyage, as our French pals say.
The BROILED steaks are the best in the city. Period. The rest--good enough.
But one comes here for the steaks--not the sides, nor the decor. Service has always been perfectly satisfactory.
If one wants a "richer" dining experience, one can find other steak houses that will supply it.
But the steaks at them won't be as good.
I live directly opposite the BH renovation and have watched over time the care and attention--the tasteful restraint-- with which it's been done.
Had I the dough, I'd seriously consider the 3 BR condo, which, I'd imagine, is as thoughtfully executed as the exterior.
I believe that the owners now occupy the ground floor.
Posted by: AB at July 22, 2008 2:44 PM in response to Last Week's Biggest Sales
A for impulse, C for execution and effect.
The falls have done done their thing and should be swiftly removed, especially if causing arboreal distress.
Remember: poems are made by fools like me, but only Robert Moses can make a tree.
Seriously: ca suffit.
Posted by: AB at August 28, 2008 1:19 PM in response to BHA Wants Waterfalls Shut Down