don't forget the Perkins Eastman 41 story building permit app that has been filed on one of the lots north of myrtle ... i think that this is the building that avalon will be building. may look a lot like the unrmarkable 41 story 600+ unit jammie that recently started leasing in LIC.

Posted by: BrooklynLove at August 21, 2007 12:53 PM in response to Development Watch: BFC and Avalon Straddle Myrtle

but in % terms that's a 20% pardon ...

Posted by: BrooklynLove at August 21, 2007 12:56 PM in response to Will Two Trees Proposal for Atlantic Ave. Get Chopped?

generally i am a big fan of the glass skin style, but i'm just not feelin the blend (clash) of OPP with its surroundings in this instance.

everytime i walk by that building i can't help but stop, look up, and think to myself, WTF?

but this is exactly what is making brooklyn even greater as modern buildings continue to sprout up throughout the boro (excluding the fedder segment) - diversity of residents, diversity of architecture, diversity of residents' opinions of the architecture.

Posted by: BrooklynLove at August 24, 2007 1:24 PM in response to Glass Construction Towering Over Brooklyn

bob - you just reminded me of a funny anecodote from my childhood - i grew up in a brownstone. one day my dad is getting dressed in the morning in the parental bedroom on the 2nd floor facing the street - so he's standing there in his undies looking out the window thinking to himself what a nice day it is out there and hey, what a fool that guy is across the street in the window on the second floor standing there in his undies looking out, can't he realize that i (and others) can see him. story ends when my dad and the guy across the street realize that they each are being seen by the other, and proceed to hastily drop the window shades.

Posted by: BrooklynLove at August 24, 2007 5:00 PM in response to Glass Construction Towering Over Brooklyn

down with OPP - how did i not think of that? nice work 5:29

Posted by: BrooklynLove at August 24, 2007 5:54 PM in response to Glass Construction Towering Over Brooklyn

i'll one up you b-stoner. i had an account at Manufacturer's Hanover Trust, which became Chemical, which became ...

Posted by: BrooklynLove at August 30, 2007 1:08 PM in response to Streetlevel: Chase Opening Tomorrow on Front Street

isn't a wine store supposed to go in some of the retail space in jcondo?

Posted by: BrooklynLove at August 30, 2007 4:19 PM in response to Streetlevel: Chase Opening Tomorrow on Front Street

I LOVE IT!

Posted by: BrooklynLove at September 12, 2007 9:58 PM in response to Downtown Update from Joe Chan at CB2 Meeting

apparently we'll have to wait until next week for the bubble to burst b/c this just went into contract over the past week -

http://www.corcoran.com/property/listing.aspx?Region=NYC&listingid=865587

Posted by: BrooklynLove at September 21, 2007 1:01 PM in response to Rental of the Day: J Condo Two-Bedroom

Terms
30 Year Fixed Points 0 0.75 2
Rate 6.375% 6.125% 5.875%
APR 6.41% 6.23% 6.10%

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15 Year Fixed Points 0 1.125 2
Rate 6.000% 5.625% 5.375%
APR 6.06% 5.86% 5.74%

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10 Year ARM Points 0 1 2
Rate 6.500% 6.125% 5.875%
APR 6.67% 6.51% 6.44%

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7 Year ARM Points 0 1.125 2.125
Rate 6.375%* 6.000% 5.625%
APR 6.65% 6.57% 6.47%

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5 Year ARM Points 0 1.125 2.125
Rate 6.375%* 5.750% 5.375%
APR 6.71% 6.57% 6.52%

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3 Year ARM Points 0 1 1.75
Rate 6.125% 5.375% 5.000%
APR 7.45% 6.62% 6.59%

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1 Year ARM Points 0.125 0.25 0.375
Rate 5.375% 5.250% 5.000%
APR 7.23% 6.78% 6.77%

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Posted by: BrooklynLove at September 21, 2007 9:54 PM in response to Rental of the Day: J Condo Two-Bedroom