I'm sorry too but hopefully things will get better from here on in. To everyone I apologize for having somehow drawn the ire of the troll and made it so uncomfortable.

Posted by: Bx2Bklyn at July 11, 2006 1:39 PM in response to Site Registration for Commenting

I'm sure there are crossover styles everywhere but I wasn't aware that dark brick and asymmetry were the defining characteristics of Queen Anne style. But then again, I am so far from an expert that at best I can tell the difference between a brownstone and a limestone (the color, right? :-)

Posted by: Bx2Bklyn at July 11, 2006 3:13 PM in response to Architecture 101: Inniss Franciscan House

Why 3 exterior shots of the house? Makes no sense and for that money people may get turned off because it looks like the broker doesn't think the house is worth what they're asking and is hiding something.

Posted by: Bx2Bklyn at July 11, 2006 4:30 PM in response to House of the Day: Overpriced on St.James?

Having been well victimized by the troll and having my display name hijacked on a number of occasions, not only to post insulting remarks, but also to post links to really disgusting photos, I can only say that I am all for registration for whomever wants to use the site. I think the arguing is often aggravating and enlightening, but I also believe that a lot of it was our troll who constantly posted using other names in order to start flame wars.

Thanks again Brownstoner-

Posted by: Bx2Bklyn at July 11, 2006 5:49 PM in response to Site Registration for Commenting

Thanks Halden! It's good to know even I can make a lucky guess. And Bob is far far more expert than I so it's nice to know even experts can sometimes get confused (confusion is my natural state).

Posted by: Bx2Bklyn at July 11, 2006 5:54 PM in response to Architecture 101: Inniss Franciscan House

Agreed. Why reward bad behavior?

Posted by: Bx2Bklyn at July 12, 2006 10:31 AM in response to South Slopers Protest Two Pending BSA Appeals

Well so much for intelligent, civil and logical commentary. There are those in the "greatest generation" who literally gave their lives to make sure the lives of their children are better than theirs were. Selfish gray-hairs? Why? Because they wanted to preserve neighborhoods from people like you who don't care how packed or how over built a neighborhood gets? Or how much the quality of life goes down?

Only a developer would think that way. And as for the crack about the Greatest Generation dropping dead to save their children? Once that generation is dead, all that will be left - the "Me" generation, of which you are obviously a prime member. And if that's your argument for improving life in this country, you are a perfect example of what's wrong with it.

Posted by: Bx2Bklyn at July 12, 2006 11:22 AM in response to South Slopers Protest Two Pending BSA Appeals

So, I wonder, how will Acorn and the Rev. Daugherty spin their support of subsidized housing for people making 99,00 + (450 apts.) as opposed to low income people (21,000, 225 apts)? Seems to me me if you make that kind of money and you are willing to fork over 2658$ a month rent, you damn well don't need subsidies. And tell me, will the apartments for people making 21,000 a year be as nice or as large as the ones for higher income? And will they all be squeezed into one building so that they don't upset the richer tenants? Should be interesting- instant ghetto, just add poor people.

Good work you community groups who signed on for Ratnerville. NOT.

Posted by: Bx2Bklyn at July 12, 2006 11:39 AM in response to Big Turnout For AY Housing Forum

No one expects the City to be a bucolic paradise, not even downzoners. But why should the entire City become a sardine can? While it's nice to think those awful human warehouses we call "density appropriate" take less resources, bring in better stores, etc., the fact is they take up huge resources and put a strain on others. It's unrealistic to think tenants won't have cars- they will build undersground parking for thousands of them. More pollution, not less- and more densely packed. Without major utility upgrades, these buildings put a strain on everyone. They are next to impossible for quick response by fire, medical or police- it's much more difficult for them to get to individuals, or fight fires. And despite your thinking, big stores like Walmart LOVE high concentrations of people such as live in huge apartment buildings. Independent businesses are in fact either forced out, or never get to first base as rents are raised or too high to start with.

The trains? More usage when the system is already straining? How about drastically improving the service and the stations before you pack in thousands of more people into a train at rush hour.

And this makes the downzoning people "crazies"? I don't think so.

Posted by: Bx2Bklyn at July 12, 2006 11:55 AM in response to South Slopers Protest Two Pending BSA Appeals

Odd you should complain that the developers built the neighborhoods long before the "crazies." In point of fact saving brownstone and small scale neighborhoods is not suburbanization, it is the preservation of unique urban environments that are historically successful and have survived because the very unique type of urban living they provide has wide appeal.

Posted by: Bx2Bklyn at July 12, 2006 11:59 AM in response to South Slopers Protest Two Pending BSA Appeals