a special neighborhood, indeed. but according to what i saw of the home's interior, 2.39M is WAY too high an asking price. Potential buyers are going to want more than lovely architectural elements and proximity to good food for their 2.39M. I did notice that there are no photographs of the kitchen and bathrooms when i followed the link—where the previous owner could at least justify a significant, (but 600K!) jump in price since the spring of 2006. Are these spaces in need of updating? Did the current owner just sit on this property, hoping to cash in? I reckon the answer is yes to both questions.

Posted by: Fjorder at August 21, 2007 3:15 PM in response to House of the Day: 86 Garfield Place

the first thing i thought of was vandalism when i saw the picture. what a shame that it's all but guaranteed that they'll be tagged again. in my opinion, horizontal slats of wood might be a better aesthetic choice. it also needs something where it meets the concrete, at least that's what it looks like from this photo. i may change my mind when i see it up close.

Posted by: Fjorder at August 23, 2007 11:22 AM in response to Adventures in Architecture: North 6th and Berry

lovely restoration, but that interior—with the exception of the head—looks like a colonial in the 'burbs.

Posted by: Fjorder at August 23, 2007 2:29 PM in response to House of the Day: 407 Vanderbilt Avenue

Holy smokes that apartment is small. Two people would be tripping all over each other. A great block though: I know parents that would put an yurt with a pot-belly stove in the garden for that PS 321 zone inclusion!

Posted by: Fjorder at September 5, 2007 1:38 PM in response to Co-op of the Day: FSBO at 488 Third Street

a lovely place indeed. It's a tasteful restoration really in every way, with a 'modern on the inside' vibe—it appears that they like to shop at Room & Board and Design Within Reach—that plays well here. Love the master bath. And the kitchen. and the parlor. Dang that's a nice place.

Posted by: Fjorder at September 5, 2007 1:47 PM in response to House of the Day: 53 South Elliott Place

I walk by 353 Prospect Place every day: The plywood—fence barrier that separates it from the sidewalk leans precariously towards the street; the sidewalk is all but destroyed in front of the place; and if you can peek over the barrier, the construction area is chockablock with standing water (No wonder mosquitoes are kicking my a** this season, a few blocks away.) It's a pigsty, a real eyesore.

Posted by: Fjorder at September 5, 2007 1:59 PM in response to Development Watch: Do-Over Time at 353 Prospect?

yo 2:25
1. I am not Minsk.
2. Check your sources before you post a wiseacre remark—see pic 11 of 17 on the realtor's Web site: That's the master bath, dude. The one with the bathtub and le corbusier chaise. yeah it's big.

Posted by: Fjorder at September 5, 2007 2:34 PM in response to House of the Day: 53 South Elliott Place

I could not make the Salvage Fest and was hoping posters would provide some reportage on the event—prices, products, etc. Instead I squandered five minutes reading about the 'whiteness' of the crowd. what a waste. get a life people.

Posted by: Fjorder at September 10, 2007 10:41 AM in response to Soaking Up Some Salvage at the Fest

to continue: I agree on the discussion but not the approach. legit topic, wrong forum.

Posted by: Fjorder at September 10, 2007 10:43 AM in response to Soaking Up Some Salvage at the Fest

I agree 4:05. and while we're at it let's include "will be worth nothing (or zippo, zilch, etc) one AY is built." yes: no one in the 'hood needs/wants the AY project; but to think that ALL Park Slope, Prospect Heights, and Clinton Hill real estate prices will fall dramatically as a result is obtuse.

Posted by: Fjorder at September 13, 2007 4:14 PM in response to House of the Day: 202 Prospect Place