"The bartender, who was either from Long Island or New Jersey, was friendly, if slutty looking." Shouldn't that be, "and slutty looking." LotCHP makes it sound like a bad thing.

Posted by: altervoce at November 6, 2009 1:22 PM in response to Fulton Sports Bar Signage Revealed

--a week late and a dollar short.

Posted by: altervoce at November 5, 2009 7:25 PM in response to Closing Bell: Greening of Greenpoint

Look: the Travelocity troll is checking out the model.

Posted by: altervoce at November 2, 2009 8:41 PM in response to Uncertainty, Skepticism Around Arena Bond Offering

I want this building to succede, so I guess I am glad to see units are moving after the price reductions. But I think the prices are still too high. The cheapest unit right listed now on the 1BBP site, $325,000, is a smallish studio that looks across the light well to more of the building. For another $145,000, you can get a studio that is fifty percent larger, but looks out on to the BQE. These still seem like crazy prices to me.

Posted by: altervoce at October 20, 2009 2:16 PM in response to Some Traction at One Brooklyn Bridge Park?

I read in the Eagle this 15,000 square foot building recently sold for $4M. My first reaction was, this could be quite the home for someone who wants a lot of space and, possibly, a multi-car garage.

Posted by: altervoce at October 14, 2009 5:28 PM in response to Streetlevel: Laytner's Latest Location is in the Slope

You know I posted that just to get a rise out of you, don't you? You're like a kid brother, with about as much emotional control.

Posted by: altervoce at October 9, 2009 5:24 PM in response to Con Ed Readying Demolition of 3rd Street Warehouse

GEORGE -- he must be quite the mythic figure if we write his name in all caps -- isn't footing the bill. Everyone who buys a Yanqui cap, a ticket or pays their cable bill is picking up the tab. When competitiveness is determined by who is in the largest georgraphic market and has the most lucrative cable deal and merchandizing, then the game isn't played on the field; it's played in the board room. I have no respect for teams that pocket the "luxury tax" and settle for 70 wins and a balance sheet that works for the owner. But I do respect teams, like the Twins, that scout, sign and develop good players, trade wisely, and field a competitive roster without going out and buying an all-star team.

Posted by: altervoce at October 8, 2009 8:03 PM in response to Con Ed Readying Demolition of 3rd Street Warehouse

$201,449,189 / 103 wins = $2,043,196 per win
$65,299,266 / 87 wins = $750,566 per win

"Only 10 more victories to Championship #27!" I guess the Yanquis are entitled. After all, they've won 911 games since Championship #26. If they win it all this year, Championship #27 will have cost almost $2 billion. Yes, with a "b".

Posted by: altervoce at October 8, 2009 5:42 PM in response to Con Ed Readying Demolition of 3rd Street Warehouse

No, Pete, not the Coliseum, not even Monticello. But it is the oldest remnant of ANY major league park, anywhere in America.

GO TWINS!

Posted by: altervoce at October 8, 2009 3:58 PM in response to Con Ed Readying Demolition of 3rd Street Warehouse

I had reservations at Saul once, early on but not so soon after opening that it shouldn't have worked out any kinks, and they couldn't honor it. Since they don't (didn't?) have a bar, the hostess suggested we go have a drink down the street and come back. Well, we had a drink AND dinner down the street and I have never been back. Ten years of never-been-back, evidently.

Like it/don't like it, Genny Cream Ale is an entirely different style than PBR. Personally, I like it a lot, especially on tap and in the summer, but I'm from upstate. It seems to me that many bars do not consider what they paid for the barrel when they decide on the price per pint. Everything is five or six bucks (or whatever is the going rate wherever), no matter what.

Posted by: altervoce at October 7, 2009 2:05 PM in response to Brooklyn Food & Drink Round-Up

randolph, would you repeat that? I couldn't hear you.

Posted by: altervoce at October 7, 2009 1:56 PM in response to Wednesday Links

I was only interested in this place if it came with the 1976 Mercury station wagon they hauled away the other day.

Posted by: altervoce at October 5, 2009 11:38 AM in response to 280 Hicks Up For Auction

Don't forget Purim.

Posted by: altervoce at September 30, 2009 5:00 PM in response to Closing Bell: Williamsburg Street Fair

I was going to say something about the listing based on my personal experience with loft beds, but it doesn't even seem relevant any more. I took a couple months off from posting on Brownstoner and really question what was so seductive about the experience that I resumed.

Posted by: altervoce at September 29, 2009 4:08 PM in response to Co-op of the Day: 96 Schermerhorn Street, #9G

I agree with the above (except for *rob*, but that's not a first). One addendum: You can get shower liners that have magnets sealed in them to prevent the sucking in.'

Posted by: altervoce at September 28, 2009 2:46 PM in response to Worth Keeping Clawfoot?

I was hoping they would paint the foundation blue, fill it with water and hang lane buoys.

More seriously, I hope that replacing the plywood fence with chain link is part of the work required for stalled projects.

Posted by: altervoce at September 28, 2009 12:54 PM in response to Work Resuming at Oro Part Deux?

I don't know why this question never occured to me before and I haven't read it elsewhere. With new condos, are the prices set by what is approved by the attorney general in the offering plan? What I mean is, can a buyer make a bid below what is in the offering plan, or is the price set?

Posted by: altervoce at September 24, 2009 3:25 PM in response to Condo of the Day: 475 Sterling Place, #3I

"anti car sediment" -- clogs my fuel injectors

Posted by: altervoce at September 18, 2009 12:22 PM in response to Park(ing) Day on Fulton

"Thirty Sharks Coming to Coney Island"
Sitt and Bloomie got here first.

Posted by: altervoce at September 18, 2009 9:07 AM in response to Thursday Blogwrap

dittobrg, why don't you list them? --and don't list any spaces not under the control of the parks department, because you cannot get a permit for them. CB1 has one of the lowest ratios in the city for open space-to-population, and that figure is from before the recent émigrés moved there.

Now that I've backed up the softball players (yeah, it's kind of a pun), I'll add that orestes' and Ian's comments about the demand for tennis court time in Greenpoint is spot on.

Posted by: altervoce at September 17, 2009 1:10 PM in response to Ace Plan for Tennis-Friendly McCarren Makeover

Not quite sure why Katia [PMFA] refers to herself in the first person plural, but following suit:

"Why We Support Brad Lander and Why You Should, Too"

Because Brad has actually gotten stuff accomplished. PMFA spreads the Skaller campaign message: Josh has taken the high road, at least as he perceives it, and god bless him for it. I'm all in favor of elected officials with strong moral principles. But in all the campaign literature I have received from Mr. Skaller, I have yet to read about a single practical accomplishment, let alone anything that compares with the long list of achievements by Brad at the Fifth Avenue Committee and the Pratt Center.

That said, I would prefer if Brownstoner would apply to the same 'equal time' standard of traditional media. If there is going to be a link to a blog supporting one candidate, there should be links to similar material for all of them. Probably easiest to just stay away from this kind of post altogether.

Posted by: altervoce at September 15, 2009 8:56 AM in response to Monday Blogwrap

I also thought the rendering looks like a cap. That made me wish Capital One, not Barclay's, bought the naming rights. Then announcers and others could say the game was played "at The Cap."

Posted by: altervoce at September 9, 2009 4:51 PM in response to New Barclay's Center Design Revealed

funstraw, giving a gift is an emotional decision, not some sort of obligation. OP sounds emotionally grateful. You make me thing of dear old dad, who was fond of buying gifts at the thrift store and wrapping them in used supermarket bags. I would have preferred a heartfelt hug, if he ever could have mustered one up. Joy is for enjoying!

Posted by: altervoce at September 4, 2009 1:41 PM in response to Gift for Great Attorneys?

Not to my taste but I think it's just fine. There is a nice rhythm to the massing. It works because it's a corner property.

Whaddaya think? My guess is a 7-series BMW and an Escalade in the garage.

Posted by: altervoce at September 4, 2009 11:13 AM in response to Bay Ridge McMansion

I had a friend who was very skillful at closing real estate deals, mostly investment properties. He once showed me the 20 or so unused briefcases in his closet that he received as gifts. If you go this route, skip the monogram so it can at least be re-gifted.

Posted by: altervoce at September 4, 2009 11:08 AM in response to Gift for Great Attorneys?

re: Compare and Contrast. I wonder if Cuyler Gore--bounded by Fulton, Greene and Carlton--is named for "John Y. Cuyler, a descended of original Flatbush Dutchmen who also acted as Prospect Park's first superintendent and chief engineer."

Posted by: altervoce at September 1, 2009 4:51 PM in response to Tuesday Blogwrap

"What does a trolley do that a bus doesn't do at a fraction of the cost?" wasn't meant as a rhetorical question. "Buses suck" doesn't really answer it. Care to elaborate?

Posted by: altervoce at September 1, 2009 1:17 PM in response to Red Hook's Streetcar Plan Garners Support

What does a trolley do that a bus doesn't do at a fraction of the cost? I'll concede that a trolley is more romantic and has a dedicated right-of-way. But then you have to admit that bus routes are changable when necessary. And buses could be running before the feasibility study is even done.

Posted by: altervoce at September 1, 2009 1:07 PM in response to Red Hook's Streetcar Plan Garners Support

I also noticed that the development site between Fifth and Sixth Streets, formerly a BP gas station, is now being marketed for retail development. In other words, 'we're not going to be able to construct a residential building here anytime soon and neither are you, so take it off our hands and build a taxpayer instead.'

Posted by: altervoce at August 28, 2009 11:31 AM in response to Sign of the Times on 4th Avenue

Earlier thread (no pun intended):
www.brownstoner.com/forum/archives/2008/12/need_great_carp.php

I also used Long Island Carpet Cleaners and was satisfied. I miss the old Cline's on Union Street, but you cannot turn back the clock.

Posted by: altervoce at August 27, 2009 5:35 PM in response to Rug Cleaning

No top bar, which may mean nothing since the drawing is "from memory," but it's interesting how many people gravitated towards male pronouns.

Posted by: altervoce at August 20, 2009 6:12 PM in response to Closing Bell: No Reward Is Its Own Reward

He was 83 but his age contracted roughly 25% from the market high.

Posted by: altervoce at July 10, 2009 4:12 PM in response to Friday Links

What? They're not going to show us their underwear and tell us where they bought it? Lift those skirts!

Sorry, I am actually a feminist in drag. I felt compelled to write something as crude as what I just watched.

Posted by: altervoce at July 8, 2009 5:29 PM in response to Closing Bell: Flea Style

"e-liz." It's like e-mail or e-commerce. Not to be confused with brick-and-mortar liz, who goes home at night and rests her feet.

New rule for Brownstoner threads: There has to be at least one poster who actually knows the facts, as opposed to just their own opinion formed from the precis posted by Mr. Butler and company.

Is it the heat? We've had a few threads lately that have de-evolved into little more than pissy personal attacks?

Posted by: altervoce at July 8, 2009 10:13 AM in response to BBG Visitor Center Design Unveiled, Award Announced

Way too many syllables to be a haiku.

Posted by: altervoce at July 8, 2009 9:43 AM in response to Neighbor Tearing My Wall!

Who needs fireworks when you have long shutter exposures!

Posted by: altervoce at July 7, 2009 1:10 PM in response to Monday Blogwrap

Very kind of you all to not point out that the so-called rumor about the Hotel le Bleu restaurant was already posted in the Food & Drink Round-Up.

Posted by: altervoce at July 1, 2009 5:41 PM in response to Development Watch: 13th Street Hotel Sprouting

Kind of related: I heard a rumor that the bar on the top floor of Hotel le Bleu is finally about to open. Third Avenue makes that place look well situated.

Posted by: altervoce at July 1, 2009 3:27 PM in response to Development Watch: 13th Street Hotel Sprouting

"We've never even eaten there...we just like to blog about it."

QOTD! Is there a rule against it going to Brownie?

Posted by: altervoce at July 1, 2009 1:35 PM in response to No Shortage of Demand for Checkers

A synthesis of the above: negotiate in good faith and then, depending on how much you like your apartment/landlord, take your lumps or go to court.

Long-story-short, I feel like my landlord owes me $150 for problems with KeySpan. He's kind of hippie-dippie about the whole thing--it is Park Slope--but I am generally pretty happy with my set up so I let it slide. That doesn't mean it doesn't piss me off every time I think about it. It means that I don't think about it a lot.

Posted by: altervoce at June 29, 2009 10:35 AM in response to Withholding Rent?

I believe the fireworks are on the Hudson this year.

Posted by: altervoce at June 24, 2009 4:20 PM in response to July 4th

Duane Reade, a dry cleaner and a Mexican restaurant. This is the new luxury development on the waterfront?

Posted by: altervoce at June 23, 2009 1:17 PM in response to Duane Reade Signage Up at Northside Piers

Gem, go back and re-read the article. NYSDOT and Brooklyn Bridge Park are keeping each other informed of the status of their respective projects. How is that interferring? The park ought to be long done before the BQE construction, currently slated for 2017, begins.

Posted by: altervoce at June 23, 2009 9:45 AM in response to Tuesday Links

I thought it was Nixalite.

Posted by: altervoce at June 19, 2009 12:06 PM in response to LPC Signs Off on New BAM Performing Arts Building

"Maintenance isn't really as high as posted - it's likely a special assessment to bolster the building's reserve." On a five year old conversion?

I looked at these when they were under construction and although not totally put off by the location, I thought the offering plan prices were high for back corner of Clinton Hill. Interesting to see that there has been almost no appreciation from the initial offering--that tells me something about the location too.

Posted by: altervoce at June 19, 2009 9:43 AM in response to Condo of the Day: 970 Kent Avenue, #107

This is a different space, Bob. The street furniture is on loan? I've got an extra Weber is the BID wants to borrow it.

Posted by: altervoce at June 17, 2009 3:07 PM in response to New Street Furniture Outside Borough Hall

Thanks, JIPS, for the confirmation. Let it go, BG; some folks just need to be right all the time.

Posted by: altervoce at June 17, 2009 11:53 AM in response to Der Schwarze Kolner To Open By End of Month

One of my chores as a teenager.

Posted by: altervoce at June 16, 2009 1:08 PM in response to Bleeding Radiators?