what a wonderful design

Posted by: dutchman at September 14, 2009 8:20 PM in response to Another Snag for Marty's Amphitheatre

do you really believe the title of this picture is funny?

Posted by: dutchman at August 18, 2009 2:44 AM in response to Monday Blogwrap

beautiful photograph...thank you!

Posted by: dutchman at July 29, 2009 11:24 AM in response to Tuesday Blogwrap

people must be living facing Manhattan because i do not really see any life here except for probably the sales office.
Glass is nice but i am wondering how this building will look 10 years from now....
Myrtle has cleaned up quite a bit....
its only a little hike to the G...
a who cares
enough time to rest on the platform

Posted by: dutchman at July 14, 2009 2:51 PM in response to Price Cuts, Broker Switcheroo at The Absolute

they were pretty
suck it up whino

Posted by: dutchman at July 7, 2009 7:46 AM in response to Closing Bell: River Cafe Sues City Over Falls Project

Consider yourself lucky. My landlord simply kept it at 0% for a new year lease plus they do not care if we move out.
Accept the deal and 1 year is do-able...
you cannot have your cake etc...

Posted by: dutchman at June 18, 2009 6:17 PM in response to help with lease renewal

Its a nice building and yes some condo's look straight at the Taaffe Lofts on the next block.
(btw the Taaffe corporation owns the low rental building next to this condo building)
I believe there are more condo's for sale in this building and the prices have been going down...
The Block is ugly and kindof deserted because of a School across the street.
Further more you will find on this street some old brownstones and a gated condo complex. On the corner of Dekalb ave is a sketchy deli where the local PJ kids "hang" and cause trouble at times.
The neighborhood is great but can be edgy at moments. Part of the deal when you decide to live here.

Posted by: dutchman at June 18, 2009 1:21 PM in response to Condo of the Day: 970 Kent Avenue, #107

Gotta tell you i was LOL with that zombie post....

Posted by: dutchman at June 12, 2009 12:59 PM in response to Brooklyn Sales: Under a Million

Beautiful!
only the camera man isn't shooting the complete wall....turn to the left....turn to the left....

Posted by: dutchman at June 11, 2009 1:11 PM in response to Closing Bell: Mural on Water Street

the social contract..... is that a Karl Marx quote?
at least you have a parking spot
my landlord who owns a block or two around Taaffe Place with hundreds of apartments doesnt provide sh** and prohibits using objects on the sidewalk....

Posted by: dutchman at June 9, 2009 11:01 AM in response to Time Limit to Bike Parking?

you do not have to order from their truck.
Just get a clean hamburger or taco from outside your bun
or a hotdog from the vendors on the street
or even better move to a clean mountain filled spot
where you can grow your own crops
and watch episodes of law and order on dvd
far far away from this nasty city

Posted by: dutchman at June 4, 2009 9:36 PM in response to unsanitary restaurants

You just put in an offer and post a question after wards...what is the point...

Posted by: dutchman at June 1, 2009 12:32 PM in response to Should I reconsider my offer?

a short sales course would do this broker good.
Crappy photography. No interior images.
Brownstoner shows more than the party who sells.
$ 600000 for a 4th floor walk up box.
With a great roof you share with your neighbor "penthouse" owners? And "coffee shops in the neighborhood including Starbucks" as selling point
You gotta admit they do have humor.

Posted by: dutchman at June 1, 2009 12:26 PM in response to 114 India Hits The Market

obviously i am not reading...

Posted by: dutchman at May 20, 2009 1:23 PM in response to House of the Day: 449 Bergen Street

realtor Link says 1795...or am i missing something ?

Posted by: dutchman at May 20, 2009 1:19 PM in response to House of the Day: 449 Bergen Street

Am i mistaken or is that state street house listed for 850,000?

Posted by: dutchman at May 15, 2009 5:27 PM in response to Open House Picks

disregarding the fact that projects will rise in front of your window the two different condo's do have a total different quality.
On the 4th floor loft u cant even have your fly open without the neighbor across pointing at it...

Posted by: dutchman at May 7, 2009 12:57 PM in response to Condo of the Day: 70 Washington Street, #9G

i think the building looks cool....there is stuff out there much much worse that is so called blending in

Posted by: dutchman at May 5, 2009 6:31 PM in response to Development Watch: 53 Java Street

I love the look it is so Cali.
Great architecture...inside and outside

Posted by: dutchman at May 5, 2009 1:28 PM in response to Checking In On Hello Living Sydney

the floorplans do not much the images. Why is that ?

Posted by: dutchman at April 29, 2009 10:18 AM in response to Targeted Price Cuts at Belltel Lofts

"Any ass that has a dog like this deserves to be stereotyped, that is why they have a dog like this"

hear hear...billyboomer

Posted by: dutchman at April 28, 2009 11:32 AM in response to More Problems with Pit Bulls — And Their Owners

where's the gun club again?

Posted by: dutchman at April 27, 2009 5:49 PM in response to Development Watch: 216 Pacific Street

Besides the tasteless design
Price per sq feet varies a lot per unit:
One unit is $600 sqf and another unit $300
doesnt make sense to me...

Posted by: dutchman at April 16, 2009 11:06 AM in response to Price Cuts at 194 Meserole Street

That was my first thought.
What is your situation? Have you been living there all your life? Why does this bother you?

Posted by: dutchman at April 14, 2009 9:44 AM in response to Slumlord advertising hotel

Just curious if I am mistaken but on the 3D drawing are the stairs on the lower and upper level connecting in the right way? Had my little Escher moment here....

Posted by: dutchman at April 13, 2009 7:45 PM in response to Co-op of the Day: 415 Argyle Road

big fracking deal...
works fine
get over it
more important things

Posted by: dutchman at April 11, 2009 5:38 PM in response to Hit and Run by the DDC?

great post thanx
because we have been thinking about this
and i saw this feature on TV of an auction in the city.
where things all looked pretty descent.

Nako you make me curious about your story
which sounds horrible and am sorry to hear that.
Can you tell me what the situation was and how things have turned out?

Posted by: dutchman at April 10, 2009 4:01 PM in response to Housing Auction

must give a big high five for your choice of photography on this blog

Posted by: dutchman at April 6, 2009 4:42 PM in response to Monday Blogwrap

first thing i say to friends is:
go at night in the subway and walk to the place.
ure gutt feeling tells you. that feeling is different for everybody. if you dont feel comfortable then dont take it.

Posted by: dutchman at April 6, 2009 4:41 PM in response to Safety in Prospect Heights

that sucks
no garden but cars

Posted by: dutchman at April 6, 2009 3:54 PM in response to A Couple of Houses Reduced on Dean Street

nice picture thank you

Posted by: dutchman at April 4, 2009 5:12 PM in response to Friday Links

Man bites cop? WTF

Posted by: dutchman at April 2, 2009 3:53 PM in response to The Month in Crime in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill

These string of posts contain such offensive language that it makes me wonder if I should keep on clicking on Brownstoner forum posts. It is completely uncalled for. I am actually angry now.

Posted by: dutchman at April 1, 2009 4:05 PM in response to Getting Mugged in Park Slope

a camera with manual setting and tripod should be able to make it look sunny outside even when its overcast.
the photo's are crappy but funny

Posted by: dutchman at March 31, 2009 3:42 PM in response to Co-op of the Day: 60 Plaza Street East

damn now that is LOVE
however Dutchman will not have magic mushrooms in the parlor.....

Posted by: dutchman at March 30, 2009 12:19 PM in response to 'Our Victorian House' Hits the Market

As a renter I can tell that The Taaffe Lofts stay the same.
Must be the high demand of Pratt students or arrogance of the company

Posted by: dutchman at March 30, 2009 9:33 AM in response to It's Good To Be A Renter Right Now

i love the comments. They are useful and sometimes pure entertaining. what a blog should be.
banning the what would be the wrong thing to do.

technical enhancements are appreciated. like working with threads as mentioned above.

I dont think BS would read this post unless he is unemployed and can live with 3 hours sleep a day
how about putting last comment on top ?
so people can read this.

Posted by: dutchman at March 28, 2009 5:33 PM in response to Let's Talk About Commenting

Indians owned slaves
Indians operated a number of successful businesses, including cotton plantations worked by slaves not much different from those owned by white southerners. Along the Natchez Trace, which ran from Tennessee to the Mississippi River, the Choctaw and Chickasaw.

It was also mentioned in American Lives
where Don Cheadle was confronted with the fact that the chickensaw tribe enslaved his ancestors

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aalives/videos/index.html

Posted by: dutchman at March 25, 2009 11:50 PM in response to More Mural Controversy

perfect sense mr what lets call it self reflecting sarcasm

Posted by: dutchman at March 25, 2009 2:49 PM in response to More Mural Controversy

long ago these murals where common for shot people who lived in the neighborhood
yes thugs and sometimes collateral
but the murals were a way to honor a lost life
to put it in your face that a life had been lost on that particular spot.

So now we whities (yes me too) all moved in where the thugs used to live and did their thing. good or bad.
Now we all got our cute little coffee shops-little restaurants-$9 a glass wine terraces and with our steep rent, we even might wanna raise our kids here. Yes, why should i be looking at this local whatyamecallit?

Posted by: dutchman at March 25, 2009 2:12 PM in response to More Mural Controversy

"I have gone to the DA and Narcotics with photos and had a sit down with them"
you shouldve asked 4 officer "Jimmy" McNulty or his partner William Moreland aka "Bunk".

Interesting post but nothing new. Different parts of town different policies. Like fixing subway stations or streets. Drug dealing and usage on the streets is plain annoying and makes people feel unsafe. Where dealing occurs, crime related issues come with it. Reality is that drug busts higher street prices which means more crime and time to score. More drug busts means slowly moving the problem to other areas. Whats new ?

More complaining doesn't solve the cause of the problem only the symptoms in that particular area. But that's all we want: keeping our front yard clean. Why would we even slighly be interested in a bigger picture?
So Silly...

Posted by: dutchman at March 18, 2009 6:29 PM in response to Quote of the Day

Well not everybody has the luxury to have these special goods from cupcakes to fancy names wrapped in pretty bags delivered to their condo.

Posted by: dutchman at March 18, 2009 12:45 PM in response to Drug Dealing Hotspot in Crown Heights?

and the maintenance is steep as well.

Posted by: dutchman at March 16, 2009 12:42 PM in response to Co-op of the Day: 315 Saint Johns Place

CHRISTOPHER "If they need to sell for financial reasons then they shouldn't have bought and renovated in the first place"

How are these people suppose to know that
and what is wrong with aiming high in the 1st place?

Posted by: dutchman at March 12, 2009 2:10 PM in response to House of the Day: 557 7th Street

Nobody is commenting on the Maintenance of almost a grand ?
Thats a big chunk together with your mortgage.

Posted by: dutchman at March 12, 2009 1:42 PM in response to Co-op of the Day: 26 South Oxford Street

wtf where is this blog heading to ?

Posted by: dutchman at March 11, 2009 4:29 PM in response to Closing Bell: NYC Beard & Moustache Championships

I have no issue with public housing except for the guys asking me to show respect when i am waiting in line late at night at the deli and of course the eggs during haloween.
Trust me it's better lots don't consider living near public housing. less demand is good for my rent and good for buyers.
so if i am correct Gowanus or Wyckoff houses is no go area ?
Whats wrong there Brooklyn Chicken ?

Posted by: dutchman at March 9, 2009 5:10 PM in response to Checking In On The Warren Lofts

Why 1996 well because Mother Teresa received the honorary U.S. citizenship in 1996

Posted by: dutchman at March 9, 2009 9:25 AM in response to Where and When Will The Market Bottom?