Granted McD's is not ideal but the building looks pretty good from the outside, I think. They just need a good supermarket down there!

Posted by: lowintheheights at August 25, 2009 3:32 PM in response to Development Watch: 277 Gold Street

These prices do seem high but I wouldn't bet against Avalon. They have a pretty good track record at this stuff. I think the building's looking pretty nice too.

Posted by: lowintheheights at August 19, 2009 10:27 AM in response to All Is Revealed at Avalon Fort Greene

Wow, look at those windows. These should make killer lofts.

Posted by: lowintheheights at July 17, 2009 10:27 AM in response to Conversion Planned for 201 Front Street

Why, oh Lord, would they not have just made the whole facade brick?!?!

Posted by: lowintheheights at May 27, 2009 11:11 AM in response to The Sunset Park Condo That Helped Fuel the Rezone Fire

About time. I never understood why anyone would oppose having a beautiful old carousel in the park.

Posted by: lowintheheights at May 14, 2009 10:05 AM in response to Jane's Carousel Bound for Brooklyn Bridge Park

congrats David et al!

Posted by: lowintheheights at April 30, 2009 1:29 PM in response to Inside Third & Bond: Week 82

Unseemly? Yes

Posted by: lowintheheights at April 13, 2009 9:39 AM in response to Cozy in Coney: Sitt and Recchia

what I want to know is how many of the DNA members opposing this currently have sweetheart deals in some of those manufacturing buildings? Put another way, to what extnt is their opposition based on selfish protectionism as opposed to urban planning and the good of the neighborhood?

Posted by: lowintheheights at April 8, 2009 10:26 AM in response to CB2 Recommends Against Residential Rezoning in Dumbo

I find it ironic that probably the single biggest reason I don't engage more in the comments was the first person to comment on this thread.

Posted by: lowintheheights at March 27, 2009 10:52 AM in response to Let's Talk About Commenting

So where are middle-class families, who might have been able to afford Manhattan a generation ago, supposed to go? Leave the city? Whose taxes will subsidize all the poor people, then, Mr. What? You end up sounding more racist than those you point the finger at. Don't you know that Fort Greene and Clinton Hill were "gentrified" by middleclass blacks first?

Posted by: lowintheheights at February 24, 2009 1:35 PM in response to Last Week's Biggest Sales

I went by yesterday and thought it was wonderful to see so much activity and energy at a time when many stores cannot even make the rent. I wonder what makes people like juno and 3313 spew such venom at something like this. They must have a lot of self-hate.

Posted by: lowintheheights at February 16, 2009 8:30 AM in response to Closing Bell: Valentine's Flea

are you naysayers nuts? this is stunning!

Posted by: lowintheheights at January 28, 2009 11:38 AM in response to Interiors: Inside a Brooklyn Heights Brownstone Kitchen

What, Can you really be pro-crime or against improving the quality of life in these neighborhoods? It's not just wealthy white gentrifiers who want lower crime, you know.

Posted by: lowintheheights at January 26, 2009 9:39 AM in response to St. Felix Rape Aftermath

FWIW I like to know about these muggings.

Posted by: lowintheheights at January 2, 2009 10:24 AM in response to Another Mugging in Fort Greene

so if this guy had been wielding a knife instead of a deadly dog Brownstoner shouldn't have "wasted" the police's time either?

Posted by: lowintheheights at December 26, 2008 10:01 AM in response to A Christmas Tale

cb6, you, apparently, are as crazy as this dog owner.

Posted by: lowintheheights at December 26, 2008 9:50 AM in response to A Christmas Tale

That house arrest sounds strikingly similar to my day-to-day existence.

Posted by: lowintheheights at December 8, 2008 9:43 AM in response to Restaurateur Gets Wrist Slap For Laundering Money

If they add the tolls, wouldn't that hurt real estate values in Brooklyn too?

Posted by: lowintheheights at December 4, 2008 10:43 AM in response to Adding Tolls to Brooklyn Bridges?

I don't know if it's "giving the finger" or not, but it sure ain't a love poem to the neighborhood.

Posted by: lowintheheights at November 19, 2008 4:54 PM in response to Saying No to House of D

I truly cannot believe the city is doing this. Just what the neighborhood needs as the real estate market plummets. Great job! Jeez.

Posted by: lowintheheights at November 17, 2008 10:17 AM in response to HOD Re-Opens for Business

Definitely the view. Will be easier to sell too.

Posted by: lowintheheights at November 15, 2008 7:37 PM in response to View vs. Square footage??

looks pretty nice!

Posted by: lowintheheights at November 11, 2008 2:49 PM in response to Development Watch: Bill Ross Does 47 Dean Street

Wow. Nice price for 118 State. Developer must be happy.

Posted by: lowintheheights at November 11, 2008 12:05 PM in response to Last Week's Biggest Sales

Wow. Those developers must be thanking their lucky stars!

Posted by: lowintheheights at November 6, 2008 11:22 AM in response to Baltic House Sold Out

unless you own your house outright ;)

Posted by: lowintheheights at November 4, 2008 5:16 PM in response to Who Is Owen Banks?

$2.4 million

Posted by: lowintheheights at November 4, 2008 1:32 PM in response to House of the Day: 44 1st Place Revisited

This is definitely one of Scarano's better buildings, IMHO.

Posted by: lowintheheights at November 4, 2008 1:10 PM in response to Checking in on The Washington

As Brownstoner points out, Minsky had a huge impact on the revitalization of FG and CH. He deserves serious credit for that. If I were running BHS or Halstead, I'd be signing him up today.

Posted by: lowintheheights at October 31, 2008 10:28 AM in response to Minsky Out At Corcoran?

hah! nice try

Posted by: lowintheheights at October 27, 2008 12:54 PM in response to Co-op of the Day: 19 Grace Court, #3B

I wouldn't be holding my breath for those Domino condos. It's going to be a while!

Posted by: lowintheheights at October 20, 2008 10:16 AM in response to Open House Gates at Domino

while some people might talk a big game, there are very few self-professed liberals actually liberal enough to want a homeless shelter in their neighborhood. liberals have kids too.

Posted by: lowintheheights at October 16, 2008 4:16 PM in response to Quote of the Day

What is this, crap sandwich day on Brownstoner? First the paint peeler, now this? My eyes!

Posted by: lowintheheights at October 16, 2008 2:53 PM in response to Checking in on 138 Seeley

$85K off is nothing. I think you're going to see developers accepting $600,000 offers on $850,000 apartments very soon.

Posted by: lowintheheights at October 13, 2008 9:35 AM in response to Developers Sweeten the Deal for Buyers

Question for the finance folks out there: Isn't this a pretty cheap call option. Let's say you're looking at a $1 million apartment that you could rent for $5,000. The only real cost to you of buying the option is the difference between the $5,000 and your current rent, which let's assume is $3,000. So over six months, you're paying $12,000 for the option to buy the $1 million apartment, which is about 1%. Of course, if you don't think there will be any volatility on the upside then I guess it's just flushing $12,000 down the toilet.

Posted by: lowintheheights at October 9, 2008 10:06 AM in response to Rent-to-Own on the Rise

Personally I wouldn't walk away, but that doesn't mean it wouldn't be the financially prudent thing to do. Definitely try to renegotiate first at least. The developer has some incentive to work with you to keep you from walking.

Posted by: lowintheheights at October 7, 2008 9:58 AM in response to Front Page Forum: Walk Away from Downpayment?

Exactly.

Posted by: lowintheheights at October 6, 2008 11:58 AM in response to War of the Roses, Borough Park Style

Doesn't Chana know that she shouldn't question the authority of a man? Doesn't she know her place? Gosh, for all we know, she didn't walk far enough behind her husband when they were married!

Posted by: lowintheheights at October 6, 2008 10:18 AM in response to War of the Roses, Borough Park Style

This seems strange. I bet it has more to do with LL's asking crazy rents than lack of stores that would like to be there.

Posted by: lowintheheights at October 3, 2008 10:04 AM in response to Another One Down on Bond

Just in case you guys didn't catch this:

"There was also a time when bribery was fairly common. For example, an inspector would expect money before anything would get done."

Posted by: lowintheheights at October 2, 2008 11:54 AM in response to Inside Third & Bond: Week 56

no way this goes rental--they're too close to the goal line now.

Posted by: lowintheheights at October 1, 2008 12:47 PM in response to Prices Seesaw at On Prospect Park

This board needs to take a major chill pill.

Posted by: lowintheheights at October 1, 2008 11:16 AM in response to Does Your Front Door Belong to Everyone in the Co-op?

Talk about kicking the real estate market when it's (on its way) down.

Posted by: lowintheheights at October 1, 2008 10:22 AM in response to Plans for HOD Go Forward

This was a fascinating article. It seems like it's going to a be an uphill battle getting most developers on board. I hope, over time, this becomes more and more standard.

Posted by: lowintheheights at September 29, 2008 9:43 AM in response to The Times on Deconstruction

Say what you will about the man, but Ratner obviously made the right call a while back to make this a rental building.

Posted by: lowintheheights at September 25, 2008 3:00 PM in response to Development Watch: 80 Dekalb Avenue

Carroll Gardens residents resisted landmarking for years. Now their chickens are coming home to roost.

Posted by: lowintheheights at September 25, 2008 9:37 AM in response to 360 Smith Hearing Leads to More Hearings

That quote about VPs is weird. Most VPs are in the early-30s and the mid-range earners on Wall Street. I think a lot of those people are the buyers of these new condo projects, especially in Williamsburg and Downtown Brooklyn.

Posted by: lowintheheights at September 23, 2008 9:47 AM in response to Brooklyn's Financial Class and the Condo Boom

It's hard to measure in real time, I know, but don't you think prices in the Heights are basically already down 10%?

Posted by: lowintheheights at September 22, 2008 9:15 AM in response to What Lies Beneath?