i'm going with this: north slope, flatbush to named streets. center slope, numbered streets to 9th st. south slope, 9th to prospect expressway. to parse even further, south south slope would be from 15th st. to the expressway. south side of expressway is greenwood, or, if you must, greenwood heights. personally, i don't wish it was the slope, i'm happy it's NOT. :)

Posted by: pluvious at November 10, 2008 4:11 PM in response to Closing Bell: Where Does Park Slope End?

i'll give you 2.6mil, but not a penny more.

oops, i thought it was 2007 for a minute.

on second thought, how about 10 bucks and six pack instead?

Posted by: pluvious at October 31, 2008 4:50 PM in response to New Minerva Looking Wonky?

no, i haven't used groundworks and don't know anything about them.

if they fall through, check with cary at wild pistil (www.WildPistil.com, cary@wildpistil.com) who did some work on a friends yard that turned out beautifully.

good luck.

Posted by: pluvious at October 9, 2008 5:00 PM in response to Anyone use Groundworks Inc for their landscaping?

i highly recommend cary at wildpistil.

www.WildPistil.com
cary@wildpistil.com

i was very impressed with the work she did on a friends' north slope garden.

good luck and happy gardening.

Posted by: pluvious at September 30, 2008 4:04 PM in response to landscape architect needed

the entire process has been a FIASCO of epic proportions. if built, or semi built, or partially built, or fully built, brooklynites for generations to come are going to suffer from ay's bad planning, bad faith, bad karma. better job creation opportunities and better affordable housing were and are being lost while our politicos lined up behind marty m. to suck on the teat of ratner's cash cow.

do bklyn a big favor and write a check to the develop don't destroy legal defense fund.

Posted by: pluvious at September 10, 2008 10:01 AM in response to Plans to Break Ground on Yards, But What About Phase II?

the modernist impulse as inherently fascist? true, as far as it goes. modernism was ALWAYS about eliminating things. in the context of atlantic yards, it's perfectly true that it's the public that's been eliminated, and in its place a manufactured public has been paid to declare their support for the project. the design itself reinforces this erasure -- the anti-public superblocks, demapping of public streets, and delineation of the the 'park' as a 'publically accessible private space' -- all conspire to privatize, which is to say serve capital, not people, or at least not people without capital.

that this project has been force fed to bklyn certainly isn't the architect's fault. it's the politicos who are supposed to represent us. they failed, and we failed to hold them accountable.

the architect is only responsible for his work, which, in this case, totally reinforces the agenda of private power.

Posted by: pluvious at August 28, 2008 11:55 AM in response to Modernism in the City/Gehry in Brooklyn

i looked in there last night (on my way to Toby's). inside seems untouched. love the six points on tap, which i plan on sampling asap.

i've lived in the 'hood for about 4 years now and couldn't believe how trendy 6th ave seemed last night, with all kinds of hipsters, etc. it looked like williamsburg did about 10 years ago. amazing.

safe haven should do well there.

Posted by: pluvious at August 21, 2008 12:34 PM in response to Grand Opening of Bar on 6th Avenue Today

strange that you would assume that it's your neighbor that needs to do something.

YOU need to do something, as noted in responses.

Posted by: pluvious at July 30, 2008 12:45 PM in response to Help! My neighbor's AC is dripping on us!

sounds about right to me. i think "park-slopeification" is really just code for "help, we're being over-run by hipster breeders." white, black, brown, red, whatever. if they're pushing a stroller and dressed like a teen, drinking a $4 coffee, that's park slopification. i noticed it on smith street the other day.

oh well, i guess bklyn can't be cool forever.

Posted by: pluvious at March 11, 2008 10:39 AM in response to 'Port Sleene'? Yeah, That Has Quite a Ring to It

not sure i'd call that nabe greenwood heights. isn't that straight up su(nset)pa(ark)?

Posted by: pluvious at February 15, 2008 10:53 AM in response to Goliath Crushes David in Greenwood Heights

try build it green (bignyc.org). they've got tons of stuff. it will be hit or miss on the radiator covers, though.

Posted by: pluvious at November 19, 2007 2:23 PM in response to Radiator covers

seems steep to me, prime slope or not.

i agree, educate yourself aboutt the market and see some comps before putting in a bid.

Posted by: pluvious at November 15, 2007 1:28 PM in response to $628K for 570 sq. ft?

when we moved into our south slope house we replaced the solid roof hatch (coxloft) with a clear skylight/hatch that we can open and close using a long rod. we love it. it gives us lots more light at the top of the stairs. for security, i installed a small set of iron bars to prevent entry from the roof. the drawback is that to get on the roof i have go outside. if i were more creative, i might have put on some hinged bars w/lock, so, when i needed to get on the roof from inside the house, i could unlock the bars and get up there. oh well.

Posted by: pluvious at November 14, 2007 3:30 PM in response to Roof Hatches

such rage. such misanthropy. such misguided hatred.

somebody get brooklynnative a talk show. maybe imus' old spot...

Posted by: pluvious at October 31, 2007 2:52 PM in response to Large armoire