Bedford Bummers: Number 727

Right on teoNYC–money creates taste. This is affordable housing folks. In order to build under-market housing, you’re going to have to save on material costs. No curtain walls of glass, sorry. The best scenario at this point for creating more aesthetically pleasing affordable housing is when it’s coupled with luxury housing, like in Schaefer Landing’s towers (2 condo buildings and 1 rental building). Other than that, let’s hear about some economically feasible solutions for future “Bedford Bummers” from our harshest critics here.

I don’t think anyone is trying to bash the Hasidic community. There are horrible cheap ugly buildings going up all over the city. I don’t think it has anything to do with the religion of the developers.

Bad taste is bad taste.

I’d rather have a decrepit parking lot than these things. At least a parking lot has the potential to become something the community can be proud of.

Now we’re just stuck with an eyesore that’s going to last hundreds of years.
These things are pretty permanent.

All of the developers and the community which approves these projects should take that into consideration and not only see the short term financial gains that are to be made for the developers.

Agreed, teoNYC- they do on occasion become elitist and ethnocentric. As a Jew I’ve read some obnoxious stuff on this blog and I know there is a great deal of ill feeling between members of the Hasidim and the neighborhoods they reside in. A lot is hype and innuendo, and some folk love to point out the shortcomings of the Hasidic community.

On a realistic level, they have a powerful voice in the City, for many reasons. But the closed window gates I can see no reason for other than child safety. The fire code states that there must be 2 modes of exit from a building or apartment. In my apartment we have sprinklers so the landlord is not required to have external fire excapes- but I still have to have 2 means of exit from the apartment. In my case 2 doors. I don’t know if that is the case in these apartments now being built. The other major problem is that in case of fire firefighters often have to go through the windows to rescue people or put water on the fire. The grates prevent that. So whether or not there are interior fire escapes, firefighters face increased difficulties in fighting the fire or rescuing people who are trapped inside.THey really are supposed to be the type that can open.

its about political power, they have a law among themsleves.

why are they caged in (enclosed on the top). Is there a way to open them to escape in case of a fire.