Clearing the "Not That Bad" Hurdle
With all the griping we do about crappy new design, we’ve always got an eye out for affordable housing that qualifies as “not that bad,” especially townhouse-style homes. Despite the air conditioner cut-outs and white window frames, this row of buildings on Fort Greene Place strikes us as being an inoffensive addition to a block…
With all the griping we do about crappy new design, we’ve always got an eye out for affordable housing that qualifies as “not that bad,” especially townhouse-style homes. Despite the air conditioner cut-outs and white window frames, this row of buildings on Fort Greene Place strikes us as being an inoffensive addition to a block that is admittedly not one of the area’s finest. The materials (mix of attractive brick and stone) and proportions (stoop height, window spacing), though, are fine, especially for what we suspect was a publicly-funded effort to build affordable housing. Please email us photos of other relatively successful attempts to build inexpensive contextual housing in a brownstone neighborhood. GMAP
i know well enough,
I live on the block.
do you even know what “section 8” really means?
no doubt
Section 8 housing…really? I’ll bet this is where some our regular posters live.
this is section 8 housing.
this is a good example of how something that could have been total crap was saved with a minimum of extra effort. a minimum of extra effort on the part of the builder, that is. i’m sure the neighborhood had to go to crazy lengths to get this to look so much better than the other fedders, but equallly sure that it didn’t cost the builder an arm and a leg to accomodate their demands.
It’s still crap.
Pretty sure that’s Fort Greene Place between Fulton/Lafayette and Dekalb.
is it adelphi b/w fulton and greene?