Horror Show Friday
Maybe developers should be required to attend an architectural appreciation course before being allowed to file a new building application with DOB. $299000 LOVELY INEXPENSIVE CONDO Midwood Street [Craigslist] $850000 2BR.2BATH.DUPLEX Sheepshead Bay [Craigslist] $419000 NICE 3 FAMILY NEW CONSTUCTION Crown Heights [Craigslist]
Maybe developers should be required to attend an architectural appreciation course before being allowed to file a new building application with DOB.
$299000 LOVELY INEXPENSIVE CONDO Midwood Street [Craigslist]
$850000 2BR.2BATH.DUPLEX Sheepshead Bay [Craigslist]
$419000 NICE 3 FAMILY NEW CONSTUCTION Crown Heights [Craigslist]
“Is it a TV character or something?”
C’mon, it’s you. Don’t even act like you don’t look like that!
Yes, THL, I agree it’s fun to laugh. I like to laugh. But I don’t need to come to Brownstoner for laughs. There are plenty out there in the REAL world. I laugh fairly frequently with my colleagues, co-workers and friends outside of the anonymous world of cyberspace.
Mostly, I come to Brownstoner to learn. But that’s been compromised lately by posters focused on other things. Since I don’t care enough to complain, I’ve just not come here as often.
I couldn’t agree more with benson. Everyone here makes the same jokes about these properties, which I agree look pretty bad compared with the elegant Victorian homes of Brownstone Brooklyn (one of which I myself own).
But I’d bet a million bucks that if any one of you were, say, a recently homeless person who had somehow gotten their life together, or someone who had fallen on hard times and just needed a place to live, these places would look absolutely beautiful. I know they would to me were I in a similar situation.
Furthermore, as benson says, the developers built these places for one reason: there’s a market for them. Some posters here should realize that not every home in NYC is destined to be a landmark-worthy Victorian brownstone. Class superiority indeed. You guys basically sound like a bunch of jerks.
MM – I hope you have a sense of humor about my above post…if not so sorry, but seems like every friday, I’m going to get into an aesthetic issue with Benny
Montrose,
I’m going to respond to you, can you please pass this onto Benson (ala grammar school crush).
Please tell him that, that BRG things there are very serious and well opined discussions on brownstoner. Many topics are discussed in detail by well informed individuals. Sure there are topics that veer off, but it is blog, it’s susceptible to all forms of postings. If he’d like a purely factual display of information, please tell him to get a subscription to Architectural Record.
Also, please let him know that BRG thinks developers have no motive other than to build ‘something’ and make a profit. If that wasn’t the case, why would they build? Why would they build this?
Montrose, please tell him that BRG noticed he claims these homes have been built in ‘moderate-income sections of Brooklyn’, but yet are offered at obscene prices. 850K for a 2-bed, 2-bath is not a moderate price for ‘moderate income’ individuals.
Also, please let him know that I think these comments have no bearing on class superiority. You don’t need to be in the upper echelons of society to SEE what is aesthetically unpleasing. Ugly is ugly, even to a blind person.
Yes, Montrose, I wonder why these homes aren’t featured on house tours that are so touted across Brooklyn?
THL…that’s Ruth Buzzy on Laugh In
Snark…are you that old????
See ENY it feels good to laugh a bit! Seriously though who is that? Is it a TV character or something?
Montrose;
I’ll respond to you, because you are a serious person (in the true sense of that word).
-I don’t begrudge some frivolity once in a while. My remark regarding the caliber of the commentary on this site was a general one – not directed at this particular thread. I’m sure you have seen some of the recent threads. I think East NY was being kind in his assessment. I’d say that they remind me more of my grammer school days.
-Regarding this thread: there is more than a tinge of class superiority in the commentary. Wow: what a keen insight everyone has here: this is not great architecture!!! How about that??? Who knew??
What could be the reason that so many of these spot builders, operating in areas as different as Sheepshead Bay, Midwood and Crown Heights, all serve up this “crap”? Oh yes, the other brilliant insight: they are “evil” developers who don’t care about anything but the bottom line. Even though they are competitors, they conspire together and somehow they manage to put a gun to people’s head and convince them to buy this stuff.
Please.
How about this as an alternative explanation: the developers build these homes because there is a market for them. Believe it or not, there are people who have other concerns in life beside buying a home that will merit a “thumbs up” from the Brownstoner crowd. They want a parking spot for their home, they want a private entrance and they want a terrace. Believe it or not, they want air-conditioning, and since they can’t afford central air – they’ll take a home with a “Fedders” duct (The horror!!! The humanity!!!!) These types of homes have been built for the past 30-40 years in the moderate-income sections of Brooklyn.
Why doesn’t everyone take this to the limit? Why not set up a tour in conjunction with Brownstoner,something along the lines of “Let’s go see how the trash live”.
And this feature is in no way based on Fedder’s Fridays?
http://www.newyorkshitty.com/?cat=33
Seriously: Miss Shitty has this topic covered twice over. Maybe you could bring her in as a Federtecture Expert stringer?
“Benson and East New York revealed”
Oh, you want to go there?
THL revealed:
http://content8.flixster.com/photo/10/94/80/10948042_tml.jpg
Hmm…maybe you guys are right. That was fun.
The middle one is kind of like a Trojan soldier. There’s a shield on the left held out to keep the irate neighbor next door at bay and the Trojan helmet thingy (diving board) on top.