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]
Aw come on. Goodness knows I’m as serious and earnest as they come, but once in a while, frivolity needs to reign. We spend time and effort espousing our causes and positions on such heavy issues as the economy, housing, schools and politics, so trashing some truly bad architecture is harmless.
I could do without the ethnic references, but this stuff is fair game. Especially the middle one. The other two, which are the same style, are just unneccessary mediocrity, and should not be the templates for new construction in Brooklyn. Developers have to do better. If ridicule helps them along, then so be it. I don’t see it as a class issue, or picking on “affordable housing”. I couldn’t afford one of these, myself. As countless people have pointed out, “affordable” shouldn’t have to equal ugly.
Benson and East New York revealed:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/55/StatlerandWaldorf.JPG
“The commentary on this site continues to sink in caliber.”
It’s starting to me of high school. A long time ago.
re: midwood st – i’d get some ivy to cover every square inch on the exterior that isn’t a door or window. that would soften the blow of the cinderblocks or whatever the hell it is.
The commentary on this site continues to sink in caliber.
It’s good to see that Brownstoner is feeding red meat to the crowd to keep the number of clicks up. Really a bunch of “diverse” viewpoints above.
sheepshead bay: did anyone look at the interior and floor plan? OMG, vile!!!!
On the middle one, how did they get away with the extra wall jutting out like that? Wouldn’t it cast a shadow over the adjacent building? The stairs appear to be located in the center of the building and protrudes through the roof. It’s exposed to all the northern elements making it high maintenance and conducive to accidents.
‘Reduced 3 family new construction brick, 3/3/2, tree lined block, private driveway. Needs work. reduced price.’
– Crown Heights 3-Family Listing
New Construction & Needs Work in the same sentence.
I can see where this one is going. Happy Friday, all!
The Sheepshead Bay house in the middle sets the fugly bar. The others can only strive to reach that high (low!). The horror, the horror.
Come to think of it, why can’t they set horror movies in messterpieces like this? Since the house is usually burned down, imploded, sinks into Hell, etc, instead of sacrificing a beautiful, but troubled Queen Anne, how about one of these? I know having to spend a night in the middle house would certainly scare me to death.