Closing Bell: There Goes the Front Yard
Clinton Hill just got a little uglier—and a little more difficult to find a parking space in. The owner’s plan to cut the curb and turn the front of the ground floor at 174 Clinton Avenue into a parking garage that we reported back in November is coming to fruition. A reader sends in this…
Clinton Hill just got a little uglier—and a little more difficult to find a parking space in. The owner’s plan to cut the curb and turn the front of the ground floor at 174 Clinton Avenue into a parking garage that we reported back in November is coming to fruition. A reader sends in this photo that shows the concrete and facade demolition has been completed. How can this be? The property falls just outside the historic district and just within the commercial overlay from Myrtle Avenue. The flipper’s gain is everyone else’s loss.
174 Clinton Avenue [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark DOB
Cut and Run at 174 Clinton Avenue [Brownstoner]
I think the owner has a good start in mind. I would then tear down the rest of the building and replace it with something more livable.
Hey Preservationista,
No to the fume-emitting car, but can he put his horse and buggy in the garage?
Tacky indeed. Like other suburban conveniences such as air conditioning, electricity and indoor plumbing. I take my whale oil lamp to the outhouse every night and squat, scoffing at your 21st century notions of progress, and hygiene for that matter. So, so tacky.
Oh, for heaven’s sake.
There’s a war on.
The economy is going down in flames.
Find something a little more important to fret about than a few scraps of wainscoting in somebody else’s house.
No one has mentioned what this idiot is doing to his house. The destruction of what was probably the original dining room, for a stupid, fumes emitting car. Is there code regarding living directly above a garage space? Does the owner have to reinforce the ceiling or have a venting system to prevent CO2 emissions?
I hope there was no beautiful wainscotting, parquet and woodwork destroyed to make room for the proverbial Hummer, the ultimate wasteful vehicle, made even more wasteful by destroying an historic home. (I know, no one said he had a Hummer – just ranting) If you want to live in a suburban split level, move to the real suburbs.
So tacky.
Preservationista
“Interesting how self-righteousness and arrogant entitlement go hand-in-hand.”
Are you being ironic or merely self-deprecating?
Interesting how self-righteousness and arrogant entitlement go hand-in-hand.
Want to avoid parking tickets? Park legally.
Want easier parking? Get a smaller car.
Want a driveway and garage? Move to New Jersey.
Oh yeah, and before you all start in tomorrow. Got a problem with that?
BLOW ME!!!!!!!
parking is tight on this block. If this ass cuts the curb, I’m sure someone will fuck his car up. dickhead.