Bay Ridge McMansion
Returning from our refinancing closing a couple of weeks ago, we drove down Ridge Boulevard in Bay Ridge for a few blocks. There were some very charming houses we saw. This one at the corner of 86th Street was not one of them.
Returning from our refinancing closing a couple of weeks ago, we drove down Ridge Boulevard in Bay Ridge for a few blocks. There were some very charming houses we saw. This one at the corner of 86th Street was not one of them.
bxgirl: you think that the skinny arched windows coordinate with the massive, wide picture window beneath it? That the spindly balusters match the heavy rusticated corner pilasters? And where do those urns come from? Individually, many of the features are attractive but they were not placed together in a harmonious way. Architecture is like cuisine, all the ingredients have to work together to produce a finished product.
In cooking, like design, books can help a lot. Even if one is very talented.
big swinging nick, you must have missed this above:
“the house that the diner built
Posted by: bitter_bubble_buyer at September 4, 2009 10:46 AM”
DH- I am sure he was driving by too quickly but this house was so big he had time to take the shot. Or the picture of this enormous house probably took up the entire memory card in his camera.
I actually thought the house was nicely proportioned and laid out- and I’m an artist, minard. We all see the same thing in different ways. I think Italiana is right- it would look fine in a more Mediterranean area. But as it is, there is much much worse out there.
“THERE WERE SOME VERY CHARMING HOUSES we saw.”
Maybe there should be some pictures of the charming houses too.
Now that the owner has been established as Greek, can we cut all the Italian stereotypes?? Let’s move forward with the Diner comments.
rob- that is one of the dumbest posts you have ever made- and you’ve made a helluva lot of them. I was asking a question about a hair spray I remembered from childhood but have not seen. Perhaps you should be speaking to goldies who did the original reference? Or just grow up.
Minard, I have lots of respect for your knowledge of architecture – and of course for your love of Brooklyn Heights 🙂 – but not everyone wants to find out what they should and shouldn’t like from a book. Some people prefer to go with their own feelings and tastes.
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Do they still make Aquanet?
seriously? that is racially offensive. perhaps you should stop being a hypocrite. it’s okay for you to make fun of stereotypical white people things but then blast people and accuse them of being racially insensitive to others? you can’t have it both ways bxgirl!
*rob*