Brownstoner Up for Best Urban Architecture Blog
Thanks to one of our readers for bringing to our attention the fact that we’ve been nominated on Gridskipper for Best Urban Architecture Blog. As another commenter noted, maybe it’s a good reminder that we should be focusing more on architecture. If there’s a big turnout, we’ll consider it a mandate from the readership to…
Thanks to one of our readers for bringing to our attention the fact that we’ve been nominated on Gridskipper for Best Urban Architecture Blog. As another commenter noted, maybe it’s a good reminder that we should be focusing more on architecture. If there’s a big turnout, we’ll consider it a mandate from the readership to do so.
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Thanks,
B
aren’t you sweet…you light candles and hold hands in your own little circle jerk. brownnoser rallies the freaks to post everytime there is the slightest request for validity. another *sshole brushing his hair with a shoe.
Who is that weird freak complaining about the site? If you don’t like it, don’t read it – asshole! This is a personal effort, a free site, and tremendous commitment for the benefit of a lot of people who really appreciate it. If you are a snooty architect, go find a different site. I love this site – and I don’t know what I’d do without the forum!! I LOVE telling contractors how to trouble shoot (and what I’ll pay 😉 ) before they open their mouths! Now if I could only find a site like this for car repair…
Brownstoner is a blogger not a journalist. He is expressing his opinion, not purporting to be an expert. Sometimes I agree with his posts, sometimes I don’t.
He does a great job of throwing topics out there discussion. I read the site and comment frequently (almost obsessively). I truly enjoy the neighborhood boosters, crabby commenters, community activists, free-market freaks and architecture-obsessed misfits who post their opinions and engage in endless debate.
Brownstoner.com is a blast. It staves off crushing boredom at work and keeps me in the loop on neighborhood happenings. Rock on, brownstoner.
I think some posters fail to grasp what a blog actually is. Brownstoner.com doesn’t purport to be a class in urban architecture. It’s an informative, discursive, freewheeling, provocative discussion of the issues Brownstoner cares about. He has no obligation to anyone, just as you have no obligation to visit. The rules of blogging are: If it works, it works. And Brownstoner works.
I love this site’s mix of real estate, home improvement, and architecture. The forum has been so good to me also. Don’t lose all the non-architecture threads, please!! I think the haters are real estate agents whose pricing has been challenged on the site!
Well put, 9:33.
Brownstoner doesn’t know a lot about a lot of the subjects he posts about. But that’s not the point. The point is, he knows what questions he wants to ask, and the comments and the articles he links to fill in the actual information.
I find this site very informative. It provides news, information, and yes. gossip/ entertainment for a very specific group of people. If you live in Brownstone Brooklyn and are planning to begin some kind of renovation the advice posted in the forum section is limited only by the people reading and contributing. For a very specific example the recent posts about flat rubber roofing were insightful. I wish more people would post their experiences with local contractors.
I see the points of both sides here. Brownstoner has been great for all those owning, occupying and/or renovating brownstones, providing a forum in which we can exchange info and the peace of mind that others are suffering the same difficulties inherent in fixing up these old homes. Brownstoner seems to like keeping an eye on real estate trends, and the fact that the site’s info is not terribly well analyzed angers some. And others get a bit turned off by the yuppie quality of many new brownstone owners, and their apparent ignorance of Brooklyn life. In the case of Fort Greene/Clinton Hill, these folks have probably lived in the area for a long time, and are angry because they feel a sense of ownership in making the neighborhood cool and safe enough to be bought out from under them by the yuppie stroller set. As someone who doesn’t always like the commments on this site, I still appreciate it and often enjoy it.