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These two beauties come to us from Crown Heights and Canarsie, respectively. It almost looks like they could have been designed by the same person. Love those doors and peaked roofs!
Condos in Crown Heights [Craigslist]
1280 E 100th St [Craigslist]


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  1. MM…I think you’ve lost it. Not only are you double posting but I think you’re actually serious about the “salvagability” of these two horrors.

    And, you didn’t complet your last sentence.

    Please tell us that you were just so shocked by these horrifying pictures that you’re suffering from some temporary insanity. 🙂

  2. Damn cat, sorry.

    As I was saying, if the interior uses the extra space under the roofline, I can live with it.

    There is no hope for the one on the right, which looks like they used whatever is left, from the same vast warehouse.

    Benson, where are you? 🙂

  3. Somewhere, in the vastness, there is a warehouse stocking these doors, railings, faux bricks, and probably interior everything. They all shop there.

    That said, the one on the left at least has windows larger than postage stamps on all floors. Actually, with a little tweaking, these could look good. Switch out those stupid peaked porticos to something more period appropriate with the Palladian windows, which are the strongest feature to the house. Ditto on the doors – do a painted solid wood door, echoing a simple, early 18th century entrance – think Greenwich Village or Bklyn Hts Federal here. Box in the meters, make them visually disappear. Change the railings, they are so flimsy and cheap looking, get something more substantial, but not fussy. I don’t like the peaked roofline, but if it’s

  4. Somewhere, in the vastness, there is a warehouse stocking these doors, railings, faux bricks, and probably interior everything. They all shop there.

    That said, the one on the left at least has windows larger than postage stamps on all floors. Actually, with a little tweaking, these could look good. Switch out those stupid peaked porticos to something more period appropriate with the Palladian windows, which are the strongest feature to the house. Ditto on the doors – do a painted solid wood door, echoing a simple, early 18th century entrance – think Greenwich Village or Bklyn Hts Federal here. Box in the meters, make them visually disappear. Change the railings, they are so flimsy and cheap looking, get something more substantial, but not fussy. I don’t like the peaked roofline, but if it’s

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