Marcy Townhouses: Better Than Most Newbies
Biking past this batch of new townhouses on Marcy Avenue between Hart and Willoughby last week we were struck by how different these were than the average pieces o’ crap that have gotten slapped up in this neighborhood in recent years. Are they great? Of course not. But there are no “What were they thinking!”…
Biking past this batch of new townhouses on Marcy Avenue between Hart and Willoughby last week we were struck by how different these were than the average pieces o’ crap that have gotten slapped up in this neighborhood in recent years. Are they great? Of course not. But there are no “What were they thinking!” elements, the proportions generally work and, perhaps most importantly, it looks like the person who made them actually cared. Even more surprising, it looks like this in an HPD project! GMAP
1:03- that’s extreme sarcasm, right? One never knows on this site.
It’s soo hard to be a capitalist? Those municipals have it so easy, spending city money and not worrying. No wonder they build such nice houses.
Developer Dudes, most of your new developer houses look like the projects that the city used to build. How come they build better than you? My brownstone was a spec built developer house, as were most in this part of brooklyn. They had budgets too. Why do your new houses make my neighborhood look like a low income district? Why are you turning my fringes into hot sheet hotel districts? Why am I supposed to feel bad for you?
Brownstoner wrote “we were struck by how different these were than the average pieces o’ crap that have gotten slapped up in this neighborhood in recent years”
Maybe you should bike more in this neighborhood, cause it looks like you didn’t see THE MYNT on Myrtle-Nostrand, Also there is a nice building right next to it, also on Marcy itself between Myrtle and Vernon there is a very nice new building…. come on. cut the crap! There are some folks who cant do nothing besides complaining on EVERYTHING, if you think you’re a good designer, go ahead then, why not become one??? For some reason these Architects you complain about, are still in business, and these complaining folks do nothing besides hanging around and complain……
sure, with all that city money it`s no problem to make a place look half decent,
developers however have a budget.
A lot of this HPD and HUD housing looks much better than the expensive developments. Some of the housing that go put on Eastern Parkway recently is similarly pleasant.
I saw the third street developer starting to post her- he should pay attention to these- they are nicer townhouses than the ones he’s planning.
They are not all that dissimilar from the Habitat For Humanities townhouses that were just finished on Halsey & Throop (maybe?) I’ll try to take a pic and send it in. the HFH homes got some real nice landscaping too. They would put most Brooklyn front yards to shame.
Completely Beautiful. And after years of wear – they will look even more distintive – Bravo to the City and The Architect that designed these totally contextual new townhomes.
12:34 you are welcome to put $2m into any one of them….just bringing all of our property values up as well. Thanks
Totally agree. Much better than a lot of the crap they put up in the Slope, Cobble Hill, and Carrol Gardens.
Where is Daveinbedstuy to tell us that buyers should be willing to pay $2m each to live in these because they are works of art?