Bed-Stuy: The New Lower East Side?
The Times has a story about an architectural designer who’s moved to Bed-Stuy from Alphabet City and claims that Brooklyn reconnects me to New York City as a cultural and social phenomenon. Michael Andaloro lived on Avenue B for more than two decades and sold two apartments there for $1.2 million last year; he originally…
The Times has a story about an architectural designer who’s moved to Bed-Stuy from Alphabet City and claims that Brooklyn reconnects me to New York City as a cultural and social phenomenon. Michael Andaloro lived on Avenue B for more than two decades and sold two apartments there for $1.2 million last year; he originally paid $60,000 for the properties. Andaloro recently bought a Bed-Stuy building for $775,000 and spent almost that much on renovating the structure, which he says was a 7 on the squalor scale. The new Brooklynite says he doesn’t miss the East Village, which was like spring break in Orlando on Thursday nights and that his new neighborhood’s diversity and possibilities are like the Lower East Side of lore. And, of course, he’s banking on his Bed-Stuy investment eventually paying off the same way Alphabet City did: I always figure that a bleak or notorious neighborhood translates into cachet one day.
Rediscovering New York as It Used to Be [NY Times]
Photo by …neene…
I think it’s obvious that whoever said that does not value culture in any significant way, so it is a lost cause to try to find out the root of their issue.
i forgot to ask
when you say ‘cultural superiority’, what do you mean?
superior to who or what?
Or put another way, who or what is considered inferior here? The subject of the NYT piece does not identify any particular adversary. But you (whoever you are) do.
This tells us more about your view of who you believe to be inferior than it tells us about the subject of the piece.
perhaps you could enlighten us. Are you filled with self-loathing or are you a bigot?
Simply put: Over who or what do you believe the subject of the NYT piece is asserting his cultural superiority. Is it you, or is it some other person or group?
thanks, broker at 2:25.
we just bought a beautiful house on the western edge of bed stuy and guess what? the author is right. it is diverse, it is beautiful, it is (mostly) quiet. our car used to get broken into every other month in fg (no joke). now, we park in front of our house and it’s fine. i am happier with the decision to buy here than i ever could have imagined. school’s no problem, because ours are already enrolled in good ones. i am a successful designer and i like the genuine spirit that i feel in my new neighborhood. we’ll be here for a long time…it feels like home.
give it up – this guy is cool, has vision, and is not afraid to spend cash on what he believes in. He is not an evil developer, that is easy to see – does this look like a flip job or condos to you? The guy lives in the building! This is a quality renovation for which he is not charging high rents.
if i had an evil landlord, i wouldn’t ask him to borrow his vacuum cleaner or have him watch my dog.
No 1:29 not a slumlord; an evil developer and landlord.
And thank YOU, 1:36 for showing us all how right 1:26 is.
I live in Park Slope and I no longer long to spend much time in Manhattan. I just prefer Brooklyn.
Does that make me superior also?
Is someone who misses the grit of Times Square which is now more Disney Themepark than Crossroad of the world also superior?
Ever been to the East Village lately on a Thursday? I’d say it’s more like Daytona Beach than Orlando.