The Importance of Tipping Brownstoner
In a couple of comments threads yesterday, amidst much troll-like behavior, someone complained that we focus too much on Clinton Hill. As another commenter replied, there are a couple of good reasons for that: The neighborhood’s incredible architectural stock and the rapid socioeconomic changes it’s undergoing. The third obvious reason is that it’s where we…
In a couple of comments threads yesterday, amidst much troll-like behavior, someone complained that we focus too much on Clinton Hill. As another commenter replied, there are a couple of good reasons for that: The neighborhood’s incredible architectural stock and the rapid socioeconomic changes it’s undergoing. The third obvious reason is that it’s where we live so we’re that much more likely to notice a new development site or have someone pass along news to us on the street. That said, we would LOVE to be posting more on-the-ground stuff about other neighborhoods, but the only way that’s going to happen is if readers send us tips and photos. Bottom line: Instead of grousing about how your home turf doesn’t get enough virtual ink, grab the bull by the horns and send story ideas to us at brownstoner@brownstoner.com.
Mr. B
Dear Mr./Ms. B,
I am NOT complaining, because you all do cover my nabe (Crown Heights) from time to time. BUT, you apparently havechosen not to list thecrownheightser.blogspot.com among your Brooklyn blogs. My question is: why?
Brenda stay in Flatbush
to big al, 6:09pm:
As
(a) someone who spent the first 20+ years of his life living in a mostly empty neighborhood with just some hoodlums walking the street (waterfront Sunset Park baby $), and
(b) a now Wall Street folk who, believe it or not, cannot even come close to paying some of the exorbitant prices people demand for housing in Brownstoner Brooklyn,
I must respond to your comment. I lived in a place where I didn’t want to live in, because, to be simple about it, my family and I couldn’t afford to live anyplace else. I, and I imagine a lot of other people like me, think that way for a pretty good reason. Because, except for a certain few privileged places, that’s pretty much what Brooklyn is. Don’t get me wrong, I love my borough and my home, but let’s not try and inflate it beyond what it is.
On a side note, I would love to see what kinda places would be considered “affordable” in this area. There’s a major skew between what, say, an actual brownstoner would consider “affordable”, and what I think a lotta people would consider as “affordable”, but I would love to be proven wrong
Last I saw, there were no Brownstones in Canarsie. I do know of Limestones on Farragut and one or two of the original Victorian woodframe homes still exist albeit in a remuddled state. What significance would Canarsie’s collection of Late 60’s Fedders have to do with a Brownstoner site? I know that the “Waxman Splits” in Seaview villiage have a history that I would much rather forget. My parents a school teacher and a cop went to look at a model home in the late 1960’s and were told by Mr. Waxman himself that they could not buy there because they were Black. My dad, a Viet Nam war vet was disappointed and they purchased my aunt’s home from her on Washington Park and then an investment property on Garfield Place. My parents gave me both homes when they retired. I won’t tell you what I sold those houses for! Needless to say I made out great! Thank you Mr. Waxman for forcing us to keep our Black asses in the ghetto!
Brownstoner can grow and get fancy but should stay rooted in Clinton Hill.
Thank you “walk in Brooklyn”! Far too many here seem to treat the borough like it was mostly empty with just some hoodlums wandering the streets when they got here. Instead of being a city of nearly 3 million people with housing that non-Wall St. folks could actually afford to buy and raise families in.
Brenda from Flatbush…I would like to see an “Affordable” mention. Co-op, Condo & House. I can’t believe that you think this is just a “crowd that crows.”
There is a very real problem in finding affordable housing in all the common neighborhoods mentioned on this blog (BH, CH1, CH2, CH3, CG, PS, PH, FlatB, FG).
I don’t understand the notion that to find good affordable real estate requires “Pioneering” a neighborhood.
And when, after this city administration has allowed for the massive development to occur, is anyone going to address the issues of Transporting & Schooling the residents of all these communities.
Tribeca is a terrific example (albeit, not an affordable one) of development explosion and not enough classrooms to educate those privledged little children. The Developers are making money hand over fist and not accounting for long-term sustainability.
Wow Stoner.
Inspiration.
Great idea.
I supplied the lemons.
And you made sweetened lemonade. Brilliant!
Thank you for my new name – “Troll-Like.”
and by CH, Bob – you mean Cobble Hill and Crown Heights I’m sure.