Thursday Blogwrap
Cumberland Avenue. Photo by Di-pict. Williamsburg Getting ‘Ugliest Scarano Building Ever’? [Curbed] Dumbo Condo Comparison: 1 Main and 57 Front [Dumbo NYC] A Beautiful Carroll Gardens Recollection [GL] Halal on Fulton [CH Blog] Bad Business [Bed-Stuy Blog]
Cumberland Avenue. Photo by Di-pict.
Williamsburg Getting ‘Ugliest Scarano Building Ever’? [Curbed]
Dumbo Condo Comparison: 1 Main and 57 Front [Dumbo NYC]
A Beautiful Carroll Gardens Recollection [GL]
Halal on Fulton [CH Blog]
Bad Business [Bed-Stuy Blog]
I don’t think it’s because they crave stagnation or whatever, I think it’s because Brownstone owners love feeling part of a clique or club. Thus the fights between neighborhoods, and thus the obsession with insulting people who want to paint their door pretty.
(Yes, tastes in colors do differ, but not everything is loved by everyone. That doesn’t mean you suppress all individuality and expressionj.)
I’m a house owner, for those who would predictiably call me a bitter renter or coop owner. I would love a rich, darkish blue laquered door. It’s not a wild color, but it’s not allowed.
To 9:40, I don’t think anyone who posted is “freaked out” by the painted door. (And given the number of painted doors to begin with, you are setting a very low bar for nonconformity). Most of them are either joking about the recurring photos on this blog to focus on painted doors or else complaining about the reported disregard for following generally applicable rules in landmarked blocks regarding facade appearance.
And if you think Brownstone Brooklyn is an “artistic and creative community” — well, your lips to God’s ears, because most would concede that the majority of townhouse owners in this area are members of the professional classes.
It should be clear at this point that the typical Brownstone owner is the most conservative kind of person imaginable. They truly crave a society of perpetual stagnation.
Maintaining the status quo is their only consistent ethic.
As for the artists – they crave a decadent, hedonistic lifestyle. They are more properly referred to as bohemians. The great artists of the past would never identify with today’s so-called artist.
It’s always very interesting how a bit of nonconformity freaks out so-called progressives in a so-called artistic and creative community like Brownstone Brooklyn.
You’d really hate living in the colorfully painted Victorians on Martha’s Vineyard Island or in San Francisco. Or in L.A. where everybody gets creative with the colors painted on the doors of the 1910’s-1920’s houses there.
Plutocrat.
I think blue stands for democrat.
oooooooo the blue door. What’s behind “the blue doors?”
Ick. Take your Turkwads to SoBe.
This is not blue or purple, it is Turquoise.
Pronounced “Turkwas” as in Turkish.
Perfectly lovely.
Could not be better.