Catching Up on the Bedford Avenue Building Boom
In recent years, the Orthodox community that has traditionally lived in South Williamsburg has expanded south into parts of Bed Stuy and Clinton Hill. Nowhere is this building boom more obvious than on Bedford Avenue between Willoughby and Flushing, where eight buildings (by our count) are currently under construction or reaching completion. And, by and…
In recent years, the Orthodox community that has traditionally lived in South Williamsburg has expanded south into parts of Bed Stuy and Clinton Hill. Nowhere is this building boom more obvious than on Bedford Avenue between Willoughby and Flushing, where eight buildings (by our count) are currently under construction or reaching completion. And, by and large, they’re pretty fugly. GMAP
Seems like 3:28 gets the point – its not that you can’t (generalize and) call Hasidim insular (or frankly as far as I’m concerned anything else you want)
its that it is blatantly anti-semitic (or racist or homophobic) when your generalizations are focused on a single group and your have a visceral reaction only to the behavior of that one group.
I think other Orthodox groups really go for over the top architecture, with lots of adornment, particularly in the Med. style. Not just the Sephardim in Gravesend, but also some Ashkenazi in Borough Park and Midwood. Lots of marble, lots of detail. Attractive, if not cutting edge, synogogues. But these are clearly people with money. Although I don’t get the impression that if Satmar’s had the cold cash, they’d spend it on architecture. Their houses of worship are pretty horrible looking, too.
we should all wear skinny pants and remain sterile and build pretty buildings! yay
Definitely not Shaker. Shakers were celibate. Traditional Jewish law grants a wife the right to sex at least once a week, and it doesn’t count if they don’t both enjoy it.
3:11 disgusting? sounds rational to me..brownsville blacks.. we can’t call a spade a spade, but a kike..go for it. because they are the greedy ones that are building non -aesthetically pleasing buildings to house their children. that sounds more logical to me 3:22
Yes 2:23, how dare you suggest Hasidim are insular. I’m sure 3:11 would be happy, no THRILLED if his little girl brought home a mixed ethnic background Italian/black/Hispanic man to marry. After all you see Hasidim marrying Italians, blacks, Asians and Hispanics ALL the time…
“brownsville blacks” Wow
I cant believe how disgusting you are 3:11 you are really trying your best to divert the attention on the topic by pulling in muslims,blacks and the whole middle east? The fact still remains the groups your mentioning are not building shitty ass buildings. Just the greedy ones in your posse.
Hasidim, but I don’t believe ’em. –Paulie Walnuts (Sorry, I can’t help myself. It’s one of my favorite lines from The Sopranos.)
What about the skyCrapper on St Marks and Franklin. Isnt that a “succah” free building?