Development Watch: 160 Schermerhorn Tops Out
It only took about three months for the Schermerhorn House at 160 Schermerhorn Street to top out at 11 stories. Half of the 190 units will be for low-income residents and artists while the other half will be for the formerly homeless. Strange bedfellows for the new owners of the fancy 14 Townhouses next door….
It only took about three months for the Schermerhorn House at 160 Schermerhorn Street to top out at 11 stories. Half of the 190 units will be for low-income residents and artists while the other half will be for the formerly homeless. Strange bedfellows for the new owners of the fancy 14 Townhouses next door.
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Oh get off your high horses and cut the lecturing already. It’s pretty clear from this thread that most everyone in NYC who is not rich is having a hard time paying for decent housing. There is not enough affordable housing to go around for everyone–that is the crux of the problem.
It’s amazing to me that these neighborhoods that rely so much on low income folks to take care of their kids…teachers and nannies, and to keep all these restaurants on Smith Street and 5th avenue open every day, keep these boutiques stocked with our favorite clothes, make sure fires get quickly put out in these old beautiful brownstones, exhibits packed at the Brooklyn Museum or shows going at Bargemusic, Mark Morris Dance Company, Bargemusic or Dumbo Arts Council…yet you care so little about the actual human beings behind these things…
You want them to all live way off in the bronx or staten island to keep your neighborhood lily white and wealthy?
It makes no sense. THEY are what help to make Brooklyn so special for those of us that can truly afford all of these amazing things our city has to offer…
Try to think outside of yourself for 2 seconds.
economic diversity is a good thing for any community. just so happens that it’s going to take some governmental intervention in this instance to make that happen given the run up in real estate prices. at the end of the day, the affordable housing occupants and the market rate occupants will be shelling out roughly equivalent % of their respective incomes, so no one is getting a free-ride here. if you want to live in a community where everyone is rich, move to greenwich. which sucks by the way.
it’s not the blogs that breed hate and jealousy.
it’s the people. if people weren’t so hateful and jealous, we could have perfectly fine, although opposing conversations here on blogs.
Agreed 8:05. Not just the real estate blogs, all blogs.
Why don’t poor artists just live in one of the many housing projects that exist in Brooklyn and NYC in general? What’s the matter? Regular ol’ housing projects not good enough? Not enough intellectual stimulation? No salon?
If I had my druthers, I’d build 1BR+ apartments (minimum) for these people:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071108/ap_on_re_us/homeless_veterans
I swear this city would be better off if these real estate blogs didn’t exist. These blogs are a breeding ground for jealousy and hate. Without them, ignorance is bliss.
Mark me as convinced to the merits of this project. I’m shamed to admit I didn’t know about the project completely. Consider me informed now.
Too bad, I can’t delete the couple posts earlier that were completely off base.