Have You Heard About the Lefferts Loser?
On Lefferts Place, the Landmarks gods give and they take away. In case you needed another reason to convince you that the Clinton Hill Historic District should be extended two blocks south to include Lefferts Place, look no further: This building clearly does not belong on the block. Can some Lefferts Place rezzies provide some…
On Lefferts Place, the Landmarks gods give
and they take away. In case you needed another reason to convince you that the Clinton Hill Historic District should be extended two blocks south to include Lefferts Place, look no further: This building clearly does not belong on the block. Can some Lefferts Place rezzies provide some history please? GMAP
They’re called “Juliet” balconies. Is it for smokers maybe? Because smoking indoors is not allowed in these buildings?
seriously, what is the DEAL with these tiny balconies on the front of houses? they are popping up EVERYWHERE.
Well, for $370,000 you can get a 2 bedroom on the South side of Prospect Park, in Victorian Flatbush.
http://www.brooklynhearth.com/listing.php?id=370
Either 6 0r 8, i dont remember. the ones with the balconies were actually pretty nice.
I think I’ve seen some 300K range studios, though I can’t remember exactly where. There are so few studios in clinton hill or forte greene. There are more 1 and 2 brs, and you will be hard pressed to find any 1 br in good shape for that price. But that’s beside the point I guess, since you say these are studios. How many units?
I went to the open house for this building last Sunday. It’s a little blah on the outside, but inside doesn’t look so bad, hardwood floors, granite counter, tiled bathrooms, stainless appliances…you know the drill. i agree with the previous posts that its not the height of design, but not home depot either. its a bunch of studios in the 340K range being marketed by the developers group… http://www.thedevelopersgroup.com/buildings/building.aspx?buildingid=1084&
I was thinkinb about buying one of the units myself. before i pull the trigger tho, does anyone else know about studios in the 300k range in the Fort green and clilnton hill area?
I live on Lefferts, and don’t have strong feelings of hatred for this building. That said, I find that this level of attempt to design consistently with 100+-year-old rowhouses tends to stand out worse than good modern design. I can’t cite specific examples of modern fitting well with old, but I’ve seen it done in various parts of the city. What’s important is good, context-sensitive design and solid construction, not slavish attempts to imitate a style that probably can’t be built cost-effectively in this century anyway.
“The new buildings on Pacific St. between Jay St. and Hoyt are kickass drop dead gorgeous.”
I meant State St. I always get those two streets mixed up. Go figure.
“The newish brownstones on Vanderbilt and Dekalb aren’t perfect, but they’re not bad, especially given the fact that we bet they were built quite inexpensively.”
If you really mean the buildings on the corner of Dekalb and Vanderbilt and weren’t having a mental typo, they’re not “newish” by a long shot. They were regular brownstones rehabbed in the ’50s or the ’60’s by my late neighbor, who was a contractor responsible for a great deal of the facade detail removal in the neighborhood. The Vanderbilt side, with the garage and staircase, was an addon not too long ago. The garage had been there, the apartment on top with the stairway is an addition made in the past ten or fifteen years.
As far as nice new rowhouses are concerned, the infill houses over by Atlantic Ave. (between S. Oxford, Fulton and Cumberland? Thereabouts at least) are nicely planned and executed. There are some overly french looking but appropriate ones on Bergen or Warren St. between Smith and Court. The new buildings on Pacific St. between Jay St. and Hoyt are kickass drop dead gorgeous. There is a beautiful carriage house by the Brooklyn Veterinary Hospital on Vanderbilt between Gates and Greene.