Horror Show Friday: 1715 11th Avenue
Here’s what the tipster who sent in this photo of 1715 11th Avenue had to say: “one way to ruin a cute row of circa 1940’s Tudor style single family homes? Throw an illegal extension on the roof of one of them and create a stalled work site.” According to this tipster, despite a Stop…
Here’s what the tipster who sent in this photo of 1715 11th Avenue had to say: “one way to ruin a cute row of circa 1940’s Tudor style single family homes? Throw an illegal extension on the roof of one of them and create a stalled work site.” According to this tipster, despite a Stop Work Order still being in place, there was activity on the site last week. Classy. GMAP
Benson, you are projecting all over the friggin’ place.
My GRANDFATHER grew up in Bensonhurst. I know it for that reason. I am not the snob you believe me to be, but hey, whatever. My point was that Bensonhurst ain’t a bastion of aesthetics worthy of preservation in the sense we were speaking of. That is all. Get yourself another ‘snob’ for flogging purposes. It isn’t me.
Joe;
WWII, I should have written!
My uncle to whom I refer above lived in one of the Trump Bungalows near Ave U and East 27th. As you state above, the homes in this vicinity were definitely on the cheaper side (from a construction POV), though they were a pleasant place to live. Perhaps I am unfairly extrapolating from my uncle’s home to all of these types. Given that they were all built by the same organization (Trump), doesn’t seem unreasonable though.
Noki;
Does the word “Bensonhurst” strike a bell?? Remember you used it to characterize what you don’t want PH to become.
Maybe I grew up in a different world, but when I want to make a point, or promote something, I don’t need to put someone or something down to do so.
Benson, as ever, such a pleasure. I said nothing remotely ‘down my nose’ about these homes, and in fact was making a point that protecting them should be considered important. Your characterization (cast off several times now) of me as a ‘snob’ is unfair. Also wrong.
These houses I’m not sure about though. They look like the cheaper ones you see in the East 20’s Ave U area and in Queens.
I know the nicer Tudor-style houses in places like Marine Park are 3 layers of brick thick. Heavy-duty contstruction, more durable than brownstone at that thickness.
WW wha?
Will;
If you believe that a house being brick automatically means that it is of quality construction, then I have a bridge to sell you. Please explain why all of the stoops in this row had to be redone.
I stand by by my statements. You may recall that the 1930’s was the Great Depression, when housing construction came to a standstill. Similiarly, I don’t think much housing was built during the early 1940’s, when WWI was underway.
FYI, these aren’t post-WWII, so the “returning vets” speech is bunk, and so is the bit about quality. They’re brick, after all. I live in one of these nearby. Mine is 1939; these are 1940. Those later (or earlier) have a different look.