Keep Passing Broken Windows
We have to admit to feeling a certain satisfaction as the developers of one of the biggest eyesores and examples of crapola design in Clinton Hill have struggled to find suckers to move into their new building. They gave up trying to find a buyer a while ago and have spent the last couple of…
We have to admit to feeling a certain satisfaction as the developers of one of the biggest eyesores and examples of crapola design in Clinton Hill have struggled to find suckers to move into their new building. They gave up trying to find a buyer a while ago and have spent the last couple of months looking for renters. Just last night we noticed some lights on in the top unit for the first time. Still no takers for the lower triplex, which includes this broken window on the second floor (it’s been like this for several weeks). We can only hope that other developers of the Fedders variety take note of how long it has taken to get just one apartment rented here.
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no one is asking that they build new brownstones, but a sense of design and something that will last would be much appreciated. in brooklyn heights, a house was destroyed by fire and guess what it has to be rebuilt to look exactly the way it did before the fire. take a look at 298 and 300 waverly avenue, there was a vacant lot there and the developers built carriage houses which are almost exact replicas of the originals. they look fantastic. why can’t all developers be as considerate of their environment?
if you were here in nyc before this rebuilding. vacant lots suck. and in bad areas that still have vacant lots, you’ll change your tune.
That stretch of Grand from Greene to Gates is pretty much uninspiring. The greenish rowhouses between Lex and Greene are as bad as they come.
face it . there not building any new brownstones . those days are over . as much we all love them ( yes i do love brownstones) there not building them anymore . say what you want now but . if that lot stayed vacant you would not be happy about that either . the population of NYC is growing and people have to live somewhere . 10 more yrs and there will be no more vacant lots in brooklyn . like i said before i don’t like new construction myself but something has to be built on these vacant lots .
anon 12:12….
i totally disagree. the fully vacant lot was much more preferable to what was built there. i’m just glad that their bizarre construction was only done on half of the vacant lot and they didn’t rip up the tree on the other half. everything about this building is weird. from lot size to the sunken backyard, materials choices, weird undersized windows, odd railings and lighting. not to mention the ramshackle construction (you should have seen it before the stucco went up, looked like it was slapped together by 12 year olds).
i hope they leave the corner lot with the tree on it vacant…
my 2¢
Dear E-Greek,
Stay in Bayside. You obviously don’t have a clue about Clinton Hill or about good design or about this particular site. Secondly, I agree with the poster who said, “Keep your racism in Bayside.” Lastly, maybe the sloping floors, strange floor plans, and bayside-finishes are really hiding severe structural problems causing the windows to burst.
face it the place is gross. the neighborhood is not. buildings like these don’t belong anywhere in brooklyn. race always has something to do with everything in american society. a hell hole like this would never go up in brooklyn heights. face facts, sad but true, and it shouldn’t have gone up in clinton hill.
Is it such a hard task to interpolate that the original post is suggesting that if future developers realize that just slapping together a piece-o-crap development may not garner the financial windfall they had anticipated? And therefore will think longer and harder b/4 doing it themselves?
I don’t think there is any elitist under or overtones in the post.
No need for any racist comments or accusations.
It’s also not hard to recognize that the majority of the readership here is fairly homogenous in that most have a HUGE appreciation for Brownstones.
I agree with the last post. I have no idea why you guys are so negative and continue to wish misfortune on the owner of this building!!! Shit, I live across the street from the building and although it’s not pretty it sure is better than the junky vacant lot that was there before!