Reason #1,001 For Landmarks To Exist
Blogger Transfer is hatin’ this building and so are we. Now if someone could just tell us where it is. Answer: Wyckoff between Smith and Court. Thanks, Peter. Bad Volume [Transfer]
Blogger Transfer is hatin’ this building and so are we. Now if someone could just tell us where it is. Answer: Wyckoff between Smith and Court. Thanks, Peter.
Bad Volume [Transfer]
Variety is cool. I’ve seen some entire brownstones painted light green, yellow, white, pink, red. It’s all good, if it’s done tastefully and it’s consistent with the rest of the block/neighborhood. As beautiful as they are, blocks and blocks of brown buildings become monotonous and indistinct over time. I much prefer blocks like these:
http://brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/2006/02/architectural_w.html
The variety of shapes and colors make the block interesting, not this huge brown monolith
Maybe you should be posting your comments on that other popular blog, Potholer.com.
Landmarks it’s all a good idea, but when i paint the peeling white trim on my brownstone. It hurts to have a neighbor report me to landmarks for a color violation. Especially when its being painted the same color, white. These people have too much free time. At the point they pay for the work they may have something to say
lp,
If you read the mission statement, it’s also about the ‘neighborhood and lifestyles’ that historic brownstone Brooklyn defines. All I’m saying is that the blog seems to be heavily skewed towards things that we can’t change (such as the aesthetics of existing buildings). It’s okay to be an ‘armchair’ professional if that’s your goal. But if you’d like to make a change/difference, then I’d suggest that we focus on other things. The building looks fine to me. It’s not the prettiest, but I’ve seen a whole lot worse in some of more ‘pristine’ neighborhoods in Brooklyn.
I believe this building is on Wyckoff Street between Court and Smith. If it is not, then (sadly, there is another building very similar to it on that block.
Anon at 11.45am, this blog is, at its base, about historic Brooklyn brownstones and architecture, hence the focus on the aesthetics of the architecture of brownstone neighborhoods and their preservation. Sure, people are concerned about pot holes too and enjoy the people that make up the communities, but I think the primary impetus for the blog is a love for the architecture of brownstone Brooklyn.
Who is pointing a gun? Government proxy? Get off it.
Building looks fine too me. Eventually, I think you guys will come to realize that it the people and not the buildings that makes a neighborhood. Brooklyn is not exceptional in its natural beauty. Aside from Prospect Park, Fort Greene Park, the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, areas of Red Hook (by the river) and maybe, the future Brooklyn Bridge Park, there’s nothing really noteworthy about Brooklyn’s geography. But culturally, it’s off the hook. It’s becoming more and more of an exciting place to live daily.
I would really love to see this blog community get past their obsession with fedders and paint colors, etc. This is a vibrant, on-line community and we have the potential to make far-reaching, significant improvements to our shared, everyday lives in Brooklyn beyond the look and appeal of a building.
For instance, can we talk about all the pot-holes on Atlantic Avenue or street lighting or people who don’t clean up after their dogs, etc. Those things would improve my life a lot more than simply discussing the aesthetics of a building.
This and others like it are all over..
..unfortunately….my guess Carroll Gardens.