Another Bay Ridge Teardown
The Green Church isn’t the only preservation casualty in Bay Ridge. Local blog Beehive Hairdresser sounds the alarm about the teardown of an old Victorian house at 245 83rd Street. Unfortunately, it looks like it’s a day late and a dollar short: Demo permits were already been granted earlier this year. In the meantime, says…
The Green Church isn’t the only preservation casualty in Bay Ridge. Local blog Beehive Hairdresser sounds the alarm about the teardown of an old Victorian house at 245 83rd Street. Unfortunately, it looks like it’s a day late and a dollar short: Demo permits were already been granted earlier this year. In the meantime, says the blog, “the owner seems to be trying to allow nature to due his bidding desire of tearing the place down.”
hahahahah…lol! As long as its not the one above I think you would have been fine!
I was looking to rent in BayRidge a year and a half ago and called a broker about an apartment she’d listed on craigslist. She’s like, “look, I should warn you, it’s Victorian, so that means it’s old and it’s got all these moldings and stuff…”
Wow there are more Bay Ridgers on here than I thought. but I’m glad to see that ther are people who care about preservation in the nabe. My hubby and I bought a limestone on 79th between 3rd and 4th. While some of the original detail was stripped away, some of it remain and we plan on restoring what we can.
Quoining can actually be seen on many Victorians in Europe. But I know what your saying about it though!
bayridgegirl –
I think thats my house your mentioning:-) Its on 85th bet 3rd and Ridge….we just gutted it and its been airing out for 3 weeks while we finish the new architectural plans. Sorry for the eye sore…we were trying to incorporate a form of a Victorian style turret on it and we were having problems with the city approving it. Rebuilding will begin early next week if not this Friday and we will be done by Feb.
All the beams need to be replaced…its a mess right now. Termites ate everything from the roof down to the basement, the whole house was sinking into the ground…ugh…I don’t want to think what Im getting myself into. However, thats my point…these owners SHOULD have taken care of these places. At least I can salvage the stained glass!
By that definition alot of the old houses in BR are McMansions.
Mc Mansion or not, I was mighty surprised to see that it wasn’t going to be covered in stucco with quioning. I’m holding my breath that they don’t decide that they need pink granite columns to make it look…extravagant.
I wonder if the house is connected to the owner’s around the corner on 84th street. They tore down a Vic and put a a rather modest house with a huge side yard, or room for a second house.
BTW – there’s another house in the 80’s btwn 3rd & ridge that looks like the owner is letting nature take it’s course. It’s not a victorian, but looks like a farm house. It’s empty and all the windows are open.
Also, the one on Ridge btwn 84th, is one of my favorite houses in the nabe. Rumor has it that an old man passed away and left it to his housekeeper. They are doing a fine job of restoring that house. I wish they would clean up some of the shrubbery in front so I can get some good photos of it. I love the cupola and imagine myself up there looking at the bay.
Ya, the place was huge…beyond restoring unless you have big $$$!
I have photos of the monster being built across the street from this house. While I was there, the front of the new house was open and I spied ONE center stair case. I just confirmed it on DOB site, it’s a one family. I also spoke to a friend of the architect, who was there. We both agreed, it was too big, too tall, and too ugly.