Parts of Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens Vulnerable
Evidently there’s a new neighborhood name out there—BECOSMI, as in Between Court and Smith. What’s notable about the area, points out Casa Cara, is that it’s not protected by landmarks law. More specifically, there are a number of notable structures on the blocks between State and Butler that could, at any time, be torn down…
Evidently there’s a new neighborhood name out there—BECOSMI, as in Between Court and Smith. What’s notable about the area, points out Casa Cara, is that it’s not protected by landmarks law. More specifically, there are a number of notable structures on the blocks between State and Butler that could, at any time, be torn down by a developer. Some residents are currently working to landmark the “orphaned blocks.”
Many of the names we are familiar with were more or less made up: Cobble Hill, Boerum Hill, DUMBO, Fulton Ferry,
Windsor Terrace.
There was always a Brooklyn Heights, a Clinton Hill, and a Park Slope, “the Heights, the Hill and the Slope” as old timers referred to the affluent parts of Brooklyn.
I don’t know how old a name Carroll Gardens is. That whole area was known as South Brooklyn and Gowanus. Having said this, I do prefer names like “Cobble Hill” to acronyms, which can get silly.
I think DUMBO was originally just a joke dreampt up by locals who wanted to scare people away with a stupid name for their neighborhood (who would want to live in “dumbo”?) But as it turned out, it had the opposite effect. People loved the sound of dumbo.
These broker-created acronyms are idiotic.
My father grew up in East Harlem, not SpaHa…
I went to school in Cobble Hill, not BoCoCa…
Bothers the f outta me these names. F’in brokers (full disclosure – I was a broker for a while).
And what’s with this block by block nonesense? How about landmarking the entire neighborhood? Don’t tell me it can’t be done, Brooklyn Heights is a landmark neighborhood and there are plenty of non-landmark buildings.
The push should be to landmark all of Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens and the recent, crappy, developments/buildins will be left as a reminder of what happens before landmarks (as they are in the Heights) and what to avoid on other parts of the city.
rant over…
Sam, when the recession runs it’s course we will be dealing with run away inflation which will limit growth on the upside. I am a realist and suggest everyone to expect a 10-15% decline in home values before we flatten out as a market. That flat market will result in a 10 year drag until the next bull real estate market.
I still like BoCoCaNo.
cobblehiller????
I’m with you Snappy! You’re willfully baiting me DIBS! Just say no to this BoCoCa caca.
I do not really understand this posting. While it is true that those blocks have no landmark protection, neither does 95% of the rest of Carroll Gardens. There are only two blocks that have landmark protection: President and Carroll Streets between Smith and Hoyt -that’s it!
Everything else is up for grabs.
A slow real estate cycle is the ideal time to get the ball rolling on historic distrits designation. The threat may not be iminent, but when the boom times return, it will be too late to save the best historic blocks from demolition and disfiguring additions. So far the traditional Italian-American community has been able to hold on to the historic character of the neighborhood, but that may not last forever especially if the stratospheric increase in land values takes off again after the recession runs its course.
Sanppy….that was great!
lol snappy good one. im going to start calling my apt building the FiFi (first and first) section of Paslo. yes. yes i will!
*r*
She does have a point, regarding the architecture there. There are some great buildings in that area.
I like her blog, too. I’ll have to check it out when I have some time. I did browse around a bit, and she has some wonderful photographs, and interesting brownstone tidbits.
I still like BoCoCaNo.
cobblehiller????