Big Bucks for Downtown's Big House?
Here’s an interesting solution for the House of Detention on Atlantic that doesn’t involve supersizing the facility: Comptroller Bill Thompson says the city should sell the property, according to an article in today’s Daily News. Thompson wrote a letter to Mayor Bloomberg that says selling the facility, which has been closed since ’03, will bring…
Here’s an interesting solution for the House of Detention on Atlantic that doesn’t involve supersizing the facility: Comptroller Bill Thompson says the city should sell the property, according to an article in today’s Daily News. Thompson wrote a letter to Mayor Bloomberg that says selling the facility, which has been closed since ’03, will bring cash to the city and prevent a reopened jail from damaging Downtown Brooklyn’s economy. “Because our City has already begun to experience economic weakness, communities such as Downtown Brooklyn remain at risk of reversing their economic gains,” wrote Thompson, saying that reopening the jail “would … directly impact the revitalization of the surrounding area.” Right now community members who oppose the Department of Corrections’ plan to double the House of Detention’s size are considering suing the city. We wonder how much a property like this might fetch, and what sort of developer would be interested in taking it on. Guesses?
Sell Shut Downtown Brooklyn Jail to Raise Cash, Bloomberg Urged [NY Daily News]
City Looks to Supersize the House of D [Brownstoner] GMAP
Photo by Funtime Ben.
time to move on What – fed cut your balls off when they caught bear. are you still calling for a depression? you still may not even get that recession … at least technically.
There will always be a demand in NYC douche
“Oh one last thing!”
We should be so lucky…
“had a single quarter of negative growth (.06%+ announced today) ”
Oh one last thing! Most of the gains was high gas prices asshole! If you beLIEve the government figures then, so are fucking brainwashed!
The What
Someday this war is gonna end…
“11:54am today will be the last rate cut for awhile so its a great ime to buy now the market is not going to much lower from here…maybe high end apts but under 600k will always be in top demand as well as million dollar brownstones so settle down douche”
Hey Asshead, if someone don’t lend me the money to buy the overpriced “Condo”, what happen to the price??!!!
It falls, fuckface!
The What
Someday this war is gonna end…
“The What – while I agree that housing prices in NYC are going to take a big hit….your end-of-the-world scenario seems to be a bit far fetched….
We are 10mo into the biggest credit crunch in modern history and we still havent had a single quarter of negative growth (.06%+ announced today) – Even financial stocks are on a rebound ….”
Homeboy, the effects of the Credit Crunch has not stated yet!!!!!
Without credit our economy is in the fucking stone age and when the ball gets rolling, it’s going to be a fucking nightmare.
You and others are so fucking stupid! You are witnessing a Depression unfold in real time. This period of time will be used for dissertations for hundreds of years. The Blogs are historical record of the fucking madness that we call “progress”.
You and others are fucking clueless! get ready for the second depression!!!!!!!!!!
The What
Someday this war is gonna end…
11:54am today will be the last rate cut for awhile so its a great ime to buy now the market is not going to much lower from here…maybe high end apts but under 600k will always be in top demand as well as million dollar brownstones so settle down douche
Sell it to a private security firm and re-open as a detention facility.
The What – while I agree that housing prices in NYC are going to take a big hit….your end-of-the-world scenario seems to be a bit far fetched….
We are 10mo into the biggest credit crunch in modern history and we still havent had a single quarter of negative growth (.06%+ announced today) – Even financial stocks are on a rebound ….
You can excess in the reverse direction as well – you look like you may be the poster child.