Where The Kids Are Alright
You know you wanna talk about this. You know you do. Because it’s, like, really important. You see, The Times has found a new condo building in Carroll Gardens where, OMG, five out of six couples have, gasp, children. Isn’t that just, like, unbelievable? “The sleep-deprived residents are settling into a rhythm that contrasts with…
You know you wanna talk about this. You know you do. Because it’s, like, really important. You see, The Times has found a new condo building in Carroll Gardens where, OMG, five out of six couples have, gasp, children. Isn’t that just, like, unbelievable? “The sleep-deprived residents are settling into a rhythm that contrasts with the hushed order found in some buildings. The lobby often has an arsenal of Diapers.com boxes stacked at the entrance. Residents sometimes confuse cries emanating from other apartments as those of their own babies, and the first meeting of the condominium board was scheduled around feeding and sleep times.” The breeder takeover of 348 Sackett Street, it seems, was all part of a nefarious plan by the developer. “The building’s developer and architect, Alex Barrett, who has two children, designed the apartments with his own family in mind. All of the apartments have three bedrooms, and four of them have two full bathrooms.” The scandal and intrigue of it all!
An Apartment Building Where Babies Reign [NY Times]
348 Sackett All Spoken For [Brownstoner]
Development Watch: Windows for Sackett [Brownstoner] GMAP
Development Watch: 346-348 Sackett Street [Brownstoner]
Development Watch: 348 Sackett Street [Brownstoner]
why do people always comment on stroller size as if the thing requires gasoline or some other energy source? i have a double wide stroller because i have twins, not because i love pushing around a large object to annoy you. i’m petite, do i get credit for taking up less space on the sidewalk the 90% of the time i’m not pushing a stroller? or 30% less space than most people in general? and yes, i do get out of people’s way.
Regarding the windows, the owners may have unscrewed the latches that prevent them from opening more than a couple of inches.
I believe that in a new development like this, the code requires that these windows open not more than 4″.
Quoting Mrs. architect66, “we don’t have a car, and we have to get around.” It isn’t so easy to carry 2 kids + necessary accessories, + groceries or other items, especially if you are traveling (as we often do) more than a few blocks. A stroller with large wheels and ample storage serves that purpose well. I don’t see that it is particularly virtuous to have a tiny stroller because it pleases some “smaller is better” aesthetic that is somehow transferred over from cars/SUV’s.
We do get around, visit our friends in their homes, patronize Brooklyn businesses, etc., and we have never had a problem getting our stroller through the door. On the other hand, we have never regretted having a stroller that made it easy for us to get around.
I think people get all sour about this because of the perception that stroller pushers assume that other people should be expected to get out of the way. That’s just plain rude.
fsrg,
Charles Darwin called,
He said he’s reconsidering the whold “Origin of Species”
thing based on the snarky social cannibalism exhibited by Brownstoner posters. 😉
on this amusing topic of stroller size (“does size matter?”)i would add as a practical matter that–like automobiles–smaller is better in an urban environment. before i had kids and started carting them about factors like doorway width never occurred to me. our double stroller fits through our building’s front door with about 1/4 inch to spare. a lot of the strollers on the market these days (and you’re right, there’s a lot of super-sizing going on, but it’s mostly observable in the suburbs) simply don’t fit through the doors of homes and businesses in brooklyn.
The whole “run over by a stroller” thing is so ridiculous and overblown as is the anti-PS thing – and I think nothing demonstrates the pure-myth like nature of the whole thing better than NYGuy7 earlier inane post:
It is family friends but Carroll Gardens and neighboring hoods (cobble and boerum hill) are not nearly as kid crazy as Park Slope. You can walk down Smith or Court st on the weekends without getting run over but some parent and their SUV stroller.
I mean its like 5 fucking blocks from PS to Smith Street – what a different culture or species develops due to difference??? – what is Brooklyn the new Galapagos Islands? Do you really think think that there is any material difference in the size of strollers when you go 5 blocks East?
How do people post such stupidity?
Window guards: If you have kids under 10 they are compulsory, if not you sign a ‘window guard rider’ each year certifying that no children under 10 live in the apartment.
Did it every year when I rented and I signed one when I closed on my co-op.
“i have never gotten run over by a stroller in park slope hahaha even on busy streets on nice days.
*rob*”
Me neither.