367 Grand Defies Expectations (and Asking Price)
We couldn’t have been more wrong about this one! When the upper triplex of this five-story brownstone on the corner of Gates and Grand in Clinton Hill hit the market last November for $1,585,000 we were skeptical to say the least. (We have a vested interest given that we have an almost identical house just…
We couldn’t have been more wrong about this one! When the upper triplex of this five-story brownstone on the corner of Gates and Grand in Clinton Hill hit the market last November for $1,585,000 we were skeptical to say the least. (We have a vested interest given that we have an almost identical house just down the block.) Together with the lower duplex which was asking $1,500,000, the owner was trying to get over $3 million for the building. Crazy, we thought. Not so crazy, it turns out. The top triplex went into contract earlier this week for, we hear, over the asking price. We also gather that a deal for the lower duplex is imminent. We’re in shock. We bet the woman who bought the house next door recently and has already begun re-brownstoning the facade is psyched.
367 Grand Avenue, Upper Unit [Corcoran] GMAP
Grand Ave Brownstone Conversion Hits Market [Brownstoner]
If you are willing to pay 1.5m for a condo on Gates and Grand perhaps you should look at my house which is almost half the price of three floors but you get four floors and a backyard. The upper duplex has granite and hardwood floors and is newly done. FYI I am the sorry soul that sold the house next to the subject.
10:06am: Thank you, dear. I want to buy your rock.
The shiny clear rocks in the kings metal hat sparkled like jewels in a crown.
– Jack Handy
Both 11:30 and 1:17 have a point, and it’s an interesting one. On the one hand, there’s something to be said for the evolution of cultures (including their language/colloquialisms) and changes are not just inevitable, but indispensible for cultures to continue to thrive.
On the other hand, lazy and sloppy information-sharing is not just irritating (tiresome), but can be a sign of indifference about the truth. Our administration, and Americans’ approach to reality in general, is frighteningly apathetic, and it starts at those really small details where the facts, the definitions, the proofs are vague — and it’s okay.
Not to say that the difference between cache (accent aigu) and cachet are directly connected to unfounded carnage in the middle east, but it really makes me happy that there are people who are paying attention to the fact that communication is the source of actions. Without clarity in communication, we risk chaos and indifference in action.
Ah, Deep Thoughts.
Hey, I’m the anon that jumped in yesterday at 4:01. You’re correct that usage does change the meaning of a word over time – but “over time” is the key concept. Generally we’re talking centuries. In this case somebody had jumped in saying “oh no, cachet is incorrect, it should be caché”. I never go around correcting people’s spelling out of pique but this was an incorrect assertion laid out there in an attempt to mistakenly correct someone else. And believe it or not, 11:30, there are people in this world who want to understand things like correct word usage. It has nothing to do with judging someone’s intelligence; it’s merely sharing information – which is, after all, the function of the internet. If you find these rants “tiresome” as you say, why do you engage in them?
Bob999, popular usage will change the meaning of a word, or add to it. It’s nothing new. It’s how our language was formed. It’s so tiresome to hear these kinds of rants. It’s like, if you have that much a problem with it, go back hundreds of years and complain to the guy who started using the word “cachet” which means the king’s seal, as a word that means prestige. I just know for me there are many many more things in life that indicate a person’s intelligence, than whether they know cache with an accent aigu is correct or rather adding the “t” is correct.
Amy, that is a specious argument if I ever read one.
Hey, officing is a perfectly cromulent word.
Bob999, stop officing and get back to the pertinent issues as hand.