Inside Third & Bond: Week 60

This week, the Hudson bloggers need your help listing the assets of the neighborhood.

Our marketing photographer, Roy, sent us a selection of photos he took in the neighborhood. While we gave him an idea of some of the things we wanted to capture like the beauty of the brownstones, the greenery, the convenience and abundance of retail and the everyday pleasantness, we didn’t hire models to stand in front of particular stores or anything so rehearsed as that. Neither Roy nor the neighborhood needed that kind of help. Roy’s photos showcase the fabulousness of Carroll Gardens and Gowanus in an unfussy and natural way.

Our challenge is to select the best photographs for our marketing material since we can’t include them all. To accompany the photos and the material specific to Third + Bond, we are planning a neighborhood guide. This idea, courtesy of Clarke/Thompson, is a way for us to add something of value to our marketing materials that can be handy for prospective buyers after they’ve visited our sales office and want to learn about the area. To that end, we’d like your input on what’s great about the neighborhood.

We’d love to hear from you in the comments thread from which we might very well quote you for our guide. If you are willing to let us follow up with you on your comments with questions or clarifications, or if you’re too shy for the comments thread below, email us at info@hudsoninc.com

What’s the best place to get together with friends? Why?

What’s your favorite night spot? Why?

What are some of the neighborhood’s top conveniences?

Your favorite eatery?

Where could a newcomer go to experience the neighborhood’s sense of community? Sense of history?

What do your kids like best in the neighborhood?

What are your favorite outdoor spaces?

Do you see a green movement happening in the neighborhood? Is it in homes, schools, stores?

How do you see the neighborhood evolving?

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Is there a question you’d like to pose and answer? Go ahead. Our goal is to get ideas from people who live, work and shop here and put them together in a booklet that showcases the neighborhood. To the inevitable cynic out there, yes, you’re helping us come up with copy but that’s beside the point. We aren’t doing this because all the copy writers have been laid off. We’re doing it because in the age of the blogosphere, we’ve become accustomed to hearing a multitude of voices on a subject and we think the recommendations of people who’ve spent time in the neighborhood will be appreciated by prospective buyers. Some of you looky-loos out there might like it, too. And no, we won’t include every quote especially any coming from The What. But if you love Carroll Park, cannot live without coffee from the Fall Café, or any other relevant contribution, our figurative pencils are poised above paper to take it down.

Inside Third & Bond: Weeks 1-59 [Brownstoner]

From our lawyers: This is not an offering. No offering can be made until an offering plan is filed with the Department of Law of the State of New York.”