445 E. 19th Street Dodges Foreclosure Bullet, Lists Large
Less than a month ago, the owner of 445 East 19th Street in Ditmas Park almost lost his home to foreclosure over an outstanding lien of less that $600,000; today, the house is listed with two brokerage firms for a cool $2,000,000. When we picked the house out of the foreclosure fray back in July,…
Less than a month ago, the owner of 445 East 19th Street in Ditmas Park almost lost his home to foreclosure over an outstanding lien of less that $600,000; today, the house is listed with two brokerage firms for a cool $2,000,000. When we picked the house out of the foreclosure fray back in July, it was based solely on its exterior looks—we had no way of knowing what the interior held in store. On that front, there’s some beautiful original detail, some of which has been updated. Whether it’s worthy of the hefty price tag only remains to be seen. Waddya think?
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Sorry, blush, blush- French Normandy style. Love the house- Tudor or French.
I think the Q used to when they were doing all the repair work on the tracks years ago.
FLH- is a mystery. http://www.nycsubway.org has a great history section and there were different companies, the IRt and BMT companies that were part of the dual Contract expansion in the early 1900’s. So it seems most of the subway lines were laid by competing companies and the IND first opened in 1932, but was formed in the 1920’s. So probably each company built their routes and as competitors didn’t find it in their best interest to have transfers. From what i read,construction of the subways was very piecemeal and I think it would take an archaeologist to find the places where they they retrofitted transfer access in a lot of the old stations. But it is fascinating.
No, no, no, What doesn’t go to Westhampton! I bet he’s totally a Sag Harbor guy.
I wonder where The What spent his summer vacation? Wouldn’t it be delicious to find out he has a 1/4 summer share in West Hampton?
On the transit theme, could someone explain why the ACGF doesn’t connect with QBDNR,etc. at Atlantic? On the map they appear to cross right under one another. I’ve always been puzzled by some of these missed opportunities for transfers (like why can’t you transfer from the B to an uptown 6 at Broadway Lafayette?)
Ah, sigh, so good to come back from vacation to see you all here chattering on about the wall paper and Armageddon, all is right with the world!!
Hmmm, no Q/B at Court St/Boro Hall, bxgrl. And the W stops at Whitehall St.
Interesting to see this and compare. I owned a French Normandy house before, and maybe I’m wrong but I have to suspect a lot of details were removed here. The fireplace mantels are always very large and dramatic in any French Normandy house I’ve seen, with the triangle shape that’s typical of that style. But here there are no mantels at all. Just a surround by itself flat against the wall. That’s very suburban-new-construction taste. I had vaulted ceiling rooms in my house without moldings, like this house has, but my rooms had textured thick plaster walls to resemble the inside of a French Normandy castle, and sconces and a big crest on the wall, stuff like that. That’s what this architectural style normally attempts to create. With smooth walls and no “castle” details, it looks like a condo. The wallpapered room is very 80’s. I think that’s the decade this house suffered a major redecorating project to make it more “contemporary” in style.
I noticed the same too Biff. “DOW” has also stopped using ROFLm.. whatever that inanity is.
I want to know more about the house being brought over from Holland and rebuilt here. It looks like a early 20th c. tudor style but if it was brought in from Holland then how old is the house actually? Maxo?
Isn’t it interesting how DOWhat’s grammar has improved so incredibly since he also started posting more comprehensively under his DOW login? Clearly the attempt at street lingo, or whatever he was trying to do, was a complete sham…
DOWhat, would you care to explain how you keep adjusting your countdown? I didn’t think so…