Horror Show Friday
From Bed Stuy (left) to PLG (middle) to Bushwick (right), the building boom’s bottom-of-the-barrel are looking like particularly tough sells now. Who’s going to buy one of these places now? Hard to imagine. $549000 2 fm, Short Sale [Craigslist] $729000 / 7br Parkside Ave [Craigslist] $729000 / 8br PRIME Bushwick [Craigslist]
From Bed Stuy (left) to PLG (middle) to Bushwick (right), the building boom’s bottom-of-the-barrel are looking like particularly tough sells now. Who’s going to buy one of these places now? Hard to imagine.
$549000 2 fm, Short Sale [Craigslist]
$729000 / 7br Parkside Ave [Craigslist]
$729000 / 8br PRIME Bushwick [Craigslist]
I don’t understand why, when making the initial plans, the developers were like “hey, let’s put a huge bank of utility meters right next to the front door!”
Without the utility meters, the PLG buildings aren’t horrible. But with them, it seriously looks like you’re looking at the building’s rear entrance or something.
“Our eyes are losing on these projects.”
16:06:50 THE CHICKEN rang the bell
It looks to me as if NONE of these PLG atrocities have sold. They’re on the south side of Parkside Avenue and around the corner, on Bedford Avenue. There is about 6′ of space between the rear of the Parkside buildings and the side of the Bedford ones–no back yards at all. Ironically, the builder seems to have spent some money on decorative elements, but they’re so badly done that IMO they don’t help a bit. Perhaps the buildings are a bit better looking than the gas station that was on their site when I first moved to PLG, but that isn’t saying much. It’s also ironic that these gems of Feddersdom are across the street from of the most beautiful buildings in the neighborhood.
The reason they will or wont sell has little to do with their aesthetics and much more to do with their price and location. That being said – except for the one in Bushwick – I fail to see whats so horrible about the other two. The one in PLG is actually attractive, but for the utility meters – which can easily be hidden. And while the one in Bed Stuy has ridiculously small windows, it is otherwise fine.
Trust me in 100 years (assuming civilization survives) both the PLG and Bed Stuy house will be admired for their turn-of-the 21st century character. And before someone says it – yes they will all be standing in 100 years.
Just remember 100 years ago people mocked Brownstones as cookie-cutter mcmansions, lacking ‘real’ design and only for those with ‘new money’
If I wanted to view skanky pics on craigslist I’d go to the recently outlawed erotic services sections. I did hear that NY was one of the few states that didn’t ban them. How nice.
Landmarked areas continue to look better and better…
Craptacular! If you’re looking for a place to live, they’re fine for most. If you’re looking for a home, how dispiriting. The middle one is the least offensive.
While these are not ideal brownstoner homes I am sure they make a nice home for someone. These type homes are all over the poorer areas of Jersey CIty and they too are now going thru short sales…
I like this feature, will it be re-occuring? – like HoTD, only FHoTD (fugly)