House of the Day: Clinton Hill Mystery Location
We were debating Mr. Minerva last week about the location of this Fillmore listing. He said Lefferts Place and we said St. James. Regardless, it’s an interesting listing. At $1.5 million, we think they’ve overshot by a little but not a lot. The house has some wood detailing (what do you call that trellis-like stuff?)…
We were debating Mr. Minerva last week about the location of this Fillmore listing. He said Lefferts Place and we said St. James. Regardless, it’s an interesting listing. At $1.5 million, we think they’ve overshot by a little but not a lot. The house has some wood detailing (what do you call that trellis-like stuff?) that we don’t see a lot of in the nabe. We almost wonder whether it was added later on. The interior design, which has grandma written all over it, is a little hard to see through to get a sense of what kind of a tune-up the new owner would really need to give the place.
Clinton Hill Brownstone [Fillmore]
Why are you guys even bothering with SI. He doesn’t know the nabe and is simply trying to ruffle some feathers. The guy lives in Todt Hill, Staten Island (never heard of it) and “worked” in Clinton Hill for 10 years – perhaps in the 70’s or 80’s (crack years?). Who knows. In event, if his stale perception is the barometer then we’re all in trouble. BTW, if I could afford it I would love to live in this ghetto!!!
Lefferts Place as is most of Clinton Hill is comprised of primarily million dollar townhouses and brownstones. It is a very diverse community, both racially, culturally and economically. How can anyone refer to Lefferts or any other section of Clinton Hill as the ghetto given the clear meaning of the word?
Please, please don’t have Staten Islander explain. It is true that parts of Clinton Hill feel more bourgey (never actually spelled that word!) and others feel still depressed. Lefferts Place can be quite cute, but it is surrounded by “spots” (drugs) and is between the aforementionedsoon to be rejuvenated but alas still not quite there Fulton Street and the auto repair strip and highway that is Atlantic Avenue.
Staten Islander, you’re either a nut or pathetic troll. The house in question is in Clinton Hill and anyone who refers to Clinton Hill as a “ghetto” clearly does not know anything about the neighborhood, its demographics or more importantly the meaning of the word. According to Webster’s Dictionary, the word GHETTO is defined as “a quarter of a city in which members of a minority group live especially because of social, legal, or economic pressure.” SI, now please explain to this blog community how Clinton Hill is a “ghetto”. This should be interesting……
As you might know the fulton street association has just got a grant from the City and they will soon start a very similar project as the Myrtle avenue association, streer cleaning more security, buisness development and a web site, there is a very bright future for Fulton and I think all of us will enjoy it in a few years.
Was that a christian bookstore? It seemed to have a bunch of mass market books aimed at the African American community. I found some great kid books there. I can’t say I think that replacing a bookstore with a mortgage broker is a good thing!
The Christian book store on Fulton between Washington and St. James will be the office of a mortgage broker.
I appreciate that Staten Islander gives us context for his comments. Those of us who actually live in the neighborhoods discussed can be both realistic about the raw edges and hopeful about change. That said do people think that this particular tide of home improvement and commercial development has peaked? While Myrtle Avenue has certainly improved, Fulton Street around the featured property is less than enticing.
since gambling’s in the air–100 bills says that trellis-fret-spindle-rack is not original.