House of the Day: 500 Marlborough Road
This new listing at 500 Marlborough Road in Ditmas Park West looks like a lay-up at $1,350,000. The three-story Victorian woodie is in excellent shape as far as the original architectural elements go. (Love those parquet floors!) The bathroom and kitchen also look like they’ve been recently redone in a way that fits with the…
This new listing at 500 Marlborough Road in Ditmas Park West looks like a lay-up at $1,350,000. The three-story Victorian woodie is in excellent shape as far as the original architectural elements go. (Love those parquet floors!) The bathroom and kitchen also look like they’ve been recently redone in a way that fits with the overall vibe of the house. There’s also a shared driveway, to boot. Other than the heating bills, what’s not to like? Is there anything negative we’ve glossed over?
500 Marlborough Road [Mary Kay Gallagher] GMAP P*Shark
[quote]You’re trippin’. Drive around any city in the US and you’ll likely see buildings comparable to those in Park Slope. Granted, they might be limestone, brick or whatever, but big deal. There’s nothing about the design itself that’s distinctive. However, what is distinctive is the sunlight deprivation you’ll experience if you live in one. I lived in one for seven years and by the end I felt like a mole or a vampire. I’d take a house like this over a brownstone any day of the week and twice on Sunday.[/quote]
are you on crack? This is not true and only stands true for a handfull of cities many of which are expensive as hell.
Looks like Kuroko just earned a gold star.
Mr. B, you wanna take care of that?
“There’s nothing about the design itself that’s distinctive. However, what is distinctive is the sunlight deprivation you’ll experience if you live in one. I lived in one for seven years and by the end I felt like a mole or a vampire.”
I don’t agree that it is the only distinctive thing but isn’t that something- the darkness? I go through so many lightbulbs and when I step out the door I am stunned for a moment as my pupils wrestle to adjust.
I think folks who don’t sign in are more likely to express opinions they would never express in the light of day.
If I were Brownstoner, I wouldn’t let anyone post without signing in. It would cut down on those who have an agenda (ie. brokers, sellers, buyers, etc) from posting.
to the brownstone fetishists out there I have said before and i repeat: brownstone houses were mass produced by the thousands. They were faced with the cheapest and worst architectural stone ever quarried. they were built on spec by developers in long identical rows. 19th century critics deplored them. There is nothing at all unique about them. In fact, they are the oppopsite of unique they are all the same.
I actually think the present system should be taken a step further. Those users who sign in and who do the most posing and butt kissing should have little gold stars next to their user ID.
But what about Atlantic Yards?
I like the black vs gray text. It serves to remind everyone of just how juvenile and “clubby” this site has become.
You’re trippin’. Drive around any city in the US and you’ll likely see buildings comparable to those in Park Slope. Granted, they might be limestone, brick or whatever, but big deal. There’s nothing about the design itself that’s distinctive. However, what is distinctive is the sunlight deprivation you’ll experience if you live in one. I lived in one for seven years and by the end I felt like a mole or a vampire. I’d take a house like this over a brownstone any day of the week and twice on Sunday.