House of the Day: 128 Lincoln Place
Prostitutes aren’t the only ones abandoning Lincoln Place. The block between 6th and 7th Avenues currently has three houses that just hit the market in the high $2 millions. At 104 and 108 (listed for $2.995 million and $2.8 million, respectively) Brown Harris Stevens and Corcoran are sharing the honors. And at today’s House of…
Prostitutes aren’t the only ones abandoning Lincoln Place. The block between 6th and 7th Avenues currently has three houses that just hit the market in the high $2 millions. At 104 and 108 (listed for $2.995 million and $2.8 million, respectively) Brown Harris Stevens and Corcoran are sharing the honors. And at today’s House of the Day, 128 Lincoln Place, Corcoran’s flying solo, asking $2.75 million for the two-family, four-story brownsone. It looks pretty nice to us. Is there anyone who’s been in all three houses that can compare and contrast?
128 Lincoln Place [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
104 Lincoln Place: BHS/Corcoran
108 Lincoln Place: Corcoran/BHS
Photo by Kate Leonova for PropertyShark
7:11 – Don’t be absurd – time for a little self-reflection. NYC is one of the more hateful, bitter cities on the planet politically. It just happens to look at the world from the Left. Ever try to have a balanced political discussion in NYC? It’s a joke.
I come from a smallish city (fewer than 500,000), not a college town, and I can tell you that the “people like that” who live there are infinitely more pleasant and agreeable than NYC residents, even if I don’t share their politics. And I’ve lived in Manhattan for as long as I lived there.
7:19…were we separated at birth?
my parents literally….and they are ok with me being gay and all that despite being huge bush loving republicans…STILL….they hate Hillary so much that I think they’d kill her if they thought they could get away with it.
Now I’m not saying anything good or bad about her, but certainly she’d be better than what we’ve got…but their hatred towards her could very much be described as not unlike that of satan.
I agree that the past years with Bush have really pronounced the liberal vs. conservative views in this country. Bush has managed to cause all of this damage abroad while simultaneously forcing our own society to segregate themselves.
No matter who wins in 08, I see this pattern continuing.
Cities are where it’s at. If I ever left NYC, there are very few places left in the U.S. that I’d find attractive.
And I know a lot of people feel the same…more than I think in the past. And I don’t just mean the gays…
Thank you 6:39 for some decent focus on the oil/energy issues. I don’t know if Lincoln Place homeowners or prospective buyers are thinking all too much about these issues right now…but that’s another discussion…
Regarding the City vs. Burbs issue:
Much of what has been discussed in the “sustainability” community has been a move to small towns based in agricultural areas.
I am very much saddened at the glut of lousy, unsustainable housing stock (and now all these high rises in NYC) that has been put up for quick profit across North America right at the time all this should have been built along “Passivhaus” guidelines or even more sustainable guidelines. [Passivhaus guidelines are great but the building systems rely on a goodly amount of synthetic insulation materials. Sustainable guidelines often emphasize local materials that are nature-based.]
It is clear we have the technology to build very low-energy use buildings in this latitude (in the “developed world”). There are many across the country and in Europe. There are people around the world living in climates similar to ours who used MUCH less energy but they don’t live in three-bedroom/two-bathroom homes… A yurt is great but it’s arguably not a sellable lifestyle here.
So, basically, money and politics/power could help make both dense urban and sprawling suburban living possible. Since it does not appear this is likely to happen, give me a small town in an agricultural area with decent roads. Food will get very expensive and growing food in a dense urban environment enough to feed even some of the population seems impossible. And, rightly, as you have argued, suburbs dependent on the car/SUV will not be sustainable.
Let’s flock to small villages/towns, not dense cities…I don’t really want to be here when food and fuel prices soar and there is growing unrest.
FortGreener
PS I’m growing food right now in Brooklyn!
What 7:11 describes has only become more pronounced. I can barely talk to my parents about anything, anymore, they’ve become such rabid, hateful Republicans who are always angry. You’d think Hillary Clinton was Satan the way they talk. I’m not being comedic, I mean that literally. I could never tolerate living near people like that, nor would I ever raise a child there. Unless you’re going to live in a liberal college town it is impossible to live anywhere but large cities anymore.
More importantly, cities are places where people have the most freedoms because people who live in the heartland (of any country…not just ours) do not come into contact with people from hundreds of different countries enough to make them open-minded.
This is why coastal areas of any country harbor the most liberal minded people, the most educated, the most worldy and the most travelled. Those who come into contact with primarily people like themselves (see suburbs) are not apt to welcome other people with open arms nor are they typically able to see outside of themselves very easily.
The whole oil thing is a great benefit, but certainly people are not moving to New York City to conserve oil.
4:43/5:10 Here again.
I dont want to come off all gloom and doom with extreme “The What-Like” comments. I just think alot of people really dont have any idea what is going on with oil supplies, and the government and private corporations really keep a lid on it tight.
Its kind of like the credit meltdown that many people knew was coming (How could it not with so many subprime and exotic products)but only half heartidly were concerned about – Then SMACK.
Look into any independent research on the oil industry and “Peak Production.” you will find that most of the worlds major oil reserves have reached or will reach Peak production within the next 5 years. That means everyday these wells produce less and less oil – nothing you can do about it. China and India are increasing their demand exponentially and the result will be hard times very soon for all of us.
Yes alternative fuels and energy will grow and certainly help. But sadly no one cares to address the problem seriously until – SMACK (See Above)
Anyhow – I dont claim to be a guru or oil expert or anything, but to me common sense says being in the city is the safest place to avoid the worst of this effect.
Ciao
6:23 – coal, nuclear, natural gas, hydro. That’s where electricity comes from.
Next question?
The trend back to the cities started in the mid-90’s and has only strengthened.
Don’t know if the What or others were reading this blog last year, but FYI, the exact same doom and gloom predictions were being said about 2007 which turned out to be a year that prices went up again in Brooklyn, not down. I have no crystal ball for 2008, but I’m just pointing that out. Because if the same thing is said every year, how does anyone know if it’s just yet again some more Chicken Little predictions?
“HEVs – hybrid electric vehicles. Lots more coming.”
I certainly hope so, but what fuel will generate the electricity?