House of the Day: 1290 Pacific Street Revisited
When we looked at 1290 Pacific Street a year ago, it was listed with Brooklyn Properties for $1,450,000. Having failed to sell, the 1899 Queen Anne house is now with Corcoran hoping to fetch $1,310,000. Here’s what we said last time: “On the one hand, its a one-of-a-kind house with an impeccable architectural pedigree; on…
When we looked at 1290 Pacific Street a year ago, it was listed with Brooklyn Properties for $1,450,000. Having failed to sell, the 1899 Queen Anne house is now with Corcoran hoping to fetch $1,310,000. Here’s what we said last time: “On the one hand, its a one-of-a-kind house with an impeccable architectural pedigree; on the other, unfortunately many of the people who have that kind of dough to spend aren’t ready to rock Crown Heights yet, historic district or not.” Think it’s got a shot with this lower price?
1290 Pacific Street [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
HOTD: 1290 Pacific Street [Brownstoner]
NOP in 1930 the Canadian Dr. Lorne MacDougall and his wife Alice lived in this house they are 50 and 52 in 1930. So they are born around 1878/1880. They have two children Helen and John and a maid named Georgianna Young living with them. Alice could be the old lady you knew. Her parents are both born in Scotland according to the census.
NOP, I’ll see what I can find out. I know the site is being developed by the same people who are also doing very modern condos farther down Pacific, in Prospect Hts. I like their work. I wonder about the design being contextural or at least pleasing, as there are no renderings on signage on site. My neighbor across the street talks to the developer all the time, so I’ll find out something. (Neighbor, you also read this blo so if you know anything, please post.)
When LPC landmarked this block, they cut out the Nostrand end on both sides of the street, and started with this house, going east,so the lot where they are building is not landmarked, so zoning regs aside, they can build whatever style of build whatever they want. I hope it’s not an eyesore.
I consider you my friend as well, NOP, as well as a neighbor. My career goal is to become the old lady in a big house, with cats, who chases little kids out of the yard. I’m working on the house and the old part. I already have the prerequisite felines.
Bay Ridge Girl:
And I’ll be pushing tulips!
😉
NOP
BrooklynGreene, thanks for clarifying on my behalf.
NOP, that’s what I meant. That your posts are always enjoyable. You give us such a colorful and reflective prespective of Crown Heights from when you were growing up there, that in 30 years Montrose will hopefully be doing the same; sharing stories of a neighborhood s/he loves.
I’m a sucker for stories, Please keep them coming.
Love the house, don’t love the neighbourhood. If it’s still on the market in another year’s time I’d be tempted to put in an offer at a what I think is the right price.
As for that price, that price cut didn’t just happen – it had been on the market for months for less than this (with Brooklyn Properties I think). The owners need to get realistic about the world today if they really want to sell.
No, no NOP, you didn’t quite get what BRG meant. She meant, though I think she got the age spread a bit wrong, that in 30 years, the person who posts as Montrose Morris will be writing things like you write about Crown Heights from when you were growing up.
🙂
If you don’t rent (I assume you own), sell now even if everyone in the family is annoyed and then rent for a while. At least you could get a nice house in PS or BH as the prices come down if you hold onto your Park Ave. apartment sale…but move fast! 🙂
Not the hotel lot?
http://bstoner.wpengine.com/brownstoner/archives/2008/07/new_northern_cr.php#comments
No, Bayridge Girl, Montrose Morris and I are not the same person. Notice we write about different times and in different styles. We’ve never even met! (Although I’ve come to think of us as friends.)
But it’s good you love the neighborhood, especially for its architecture, which is among the best in the city.
And Montrose, I’m anxious to know more about the apartments going up across the street from 1290. Can you somehow get the builder to share the plans with Brownstoner? That lot was the view from my family’s living room and dining room. We saw straight through to the old LIRR station on Atlantic Avenue, a real old-fashioned “depot” with yellow-painted wood walls and a shingle roof. Does it still exist? In the far background above the trees was the tower of Boys High School — a wonderful Brooklyn landscape. Too bad if that all gets blocked out, although having a nice building to finish Pacific Street is a good idea.
The “big” apartment house you mention must be 1292/4, where I had friends. I remember this as a Tudor-style number with heavily carved furniture and chandeliers in the lobby. I got stuck in the elevator there once. It had an accordion door and somehow I got my foot caught in the apparatus and had to wait for hours to be let out.
Pretty humiliating for a little Brooklyn kid who prided himself on his independence!
NOP
taxes are $165 a year? is that right?