House of the Day: 1232 Dean Street
This four-story house at 1232 Dean Street in Crown Heights just hit the market and, like so many houses in the area, has some killer architectural details. (In this case, it’s the wood paneling and built-ins that really impress.) Hopefully for the seller, this place will attract more interest than the next-door neighbor at 1230…
This four-story house at 1232 Dean Street in Crown Heights just hit the market and, like so many houses in the area, has some killer architectural details. (In this case, it’s the wood paneling and built-ins that really impress.) Hopefully for the seller, this place will attract more interest than the next-door neighbor at 1230 Dean Street, which we featured a year ago and is still on the market for $1,250,000. While we suspect there will be plenty of people who dig the house, we suspect that the price tag of $999,000 for a house in this neighborhood may be a tough sell in this economic environment.
1232 Dean Street [Halstead] GMAP P*Shark
“The fact that The What at least recognizes some of the real consequences of whites moving to predominantly black neighborhoods is welcome commentary on this blog. You may hate the style, but the content is worthy of discussion.”
wpg: Do I know you? Did you ever live on PPW & Garfield?
wpg—the content is worthy of discussion but it is hard to separate the content from the style and the style is so unpleasant and harsh that one comes to the conclusion that there is no actual desire on the What’s part for constructive dialogue (I am sure you will all be surprised by this conclusion! Not!)
The content does need to be looked at. What raises issues that bear rational and thoughtful discussion. The presentation isn’t always “pretty-ed up”, but I believe the substance is there.
MM…I like the added PBA designation. Are you merely a member or might you be the Chairman as well?
With all due respect to Andy, I’ll need lots of rum in my eggnog to get through that box set!
Peachy keen, Biff!
I’ve been catching up on the facts (http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/), and I’m ready. I’ve always liked Andy’s red Christmas scarf.
Wpg, Wasder is right. Lord knows I’ll go on about the ramifications and complications of gentrification, race relations, and integration with the best of them. They still are the topics de jour that define us as a city and nation. Unfortunately, most of those conversations on this blog soon deteriorate because of people who really don’t want to have an honest discussion of tough problems, they just want to be totally out of line, call people names, and write nonsense for the sole sake of pissing others off. If that’s the case, I’d just as soon make fun of the whole thing, have a cup of eggnog with Biff, and listen to Andy.
Montrose Morris, PBA
wasder, you’ve nailed it again. And to me, integration is a positive thing for EVERYONE, as you’ve seen from your very personal experiences with your daughter, as an example. Sounds like a certain poster is advocating a return to segregation…just amazing as we come out of a presidential election that should give all of us such hope for the future.
wpg—the content is worthy of discussion but it is hard to separate the content from the style and the style is so unpleasant and harsh that one comes to the conclusion that there is no actual desire on the What’s part for constructive dialogue (I am sure you will all be surprised by this conclusion! Not!)
“predominantly white neighborhoods”, that is…
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Just imagine how it would sound if anyone spoke of “the real consequences” blacks moving to predominantly white.
The fact that The What at least recognizes some of the real consequences of whites moving to predominantly black neighborhoods is welcome commentary on this blog. You may hate the style, but the content is worthy of discussion.