House of the Day: 69 Gold Street
The renovation of 69 Gold Street was a complete gut rehab. The owners, who picked the four-story brick house up for $1,295,000 in 2006, clearly spent a lot of dough fixing it up. Because it’s a corner property (see photo) that with a stoop-less entrance right off the street, it feels a little weird walking…
The renovation of 69 Gold Street was a complete gut rehab. The owners, who picked the four-story brick house up for $1,295,000 in 2006, clearly spent a lot of dough fixing it up. Because it’s a corner property (see photo) that with a stoop-less entrance right off the street, it feels a little weird walking into right into the kitchen. The style’s not right up our alley, but it looks like a lot of attention to detail was put into this and the quality is probably quite high. Which is a good thing, cuz they’re asking $2,995,000; then again, it’s got a carriage house that’s currently generating $3,300 a month in rent.
69 Gold Street [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
Hubby and I were stuck in bumper to bumper traffic one Sunday morning on the LIE. Next to us was a Church van (I forget the name of the church that was on the side of the van) full of ladies with the most exotic hats, in an array of colors. I couldn’t stop staring. I was analyzing all the styles and wondered if their shoes matched their hats. I started developing personalities for these ladies based on the hat. It made my day, made the hellish traffic almost non-existent.
You’l just never make a good First Lady, tradionalmod.
You gotta have at least one classic, church-lady hat at the Obama inauguration. Arethra delivered.
I bet the other women wished they had hats, they looked like they were freezing to death. Jackie Kennedy wore a hat and a coat that buttoned all the way up. So did Nancy Reagan. But then hats went out of style. So did keeping warm apparently! Both Michelle Obama and Laura Bush had bare heads and wore coats that were exposed at the neck and all open in front. I’d be dying in those temps dressed like that.
This is not modernism, its confusion. The different pieces don’t work together. Result = cluttering feel. Interior designer gets a D- on this one.
Aretha’s hat was awesome.
I told my officemates as we watched the inaugaration that I bet she bought that hat on Atlantic Avenue.
Speaking of the house and renovation, it’s very cool. I’m not a modernist, but I like their use of the exposed brick, the open layout, and use of materials. How nice to have an attached carriage house, too.
I think this may linger for a while, due to location, price and the market, but when the right well heeled person falls in love with it, it will sell, and they will be very happy. I can see it being a posh pied a terre for someone, with the carriage house tenant holding the fort down by being on site. Someone using the place infrequently is not going to care about the substation.
Hey, watch the bubblebashing!
the bombo stools look totally out of place there, despite the cash they laid out for the kitchen its poorly done…
In its defense, the house is charming. And the location is charming, if you ignore the substation and like the F-train. But yeah, pricing seems high.
And on petty note, I have grown to hate those hydraulic looking backless stools that seem to be cropping up everywhere. Are they even comfortable?