House of the Day: 743 Eastern Parkway
Describing this house at 743 Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights as being “near the Brooklyn Museum” is a bit of a stretch but it’s still kinda interesting, we think. There are two parking spots in the front driveway and a legal professional office on the ground floor for income generation. The two upper floors are…
Describing this house at 743 Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights as being “near the Brooklyn Museum” is a bit of a stretch but it’s still kinda interesting, we think. There are two parking spots in the front driveway and a legal professional office on the ground floor for income generation. The two upper floors are currently configured as two separate apartments but there’s no reason they couldn’t be connected to make an owner’s duplex. There’s a surprising amount of original detail left in the house as well. Asking price: $650,000. Good buy?
743 Eastern Parkway [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
Yeah, me too.
The trendy crap in the art world is just like the trendy crap anywhere — that doesn’t throw the rest of it into some kind of historical dustbin. I hate most contemporary art and think twentieth-century art theorists kind of killed the entire thing, but at the same time, a good oil painting — from any era — is a good oil painting. Worth seeing.
Okay, now I am having a fantasy that we will buy this house and go to the Children’s Museum everyday, the Brooklyn a few times a week. I can almost envision it… except for that lack of a downpayment and mortgage.
Great discussion about the house, the neighborhood, and art. Sorry I missed most of it. NOP, your memories are priceless! I can’t believe it – not one comment about crime and safety.
I have to go back to several museums. It’s been too long. This conversation has me eager to go.
Shouldn’t this house be $3 million, since it must be in walking distance of a synagogue? Can I vote that on the widget?
I totally agree. I believe people are hungry for art and once a museum forgets that and mistakes trendiness for quality, we’ve lost. I have the feeling they would sell off all of it to become a media-savvy art gallery specializing in shock value and mediocre, but trendy work. Because they think it’s popular. I can’t wait for the digital museum- see all your favorite paintings in the kiosk. Kindle for artwork. Who needs to see it in real life, the web site shows you everything. NOT.
bxgirl
it’s heartbreaking.
Last year there was a beautiful exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum of French and American Impressionist paintings.
Many of the French paintings were on loan but many others were owned by the museum. All of the American paintings were owned by the museum. The exhibit was there for a couple of months and is now on a year or two-year’s long tour of many of the top museums in US. The power types at the museum think that Brooklynites will not be interested in such European-centric art. They are mistaken I believe.
mcKenzie- very true. They began doing that in the late 80’s because they thought it needed spiffing up to compete with the met. They used the entry space for some great exhibits but the crowning achievments was the doggy doo exhibit (as we called it). Huge black paper mache…er…sculptures that hung from the ceiling looking for all the world like a rain of dog poop.
Actually the Broolyn Museum has an incredible collection of American impressionist paintings as well as all manner of nineteenth century paintings including Hudson River School, and portraits. Incredible portraits!
Unfortunately nineteenth century American paintings has been relegated to the “not cool” storage areas of the museum by the current (semi-loony) museum president.
The decorative arts and furniture colections are also mind blowing. All closed. very little on display to the public.
Once the museum decides to actually show its collection and not be embarrased by the fact that it is mostly historic American material culture, the city will be impressed anew by the collection.
My favorites have always been the Medieval rooms- I gasp everytime I see that Choir screen.
NOP- I wasn’t able to have kids of my own but we made sure my niece and nephew went to the museums. It’s astounding to see what a difference art makes in a child’s life. Especially now that they are growing up and their career choices have been so profoundly affected by art. My brother-in-law is a photographer/printmaker with a lot of shows and awards under his belt. My niece and nephew didn’t have a chance of escaping art, one way or another.
> And that’s what my wife got for dozing off in bed…
Dagnabbit, where’s that “Instant Rimshot” link?
> “your tendency to focus on the more intelligent and entertaining posts.”
Nah, it’s probably just the narcolepsy.