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
My fav dead painter:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Spencer
I don’t like cake:). Psychology is weird.
Hey jester, I’d like to recommend one of the smaller museums for your staycation: The Rubin.
– http://www.rmanyc.org/
It’s a smallish museum with a focus on art of the Himalayan region. It’s fantastic.
Oh no- I have to see art all the time. Art should be lived with, everyday. Now, eating birthday cake only once a year makes it special 🙂
I had a wonderful day at the Met, a rainy day, more so than this one. I was there waiting for them to open, and saw all over the galleries I wanted to see. I spent time staring at many pieces which moved me. Then I ate at the cafeteria in the basement, and saw the other half. By 2 the corwds of students were punishing.
I love art but I guess seeing it once makes it feel more special to me. Most museums I visit, I see the things I like in one day. I’m doing a staycation next week and going to a bunch – can’t wait.
infinitejester- I don’t go to museums as often as I want, but who can see everything in one day? And I like revisiting even the art I’ve seen many times because its inspiring and creative and who can get enough of art? You make going to the museum sound like a chore, not a joy.
Snark, ditto your comment re: the Met at 3:42. I go there frequently, although unfortunately far less often than I used to since I moved, but always find new things to discover.
Mr. Jester – At a very large, encyclopedic museum like the Metropolitan, you couldn’t, or certainly wouldn’t want to try to, see more than maybe 1/20th of what’s displayed in one visit. You quickly reach overload. I think it’s much better to spend a couple hours max in one or two galleries, take the time to soak it in, and leave while you can still remember what you saw.
I have a fried who used to volunteer as a docent at the American Museum of Natural History. He was frequently asked, “how long does it take to see the museum?” His response was you could do it in a month if you came every day.