House of the Day: 439 East 19th Street
We’re liking the look of this single-family house at 439 East 19th Street in Ditmas Park—the original built-ins and coffered ceilings are stunning. The 2,800-square-foot house changed hands in 2002 for $775,000 and just hit the market now for $1,249,000. That comes out to about $450 per square foot, less than what this house a…
We’re liking the look of this single-family house at 439 East 19th Street in Ditmas Park—the original built-ins and coffered ceilings are stunning. The 2,800-square-foot house changed hands in 2002 for $775,000 and just hit the market now for $1,249,000. That comes out to about $450 per square foot, less than what this house a couple of blocks away recently sold for.
[Brooklyn Hearth] GMAP P*Shark
“Rob: puh-lease yourself. My child IS much more worldly and sophisticated because she grew up in NYC. There’s simply no question about it. You would be, too, if you’d had her advantages when you were growing up.”
Park Sloper, worldly and sophisticated? I find many New Yorkers just as provincial as the rest of the world (if not more) because they think everything is centered on NYC and nothing exists beyond the Hudson. Lots of my students refused to even consider colleges outside the Boston-Washington corridor.
Tybur6, excellent point about the merits of growing up in a rural environment.
OMG. I just realized that I went to school with a person that used to live in this house.
“it’s filthy enough”
I agree tyber6, but I can’t help thinking that she would have ideas on how to spoof off it.
God I love that fireplace.
I must have been upstate for too long. I thought the swallow quote was quite lovely, in the purest sense! But then again, I now actually see swallows, so perhaps my point of reference has expanded 😉
Park Sloper,
Full disclosure, my home is in Jersey City and we don’t have children yet. I just happen to love this type of housing stock and our jobs require our proximity to Manhattan.
Thing is I wouldn’t, once/if we have kids be opposed to staying in this house or moving to the burbs. My husband is a city kid and I’m from the burbs so I understand both sides. We would make sure that they were exposed to both sides of the coin regardless. Live in the city? Summer at the Grandparents and exposure to the lifestyle of beach living and gardening on The Chesapeake Bay. Live in the Burbs? Lots of visits to the culture and lifestyle that their Manhattanite Grandparents could expose them to.
When you said:
“similarly, many people (like myself, who grew up mostly in the suburbs) who choose to raise their kids in the city do so because there is great value to the daily exposure to the energy, diversity, culture, etc. that only life in the big city can offer.”
I agree, and like I said initially, I understood what you were getting at. It’s just that I had advantages by growing up in the burbs that my husband could have only hoped for. So it’s a two sided coin and your initial posts came off as very arrogant. As though all kids from the burbs were toothless hillbillies that didn’t know what fork to use at dinner.
Thanks for clearing it up in your 5:14 post.
Imagine if the poor homeowner was directed to this thread!!!!
This discussion continues in the OT.
Why does that have to be rewritten… it’s filthy enough. mmm.