House of the Day: 180 Washington Park
If you’re a Wall Street Journal reader, you may already be familiar with this new listing at 180 Washington Park in Fort Greene—the 22-foot brownstone was featured when it hit the market earlier this month with a price tag of $2,750,000, most likely because it was owned by Spike Lee back in the 1990s. We’re…
If you’re a Wall Street Journal reader, you may already be familiar with this new listing at 180 Washington Park in Fort Greene—the 22-foot brownstone was featured when it hit the market earlier this month with a price tag of $2,750,000, most likely because it was owned by Spike Lee back in the 1990s. We’re certainly digging the location, size and type of the house. There’s also tons of original detail that is right up our alley. The renovation, though, feels too over-the-top to us. Call us old-fashioned, but the glitziness and polish of the whole thing feels a little out of place for Fort Greene. And that yard? What were they thinking? We suspect the sellers would have been better served by a more understated approach, especially when it comes to reselling in these non-boom times.
180 Washington Park [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
Practically perfect in every way! It looks a bit museum-like because it is empty, nothing that can’t be humanized with some furniture and greenery. How wonderful to wake up to views of the park.
It also needs a deck on the parlour level.
I think I’d like to meet the broker. It’ll be fun getting him out of that Jermyn Street suit, shirt & tie combination.
http://a810-cofo.nyc.gov/cofo/B/3P0/008000/B3P0008095.PDF
2.2M for a 2 family townhouse? F outta here….i’m selfish with my property, prefer a 1 family thank you
Yo, what you wanna live in a Black neighborhood for, anyway? Man, motherfuck gentrification.
-Do Th Right Thing (1989)
You forgot the answer which was I WAS _BORN_ IN BROOKLYN!
Interesting setup….The tub in the middle of bathroom is way over the top and out of place. I do however love the woodwork and parlor floor kitchen. The oversized bedrooms are a bonus in my book.
> Kind of reminds me of the Ralph Lauren section of a department store.
Bingo. This place is hideous.
Hooray a powder room on the parlor floor. Backyard is wierd, should have left a blank slate. The fireplace and crown moldings can be easily fixed. Kitchen and dining are lovely.
I’m pretty thick skinned, I can take what they throw at me.
You should have seen what they were saying about the place before I bought it when it was HOTD very early in 2007. I never saw that thread until after I bought the house. LOL