Lots of Love for the Schermerhorn House
The Schermerhorn is not your average affordable housing project, as The Times makes abundantly clear in its profile this weekend. (As we put it a couple of weeks ago, “This place is about as sexy as supportive housing gets.”) Stand-out amenities include a gym with floor-to-ceiling windows and a ground-floor performance space. (The Brooklyn Ballet…
The Schermerhorn is not your average affordable housing project, as The Times makes abundantly clear in its profile this weekend. (As we put it a couple of weeks ago, “This place is about as sexy as supportive housing gets.”) Stand-out amenities include a gym with floor-to-ceiling windows and a ground-floor performance space. (The Brooklyn Ballet will be the anchor tenant.) Designed by Polshek Partnership Architects, the 217-unit building will end up being split fairly evenly between arts-related professionals who don’t make a lot of dough and those who qualify for supportive housing, typically the formerly homeless and others in need of help. The interior photo in The Times story is pretty darn slick for this type of thing, seeming to confirm our suspicions that lack of creativity and resourcefulness is usually more to blame than small budgets when ugly new buildings are put up.
New Homes for a Varied Cast [NY Times]
Schermerhorn House 1/3-Rented [Brownstoner]
Development Watch: Schermerhorn House Nears Completion [Brownstoner]
Development Watch: Schermerhorn House Gets Its Skin [Brownstoner] GMAP
Development Watch: 160 Schermerhorn Tops Out [Brownstoner] P*Shark
Development Watch: Schermerhorn House Rising [Brownstoner] DOB
Some More 411 on the “Schermerhorn House” [Brownstoner]
How about subsidized housing for NYC cops. Pretty sure they don’t make a lot and wouldn’t it be great (for all) to have cops live in the communities that they patrol? Seems to me that would have a greater impact on the standard of living of most people.
Rob – if NYC changes its approach to artists – it would be like the city you moved out from (name any American city or town). It would be void and boring.
If not for artist, Chelsea, Williamsburgh, Soho, East Village, etc would not matter.
NYC, because of artist of immigrants is the most important US city because of it. Deal with it. If you don’t like it, 99% of America is calling you to live with them and have a coffee at their excellent cafes, where a local artist is being supported with free coffee and a mic. No free housing for you!
ok – great!
we are all friends again? where did Bxgrl go?
I came home from school on my own from about 10 years onward – however my mom always got a babysitter for nighttime! -hah
yeah this thread got off topic – sorry!
I work from home a day or so a week, Rob. Never hang out in any cafe’s though. I get my coffee and GO.
The rest of the time, I’m hard at work. Literally and figuratively.
Even you have to laugh at that charicature, 11217 🙂
“i had a baby sitter til i was about 8 and then i was like um i think i can watch myself after school.”
That worked out well. You got a TERRIFIC start on bean-bagging, whining about what you don’t have, and drinking 40s!
“i meant philipino from the phillipines dave.”
It’s STILL spelled “Filipino” genius. It’s clear you required additional after-school supervision at a crucial period. Too late now.
i meant philipino from the phillipines dave.
Yes, and they are referred to as Filipinos, not philipinos.
And the country is called “The Philippines”, not “Phillipines”
lol 11217 our office’s ac is broken too. and i dont know why im shocked to find out that you work! in an office no less! for some reason i always pictured you sitting in park slope cafe’s all day making macaroni necklackes. (in a long blonde wig)
*rob*
rob…parents will get locked up and hace Children’s Services take away their kids here in NYC if they are found to be leaving their children (over 8) alone.
That wasn’t true years ago, even in NYC.
Ever see the look a parent gets if he spanks his /her kid in public?? Ridiculous.