Open House Picks

anyone who reads a blog (about real estate, no less) and feels sad after is a REALLY sad human being to start with.

Interesting, GentrifyThis at 7:56pm, that we see so much more passion and action from you about attacking and driving out white people, than we do about improving the public schools in those neighborhoods. Or driving out drug dealers. Because apparently the real problem is the whites moving in.

Also why don’t we see an organized effort to encourage black homeowners to offer their homes at below market rates when they sell, to middle income black families in order to keep more black families in the neighborhood? But as we know when it comes time to sell they or their heirs are not complaining about getting a million + for their house. They just complain about who buys the house? Don’t get it.

There are so many ways to combat what you see as the ill effects of gentrification, without playing the victim. Too bad that’s the only role you and your buddies seem to know to play.

I’m not sure anon 6:26. I’ll be sure to post and let you know when I come back from the meeting :-).

Pathetic as it may sound to you I don’t see the problem in preserving an african-american community by any means necessary, and the majority of black folks that are homeowners in this ‘hood feel the same way. The bigotry on this board can go both ways, I would love to see you reply to others who call the neighborhood a Ghetto or are afraid of black and brown people and want them all to go away or be priced out. Now, THAT is pretty pathetic to me.

There are extremes on both side of the spectrum. Deal with it!

This might surprise you, but as far as I can see. there are more black millionaires in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill than wea;thy whites. Most black people in the area bought years ago, and just kept buying and buying. Most black professionals in the area own five, six houses, and buy more properties each year.Just not at the prices you gentlemen are talking
about. Does that make anyone happier. Those old mansions couldn’t be
given away fifteen years ago, bought for a song.

I went to the washington house yesterday. It’s easily one of the nicest brownstones I’ve ever seen (I live in P. Heights in a brownstone, was just curious.) They’ve turned the entire top floor into an open loft, and cut enormous windows (6×6 and 3×6, roughly)into the side facing Manhattan, giving amazing views out over the rooftops toward Manhattan. Perfectly framed ESB and Chrysler building. It made me wonder how technically hard/expensive it is to cut a window into the side of a brownstone.

The yard was small, the backside looks straight into a massive highrise, the BQE is two blocks down, and it’s a decent hike uphill to the G. But still, a really beautiful house. Just not 2.4 million beautiful. You could spend half as much further into bedstuy and be closer to an express train.