Open House Picks

linusvanpelt (again),

to respond to your other post, no,PLG and PS have NOT improved equally in the last 30 years(in terms of amenities). I admit to doing much of my shopping in Park Slope, as do many of my neighbors. This has been a problem over all the years I’ve lived here. One cause, I think, is that the middle class population in PLG has been relatively small in absolute terms, largely because the 600 homes in Lefferts Manor are limited to single family use by zoning and deed covenant. This has many advantages for residents of the Manor, but shopping has suffered greatly.

I think this situation will change with increased interest in row houses outside of Lefferts Manor (which can be two or three family) AND with the large increase I’ve noticed, of middle class families in apartment buildings (most noticible, I think,on Ocean Ave facing Prospect Park).

linusvanpelt,

The Sunset Park house does seemwellpriced And looks liked A very nice house.FWIW I’m not that familiar with Sunset Park in recent years–I haven’t been there since they stopped having house tours in the late’70s. I nhave rather fond memories of working with Bob Walsh, who was Sunset Park representative to the Old Brooklyn Brownstone Conference when I filled the same role for PLGNA. BBC used to coordinate (or at least try to coordinate) house tours in the various brownstone neighborhoods.

I wonder if someone who actually lives in Sunset Park Could comment on that house.My impression is that, at only two stories, it’s fairly small, with only a floor-through for the owner. Nevertheless, each floor is about 10′ deeper than my house.

FWIW there are many 2 story houses in Lefferts Manor (on Lincoln Rd., Maple St., Midwood Street, and Rutland Rd.) which might actually go for less, but they’re not as deep (only about 40′ I think) and can only be used for one family, so they’d cost more to operate.

You know, that’s tempting dt, but I don’t think it’ll work. Unfortunately, neither does the strategy I’ve tried over the last several days of confronting them and pointing out their tactics–trolls are nothing if not persistant.

I admit that I’ve had a LOT of fun confronting the trolls, but its getting kind of tiresome. I guess, the common admonition of “don’t feed the troll” might be best after all.

Of course, if anyone (other than me) wants to try the chant of “troll, troll, go away” feel free :-).

For myself, I’ll try to stick to commenting about my beloved PLG in positive ways (unless I get REALLY pissed off–but I should be able to restrain myself.

I think you are right Anonymous February 10, 2006 05:31 PM. He doth protest too much!