Watch Out for Falling Objects
We walked out of our house on Sunday morning to find this sight in front of our (all too-close-for-comfort) neighbor’s house. As the photo on the jump shows, a huge chunk of brownstone had fallen off the exterior of a second floor window and crashed on the stoop and sidewalk below. While a little chilling…
We walked out of our house on Sunday morning to find this sight in front of our (all too-close-for-comfort) neighbor’s house. As the photo on the jump shows, a huge chunk of brownstone had fallen off the exterior of a second floor window and crashed on the stoop and sidewalk below. While a little chilling given what could have happened had someone been walking by or entering the building at the time, this incident isn’t too surprising given what kind of shape the landlord keeps the 8-family house in. (You should see the backyard.) This got us thinking about what recourse one has to force a neighbor to fix a hazardous condition like this. In this case, you’re talking about making the guy cough up $50,000-$60,000 for a new brownstone facade. Anyone know?
suburbanite, in the manner that she speaks. i assume a she, is the epitome of a very very bitter person and it makes me sad to think of her all alone in that big gorgeous house of hers, waiting for the kiddies to get out of school, watching oprah, wondering what to cook for dinner while trolling away nasty little messages on brownstoner.com
at least you may have your own lovely office, doll and a big pool for swimming, but i can walk out my door and actually see PEOPLE.
no, not molding (although yes, i have a ton of it), not vinyl siding, not bricks nor brownstone, but live, human wonderful HUMAN BEINGS!!! and shops and a park, and restaurants, and oh yeah…more people.
and that my dear is why you find yourself milling the time away on this dear website.
I hear crickets at night in brooklyn, suburbanite. Guess it all depends on the hood. Doesn’t drive me crazy. Sort of like having the best of both worlds….for now.
What’s to deliberate, bricks fell, it could have hurt someone.
Actually my house is brick, but how long can you talk about ceiling moldings? I think you all are house-proud and we all tend to be garden/lawn- proud.
I grew up in Park Slope,in those days we called it Park Slop. I couldn’t wait to get the hell out of there.
Maybe my kids will move back to Brooklyn, I doubt it, they’re more into Colorado. Even more open space.
I think the brownstoner movement is remarkable, I really do. especially since I remember brownsotne livng being so inconvenient and decrepit and noisy.
But then some people are driven crazy by crickets.
Where is all this severe facade damage everyone is bitchin about. All i see is one bad window frame.
it’s funny thought suburbanite…many or probably most of us brownstone dwellers have lived or spend a portion of our lives in the suburbs, and i know for one i’m not seeking out blogs specifically about the upkeep and restoration of 1950-70s post war suburban architecture.
but then again, i suppose you can only talk about vinyl siding for so long, right??
There is a division of DOB that handles
emergencies, this looks like an emergency. They will show up in a blink of an eye when the facade is crumbling. More like twenty thousand for the facade, depends what needs to be done. In the
interim the city can erect a scaffold so
no one is injured. Please call 311 and tell them you need the emergency unit,
someone is going to be injured.
I like to keep up with the old neighborhood. It makes me feel good every time I get home to my immaculate block with the century old oaks and their understory of dogwoods. I pull up to my nice indoor garage and then go into my sunny, spacious house with landscaped backyard and pool, which I’m getting ready for the summer.
But my house doesn’t cost as much as the houses in the old neighborhood so I don’t have to take in renters downstairs. It’s a different life, I think mine is better, you think yours is better, it takes all kinds no?
Indeed it is, suburbanite; indeed it is. Wish it weren’t so but these homeowners are in-love with the idea of preservation and restoration (and community as well). Quite admirable and constructive qualities if you ask me.
just curious, suburbanite, what’s your interest here? I mean, why bother?