Just check the handy map Alison Gregor and associates provide in the article that notes the new upscale and rental and condo projects happening:
Hey, just read the article and tell me what you think. I gotta get to work, but I thought you'd enjoy the advanced heads up. The print article comes out in the Sunday Times.
Now, the Q's no astrologer, but if those dots above were stars, I think I see a French poodle. The legs dip down to Linden Blvd, the tail is 123 On The Park. That means its poop would fall right onto Drummer's Grove. But maybe I'm just seeing things...
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Well, well, well. I'm with you on this. 10 projects in a very small area, that is no minor thing. And it is interesting, the boundaries shifting a bit...
I find myself wondering, why isn't 190-192 Lenox included in the map? Nothing pending, perhaps?
The Times let the cat out of the bag. Now the human deluge will commence.
Note that they did refer to the neighborhood by its correct name (Prospect-Lefferts Gardens) this time, although the didn't get the boundaries right...
ToSHAY Madame Rogers. touché. And yet, sweet victory is mine. As I believe this is the first time that my name for the nabe "Caledonia" has been seen in print.
Isn't 329 Lincoln Road going to be a halfway house? While it is new construction, I don't really think that qualifies as an upscale development.
The article said 10 luxury buildings. The map shows 13 projects. Clearly they meant to include 329 in the "not luxury" category.
Makes sense. Should have read that more carefully. Thanks for clearing everything up.
Hmm... the realtors in the area must be super excited.
Can someone define the term "luxury" as it relates to real estate for me?
Good question Duane. It's not like they're going to advertise "this is a flophouse so bring your bong."
I'd say all you need is a doorman and a rudimentary gym to qualify. And a working elevator.
329 Lincoln Rd is not a halfway house. It is long-term supportive housing for women with a history of incarceration and drug abuse and/or mental problems (at least 2 out of 3 or Providence House doesn't get its $85K/yr. from the state). I don't think this is meant to be temporary accommodations for anyone and there are supposedly several apartments available here for low-income community members and a community space, though we'll see if that ever happens.
Hi Duane,
I am an area real estate broker and I am not super-excited, but angry at the New York Times's latest screed on our neighborhood. If we're really "on the map" they could have gotten the map right at least - Prospect Lefferts Gardens (I don't care about the hyphen but I do care about the Prospect and the Gardens) ends at Clarkson Ave on the south and at NY Ave on the east, regardless of what other unscrupulous types may try to make people believe.
And in terms of what luxury means to you: it means dishwashers, washer-dryers (in the building if not the unit), common outdoor spaces and/or gyms, and maybe even doormen and central A/C. All the things that people who don't live in NYC are used to and will pay money for (and that all the people who've moved here from elsewhere in the past ten years expect).
I told one of my nephews at Thanksgiving that I don't have a dishwasher in my apartment and he was dumbfounded. "But what do you do?" he asked. When I told him I washed my dishes by hand, he was amazed. "But I thought that was only for special things," he said, "How do you get things clean?"
Heaven forbid I'd mentioned that there's no washing machine or dryer here either - I think his head would have exploded.
Welcome to the suburban-homogenization of NY.
Many of the old apartment buildings around here have dishwashers and laundry in the buildings. They too were luxurious when they were built.
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