tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post4718839068953035419..comments2024-02-19T05:18:27.849-05:00Comments on <center>the Q at Parkside</center>: FAR To the MaxClarkson FlatBedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13463744536115119388noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-65355579572204834442015-10-11T09:12:50.802-04:002015-10-11T09:12:50.802-04:00Have you noticed that 226 Linden, the supportive h...Have you noticed that 226 Linden, the supportive housing studios, which is close to being finished, maintains the street line and front garden? Adds to the mystery of why buildings do or don't. <br />http://newyorkyimby.com/2014/09/revealed-226-linden-boulevard-flatbush.html<br /><br />BTW speaking of the beauty or lack thereof of Linden, as we all know this is a major truck artery connecting JFK airport to NJ. I seriously doubt this was the case at the time of the genteel Linden Blvd of the 1930s. From what I can tell, at that time most freight was moved on the rail lines between Ave H and Ave I. Since then, freight rail declined, trucking industry and unions boomed, Flatbush, ENY, Kensington, South Slope, and Windsor Terrace had little political power, and voila, trucks careening through residential neighborhoods. <br /><br />Ydanis Rodriguez is the chair of the city's transportation committee. Last week he gave support for the Cross Harbor Rail Tunnel, which would, according to him, take 1 million trucks off of city streets. Transportation advocates know that this is not as simple as it sounds: the bill for the proposed tunnel is $7 billion and that money would come from the same places as the proposed and much discussed NY-NJ train tunnel. There is an alternate plan to put freight on barges (in Sunset Park I think) and then have it cross the river. <br /><br />http://www.streetsblog.org/2015/10/05/outlining-transpo-vision-rodriguez-champions-toll-reform-in-city-council/<br /><br />You can imagine how Linden, Church, Flatbush, Caton, 20th st, and McDonald would be transformed by a tunnel which restored freight train usage to the city and took 18 wheelers off the streets. But I doubt it will happen in our lifetimes. <br />Jacobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-38640494264435825202015-10-10T21:03:29.723-04:002015-10-10T21:03:29.723-04:00Linden beautiful? ok...Linden beautiful? ok...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-54972020303232777292015-10-09T18:00:06.115-04:002015-10-09T18:00:06.115-04:00Jacob: i honestly think, from having read old broo...Jacob: i honestly think, from having read old brooklyn daily eagle articles about my building, that in the early 20th century when all the plots of land were being bought by developers, the remaining residents/homeowners (in wood frame houses on large plots of land) were wealthy/influential enough to force the developers to keep in character with the street. In fact, the man who built my building in the 1930s on Lenox bought it from a very wealthy man who actually had a real estate empire, and whose family married into the Lotts and Cortelyous, etc. i'm sure it was *slightly* more complicated than that, but i'm gonna guess $$ was the main factor hereroxvhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15915617906644932653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-13417284772324983482015-10-07T15:04:52.583-04:002015-10-07T15:04:52.583-04:00There must have been some defunct zoning thing tha...There must have been some defunct zoning thing that mandated buildings be setback from the sidewalk a certain distance. Either that or the street was narrowed at some point, Jacobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-22408454871139045952015-10-07T15:02:36.958-04:002015-10-07T15:02:36.958-04:00Roxy, note that I was comparing to a big brick box...Roxy, note that I was comparing to a big brick box, not a structure of smaller size. Something smaller would be better in terms of preserving views, etc. Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00792646871333738725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-70142890885592397662015-10-07T12:24:54.604-04:002015-10-07T12:24:54.604-04:00Entrance is by helipad only.Entrance is by helipad only.Clarkson FlatBedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13463744536115119388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-21349324813747146412015-10-07T12:17:15.840-04:002015-10-07T12:17:15.840-04:00There is no front door.There is no front door.JMBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-77875323303723970032015-10-06T14:57:00.182-04:002015-10-06T14:57:00.182-04:00Roxv, your concerns are totally valid, and all thi...Roxv, your concerns are totally valid, and all things being equal, it would be worse if it were brick box.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00792646871333738725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-26825275106942495912015-10-06T12:37:36.554-04:002015-10-06T12:37:36.554-04:00alex, you see nothing wrong with this design becau...alex, you see nothing wrong with this design because you won't have to look at it from your apartment window, and it's not going to be blocking your view of the holy cross church steeple U_U i'm bummed. i'm also bummed that it's probably going to jut out in front of literally all the buildings on Linden--which are all set back a considerable amount from the street; part of what makes Linden so beautiful. but honestly, right now i'm just hoping super hard that they don't damage/rip out the incredibly large old tree on the sidewalk in front of this lot :( if that tree survives construction, i can swallow the rest of the bitter pillroxvhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15915617906644932653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-24229689697418725872015-10-06T10:37:59.900-04:002015-10-06T10:37:59.900-04:00How are they allowed to come out beyond the buildi...How are they allowed to come out beyond the building line?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-84647698576752119262015-10-06T09:16:13.336-04:002015-10-06T09:16:13.336-04:00TRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUE. But a lot of the time...TRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUE. But a lot of the time these glass buildings come out looking pretty appealing, especially if you're an exhibitionist.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00792646871333738725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-64376940754595013582015-10-06T08:57:02.122-04:002015-10-06T08:57:02.122-04:00Alex: You're savvy enough to know that it'...Alex: You're savvy enough to know that it'll never actually look like this. Renderings can even make Fedders buildings look terrific. Frankly all I care about anymore is that we build means-tested units and there's little chance of that during this boom. Maybe next, after China implodes a la Japan.Clarkson FlatBedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13463744536115119388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-34133212711251098222015-10-06T08:54:20.211-04:002015-10-06T08:54:20.211-04:00It's big, but I see nothing wrong with the des...It's big, but I see nothing wrong with the design aesthetic. Big windows are cool. To me, it's better to have bold stylistic contrast than something that will "blend," like a big brick box.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00792646871333738725noreply@blogger.com