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April 9, 2007
Development Watch: 159 Classon Avenue
In a sign of how fast interest has grown in the no-man's-land between Clinton Hill, Bed Stuy and South Williamsburg, after changing hands in October 2003 for just $1.55 million, this property at 145-159 Classon Avenue sold for $3.5 million just five months later in March 2004. The DOB filings say that the five-story building, which occupies more than 200 feet of street frontage on Classon is only going to be 35,000 square feet and have 20 residential units. Unless there's a very large courtyard in the rear, this would have to be two to three times that size. Easy. As for looks, as the close-up photo shows, it's got more of a Hasidic than Scarano vibe going on. Perhaps Scarano, who signed the original plans back in 2004, was replaced on the project? GMAP P*Shark DOB
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what is a hassidic vibe? i can guess, but love to hear stoner explain...
Posted by: Anonymous at April 9, 2007 11:31 AM
Look at the portals - it looks like the building will feature lots of narrow balcony areas, like many of the Hasidic buildings not far from there. I made the same guess about the building (based on the apparent balconys) as Mr. B., and had my girlfriend call me an anti-semite.
Posted by: BrooklynZoo at April 9, 2007 11:58 AM
My guess would be...
start with those discount tan bricks, build a building that resembles a project, throw on some cheap single-pane windows, Fedders all-day long (why can't the brand name at least be covered or something), and then top it off with the twisted wrought iron cages jutting from the windows... and if the building happens to lie in a hassidic nabe, whoala!
Posted by: Anonymous at April 9, 2007 12:07 PM
unfortunately my friend, nowadays its so freakin easy to be called anti, phobic, or whatever, just because.
Posted by: Anonymous at April 9, 2007 12:09 PM
Yeah they just don't make girlfriends like they useta.
Posted by: BrooklynZoo at April 9, 2007 12:28 PM
seriously, i don't understand - is "hasidic" just another name for "fedders"? because i'm sure there are plenty of gentile fedders-builders out there. my landlord, for one.
Posted by: Anonymous at April 9, 2007 12:40 PM
It's a reference to the many hulking, hideous buildings that the Hasidic community has built to house itself, particularly in Williamsburg. No intention of being anti-Semetic (at least on my part) when I say that this sect has blighted Brooklyn with many unforgivably ugly stuctures. Totally unnecessary and sad. Curiously, also, they tend to put bars on the windows on every floor, from the first to the tenth, whether there are balconies or not. Do the Hasidim have some bizarre phobia for cat burglars? That's even weirder than refusing to push elevator buttons on the Sabbath.
Posted by: bob999 at April 9, 2007 12:52 PM
damn!!! $2 million profit in 5 months....now that's what I call a FLIP!! Man if you have liquid, you gotta love whis madness, huh?
Posted by: MadInvestor at April 9, 2007 12:55 PM
I believe that staggered balconies are often an indication that it is a Hasidic building. I think they are used for building sukkahs.
Posted by: Anonymous at April 9, 2007 1:02 PM
also the bars are as much to keep the kids in the windows as the burglers out...
Posted by: Anonymous at April 9, 2007 5:02 PM
Yeah, and those bars will keep the children inside the building if it catches on fire, too. Very scary.
Posted by: Bob999 at April 9, 2007 9:13 PM
bob999
semetic is the incorrect spelling. i assume you mean semitic....and yes the hasidic have screwed up all these different neighborhoods. i so much preferred the dirty curtain on the windows vibe and the screams of babies tumbling out of 3rd floor windows which didn't have bars.
take a deep breath, count to 10 and lower your dose of snark pills.
merci.
Posted by: adriennui at April 9, 2007 10:25 PM
Adriennui, you are adorable. Thanks for the lesson on politeness.
Posted by: Bob999 at April 10, 2007 4:41 AM
i can't wait to do a coffee table book on hasidic architecture. it will be a best seller and for you, cheap!
Posted by: Anonymous at April 10, 2007 7:01 AM
Gentile...is that like the same thing as an infidel?
I hope one day I can fit in somewhere...
damn religion and the labels associated with it!
Posted by: Anonymous at April 11, 2007 12:09 PM
Burn it down.
Posted by: uhg. at June 14, 2007 3:47 PM
Burn it down.
Posted by: uhg. at June 14, 2007 3:48 PM
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