[Marketing materials for 277 E. 7th St.]
The Wall Street Journal checks in with an article titled "New Units Start to Spell Luxury in Manhattan’s Alphabet City," basically a free plug for the developers trying to move the condos at 277 E. Seventh St. near Avenue D.
To the article!
More restaurants and boutiques, long common on First Avenue and Avenue A, are opening on Avenue C. Lower prices than can be found closer to First and Second avenues in the East Village are enticing more buyers farther east, developers say.
“You’ve certainly got all the elements there — the park, the restaurants, pretty blocks, a lot of stuff within walking distance — it’s also very bike-friendly,” says Steve Ferguson, co-founder of Saddle Rock Equities, who with his partner Joe Eisner developed 277 E. Seventh St., a six-unit condominium between Avenues C and D. “It feels a little slow-paced — it almost feels like Brooklyn in a way.”
"It feels a little slow-paced — it almost feels like Brooklyn in a way.”
ReplyDeletePerhaps like Brooklyn used to feel.
"it almost feels like Brooklyn in a way.” Last time I checked Brooklyn was a big place with a LOT of diversity in very different neighborhoods. Boy do I dislike real estate people, they do nothing but lie, destroy entire neighborhoods, raise rents and have no problem showing how under educated they really are.
ReplyDelete“It feels a little slow-paced — it almost feels like Brooklyn in a way.”
ReplyDeleteI'd like to see this guy get slapped around for a while.
I'm sure I don't have to tell this to your readers, but that's a photo of First ave. & St. Mark's...
ReplyDeleteWe've already been over that, Anonymous.
ReplyDelete"It almost feels like Brooklyn in a way," is about as accurate as "It almost feels like Harlem in a way." "It almost feels like Sunnyside in a way." Fucking realtors.
They fail to mention the NYPD Sky tower and parked patrol car 200 yards away because of the crime on the corner of 7th and Ave D shame the building is beautiful but really if you have that type of purchasing power think more of your safety...
ReplyDeleteNo, give the guy his due - although he didn't mean it the way I interpret it, Avenue C IS like Brooklyn in a way - overrun more and more by clueless self-centered white hipster transplants, who care nothing for neighborhood history or their neighbors, and everything for shit like the latest hot place to see and be seen, whose ideas of the important things in life are as deep and lasting as sea foam.
ReplyDeleteBut again, I don't think that's what the dude had in mind with his stupid Brooklyn reference.
Love the douchy 'photo'. Let me help the marketing team a bit:
ReplyDeleteBadass enough to 'rep his set' in full body ink, yet soft enough to stand on line to get Penelope a cronut, Archer sheds his Des Moines roots, and represents the vibrant, creative, parentally funded face of New York in 2015.
“You’ve certainly got all the elements there — and by "elements" I'm sure you know what I'm talking about. Then there's the flood plain, also known as the park, the restaurants, ranging from the Bodegas to the Bro-diculous, those long, dark, lonely blocks especially late at night, a lot of stuff within walking distance if you don't mind walking your ass off — it’s also very bike-friendly, except for when the bikes get stolen. It feels a little slow-paced — it almost feels like Brooklyn in a way. And by Brooklyn I mean you'll pay an awful lot compared to everyone else who already lives here in exchange for very little in return. Plus you'll feel like you're in the middle of nowhere since there's almost no public transportation. But we're working on pricing all the current residents out, so consider yourself a pioneer, and marvel as more people start to move in who look just like you.”
ReplyDeleteThe Times is doing native advertising pieces now? They left out the part about the bullets delivered free of charge at 4am. Now that's what I call luxury!
ReplyDeleteThis guy is boring like the rest of those hipsters who have helped destroy the various hoods.
ReplyDeleteWall Street Journal rather, not The Times.
ReplyDeleteLong walk to the L train.
ReplyDeleteHey, those bullets were delivered at 10:40pm!
ReplyDeleteOur neighborhood is awesome, much better than 20 years ago. I'm glad someone recognizes it instead of complains about it. Sheesh.
ReplyDeleteLots and lots of us prefer it the way it was 20 years ago, Anon. 12:33. Sheesh indeed.
ReplyDeleteCB#3's economic and development committee is considering proposing a regulation on bars and restaurants in the area. They discussed it last week.
ReplyDeletenobody that age lives in the neighborhood long enough to get a tattoo of their street.
ReplyDeleteha ha good luck getting millions in an NYPD high impact zone! f*** Off potential condo owners
ReplyDeleteYou don't speak for all. I was here twenty years ago and I am much happier not stepping on crack vials on the way upstairs.
ReplyDeleteHe can't afford a shirt but he's going to buy a luxury condo? What an ill conceived marketing campaign. The reality is you'll be getting around the area in a raft during the next hurricane and dodging bullets from the projects if you buy in this building.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous 2:46, the people who preferred it 20 years ago are most aging drug users, not a constituency anyone cares about.
ReplyDeleteEvidently the Wall Street Journal needs "filler" on the weekends especially - and this article helps convince the moneyed suburban moms & dads that their precious offspring will be safe in that charming EV nabe.
ReplyDeleteAs an aside, I like the illustration of the guy with his address tattooed on his back. It's almost truth in advertising: the tattoo will make it easier for the police to ID him if anything should happen to him in his lovely "safe" neighborhood.
Nice try attempting to pass off native advertising as reporting.
ReplyDeleteLike I said before...arm yourselves or get a body guard. This is very scary territory.
ReplyDeleteScary territory? Live in NYC long? Scary shit happens everywhere here. Hedge fund kids shooting dads, rich twerps drowning their fashion designer girlfriends and nannies killing the kids all happened in so called desirable hoods in Manhattan.
DeleteA little like Brooklyn?! How insulting!
ReplyDeleteI'm not buying dick unless the lux condo includes the hovering bicycle pictured.
ReplyDeleteIs he wearing Jordache™ ?
ReplyDelete(man, that was good "D")
Like I said before, San Loco is the only reason I go into the East Village.
ReplyDeleteRIP East Village.
NO, he's wearing JourDouche™ (Douche of the Day).
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