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A Greenpoint Moment: Newel Street
Be advised that the buzzards are not working at 115 Newel Street today. Perhaps they have Martin Luther King Day off?
The same cannot be said for the lions, horse heads and eagle* which grace this property: they are faithfully at work making this building look like ass.
Miss Heather
*Or is this a chicken? It is sort of hard to tell.
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5 Comments on A Greenpoint Moment: Newel Street
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al oof on
Mon, 21st Jan 2008 12:47 pm
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bitchcakes on
Mon, 21st Jan 2008 1:34 pm
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bitchcakes on
Mon, 21st Jan 2008 4:33 pm
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missheather on
Mon, 21st Jan 2008 5:28 pm
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purewonka on
Wed, 30th Jan 2008 11:16 pm
i love those buildings.
when i lived in manhattan, our superintendents name was Hans Schmuck*, and he had an assistant, whose name i don’t think i ever knew. but the assistant, he was always coming by to see if our ‘buzzards’ were working (because, of course, they never were). we thought it was just a pronunciation thing (english wasn’t his first language), but then a sign showed up on the front of the building that said “buzzards do not work”. so, instead of thinking, hey, this is probably a common misunderstanding, i’m going to assume that guy lives there.
Buzzards?! That’s priceless! The whole look of this place reminds me of the semi attached houses on Leonard between Greenpoint and Calyer with the insanely oppressive looking shiny bars and gates – it is truly frightening and gaudy all at the same time. I highly recommend you swing past. You’ll know it when you see it…
I just passed the building on Leonard that I referred to and it’s nearly identical- the bricks, the gates, even the lions and horse heads! (but no eagles). It’s so garish and oppressive. You really must go see it. I wonder if the occupants are related, or if it’s the same landlord or property owner.
Trust me, “Bitchcakes” I have seen the building in question many, many times. In fact YEARS ago I looked at an apartment in one of these turds. They were asking $1,100 month for (maybe) 200 square feet of space. This was in 2000. Yeah, right.
That’s not 115 Newel. It’s 115 Diamond.
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