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Knock, Knock…
Who’s there?
Fucking ugly, that’s who!
I present to you, dear readers, 147 Maujer Street. Per the Department of Buildings a partial stop work order exists on this property.
Or would that be three Stop Work Orders? I am getting a little confused.
Per their latest deposition, January 7, 2008:
Guess what? They were back at it January 8!
So much for the Department of Building’s “enforcement”.
And good taste, for that matter. This thing looks like something from the Soviet Union. Those phat balconies have a nice view of housing projects. Sweet!
if they’re going to go to this much trouble to break the law— repeatedly— the developer could do us all a favor and do so with matching bricks.
Miss Heather
Comments
3 Comments on Knock, Knock…
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jukeboxgraduate on
Wed, 9th Jan 2008 10:45 am
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queens crapper on
Wed, 9th Jan 2008 10:55 am
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missheather on
Wed, 9th Jan 2008 11:18 am
ah, maujer st. i spent a lot of time parking near this place, when I was renting two buildings on the other side of graham.
the department of health has a beautiful art-deco entranceway:
http://flickr.com/photos/jukeboxgraduate/84030867/in/set-1521491/
and the projects are not that bad. the williamsburg houses are actually rather historic architecturally:
http://www.nyc-architecture.com/WBG/wbg034.htm
as well as socially. they were one of the first public housing projects to be deliberately set back from the street to allow for grass, lower profile instead of tower blocks, etc. and as someone who has spent A LOT OF TIME on those blocks of Maujer St., again, it’s not that bad, as projects go. the ones further south i wouldn’t be that thrilled about walking through/around.
Having said that, there is a TON of new development in the area between Bushwick,Grand, Johnson and Union, and I have no idea who on earth is going to live out there. People don’t want to live at the Grand L, there is no way they’re going to spend half a million dollars to effectivelyi live at the Montrose L, and have a view of the projects, no matter how historical.
Hey, wasn’t the Stop Work Order Patrol and the NYPD supposed to jail anyone who violated SWOs? What ever happened to that?
Good question, crapper.
Jukeboxgraduate: Excellent points all.
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