Last night, for entertainment purposes only, myself and blogger Red Sauce, attended an open house for a new super-ugly development in Williamsburg, called "Roebling Square at North Eighth." Yikes. For almost a million bucks you too can live in a building more aesthetically suited to a small town in Maryland. True, the closets were large, but the bathrooms were kind of ugly and small. The deck on the penthouse was nice enough, but the Juliet balconies on some of the other places (755k!!!!) were a joke. Really, unless you're expecting Romeo to stumble out of K&M Bar on the corner, what's the point?
Astonishingly enough (to me, anyway), most of the units were sold. If the partygoers were any indicator, the majority of my new neighbors appear to be smug parents and their precious-wecious infants, who looked like they'd be better suited to small town Maryland themselves. And yes, I realize how snotty that sounds.
the scene was disturbing. the kids, the couples, the pouch attached to that guy with the kid in it. the nearly $1 "penthouse" with the DJ in it, "spinning," at the open house. it's only a few blocks away, Judes. I am scared.
Posted by: rose | June 21, 2006 at 12:38 PM
Wait until "AVALON" on the park opens! Now THAT is gonna be creepy!
Posted by: judes | June 21, 2006 at 12:43 PM
that place looks EXACTLY like all the fancy condos going up in hoboken and jersey city... the ones i've mentioned before being built across the street from the projects and drugs sales corners... and just like that, they're selling for like, $500 to $1 million bucks....
crazy!
Posted by: Cap'n Jon | June 21, 2006 at 01:21 PM
WOW. That is completely disgusting!
Posted by: miss amy | June 21, 2006 at 02:42 PM
You and Rose could start a babysitting service over there and make some extra pin money.
Posted by: Jules | June 22, 2006 at 01:35 PM