In case you just dropped in from someplace that is not Brooklyn or New York City, the photo above is Beard Street in Red Hook, Brooklyn. The red brick buildings in the top photo belonged to the Todd Shipyard, property now owned by Ikea. They are separated by almost exactly two months.
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1 Some Guy In Brooklyn // Jul 26, 2006 at 8:25 am
This is amazing. A year ago, I naively thought that America learned to preserve and respect its past and that older buildings are often better built and have much more character than newer ones…yet we are destroying old townhouses at rate unseen since the days of Robert Moses.
2 Anonymous // Jul 27, 2006 at 5:53 am
But if the buildings are not being used then what’s the use. I agree old buildings are nice and they add character to an abandoned part of town that no one visits. Shoppers won’t know the difference and don’t care. If they did IKEA would have contemplated re-using some of the buildings instead of paving over them. NY could have got them to break their formula for development and do something interesting. Instead it will look the same as the one in Newark.
3 Anonymous // Jul 28, 2006 at 1:14 am
too bad IKEA can’t build anything that lasts more than a few months. I guess something built so solidly was just too intimidating for them and an afront to the disposable culture they seek to promote.
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