We can report significant progress at the site of the demolished Old Dutch Mustard Building, which was being torn down around this time last year by developer Steiner Equities. Old Dutch is morphing into 80 Metropolitan, a luxe condo with what–to our eye–is a very pedestrian design, particularly compared to the architecture that was destroyed to make room for it. In any case, we’ve dealt with the demolition issue at length. Our point here is to show that the big hole at the site has been filled with a foundation and that 80 Met–whose signage has featured messages like “More Stuff for Rich People” and “Kill the Yuppies”–should be above street level soon. The sales office is getting ready to open a block away.
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1 Anonymous // Oct 12, 2007 at 8:01 am
Will they ever cover up the yellow cladding on that hideous Scarano-top on N. 1st St.? Can they leave it like that forever? It drives me crazy every time I see it (which, sadly, is every day).
2 Anonymous // Oct 12, 2007 at 12:39 pm
As a proud card-carrying penny-loafers wearing yuppie, I am grateful for such construction. It will allow me to fully express my yuppie-dom. I’m also grateful for this blog, which has given us yuppies the perfect justification we need in order to feel smug about our yuppieness.
Wiithout your constant protests against bland construction and the monied folk like us who choose to purchase these units for ever-increasing prices (prices that we’ll always be able to afford since we actually have jobs, not to mention a nice stipend from dad’s hedge fund), we would not even begin to feel as sweet as we are.
Thanks to you, now when we sup a fine syrah and a bit of fromage 14 stories over williamsburg, we’ll feel even more rich and successful. We didn’t need the ego boost, but just knowing our new yuppie towers annoy you so much makes us yuppies, and our financial advisors, very, very happy.
3 Anonymous // Oct 13, 2007 at 4:40 am
Barf and 3:39, hahah..