More songs about buildings and food - 5th and Garfield revisited
Well, the sign is up and I'm glad to say that there is no mention of Crye-Lieke, and in fact the realtors are the folks from Village (so far, so good). Three story brownstones with 10 total units, with pricing from $199,000 for approximately 900 sq. ft. and $399,900 for a little over 2000 sq. ft., with the ground floor reserved for retail/office space (another possibity for COFFEE HOUSE!!??).
The website promises gated off-street parking for office and flat owners. I guess it was just a matter of time before there was Salem-gating. I'm not a gate-fan, but I guess for these prices, the cars in the gated parking lot will be a little more pricey than ours.
Am I naive to think that the high end prices (like those up the street for Garfield Place) are still a little much for the neighborhood? Of course, if Morgan Park Place is successful, we can expect more prices like these around here for new development.
I was hoping that there would be more flats (and more space in those flats) with the circa $200,000 pricetag. Developer Bill Eason (who built our house) is still managing to build attractive spacious homes and offer them for not much more than $200,000. I wish there was a way that more developers could build in this price range, but with the inflationary Crye-Lieke offers proliferating in the neighborhood, the $200,000 pricetag may be as extinct as good taste on the Bobby Brown/Whitney Houston reality show.
The design is pleasant, and compatible with the 'New Urbanism' exhibited down the street in Morgan Park Place, but I have to say I'm a lot more excited about the Morgan Park design.
Nonetheless, maybe this project will lift us from the 'squalor' of Salemtown as described in yesterday's City Paper...
The website promises gated off-street parking for office and flat owners. I guess it was just a matter of time before there was Salem-gating. I'm not a gate-fan, but I guess for these prices, the cars in the gated parking lot will be a little more pricey than ours.
Am I naive to think that the high end prices (like those up the street for Garfield Place) are still a little much for the neighborhood? Of course, if Morgan Park Place is successful, we can expect more prices like these around here for new development.
I was hoping that there would be more flats (and more space in those flats) with the circa $200,000 pricetag. Developer Bill Eason (who built our house) is still managing to build attractive spacious homes and offer them for not much more than $200,000. I wish there was a way that more developers could build in this price range, but with the inflationary Crye-Lieke offers proliferating in the neighborhood, the $200,000 pricetag may be as extinct as good taste on the Bobby Brown/Whitney Houston reality show.
The design is pleasant, and compatible with the 'New Urbanism' exhibited down the street in Morgan Park Place, but I have to say I'm a lot more excited about the Morgan Park design.
Nonetheless, maybe this project will lift us from the 'squalor' of Salemtown as described in yesterday's City Paper...
