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Rich People in Their Natural Habitat — Brooklynian

Rich People in Their Natural Habitat

whatchuwant
whatchuwant
edited November -1 in Prospect Heights
Actual sighting: Tuesday evening. There are actual LIVE human beings now living in the the Meier building. They've got their flat screens up and everything.

Oh yes, and verbal confirmation from one of the construction workers that there is a restaurant opening on the main level. No idea what or who.

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  • armchair_warrior
    armchair_warrior
    still can't afford to buy curtains :p or they just like to show off to the other half how they live.
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    If all those glass windows have different window treatments, that building is going to look even worse. I wonder if the condo has rules about what kind of window treatments are allowed to preserve the integrity of the building's design. :lol:
  • arches
    arches
    i think it may just be people in the new sales office...or maybe they have some model apartments set up.

    http://www.brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/2008/04/meiers_on_prosp.php
  • prospectus
    prospectus
    The condominium documents require residents to have a white curtain or roller shade facing the street…
  • bkchickie
    bkchickie
    I thought that the building wouldn't be ready for habitation until Fall 2008. Brownstoner mentioned that there's going to be a sales office and model apartment AT the building (gee--what a concept). Perhaps this is what you saw.

    I'm very interested to see how this building will perform once it is inhabited. What's going to happen when someone tires of the roller shades? What if there's some exhibitionist on the top floors?
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    prospectus wrote: The condominium documents require residents to have a white curtain or roller shade facing the street…
    I figured it would be something like that.

    I heard this from Alf the other day, and was somewhat skeptical. Who would want to live there now with construction going on all around you all the time? The lobby isn't nearly done yet. I can't even imagine where someone would enter. Would they take that construction elevator or are the internal elevators actually finished? I was thinking of the model apartment thing too. Has anyone actually gone to check out those apartments as a prospective buyer?
  • prospectus
    prospectus
    BKChickie wrote: What's going to happen when someone tires of the roller shades??
    The people that move in can have a curtains with a different color on the side facing into the apartment, or can put any kind of curtain they want over the roller shades, as long as the white curtain/shade is what faces out to the sidewalk. (How do I know? I wrote about the building last year for my work (journalist).)

    About nakedness: I think it's illegal to flash your neighbors, the same way it'd be illegal to lounge naked on your front lawn, though I don't know how in practice a naked millionaire at the Meier building would get cited…

    That said, last time I checked, some of the floorplans there had bathrooms without walls… They must be on high floors…
  • sweet tea
    sweet tea
    prospectus wrote:

    That said, last time I checked, some of the floorplans there had bathrooms without walls… They must be on high floors…
    sounds like something for dave chappelle's When Keeping It Real Goes Too Far.
  • arches
    arches
    prospectus wrote:
    About nakedness: I think it's illegal to flash your neighbors, the same way it'd be illegal to lounge naked on your front lawn, though I don't know how in practice a naked millionaire at the Meier building would get cited
    Probably depends what you're flashing....wasn't there some law passed in NYC a while back that made it legal for women to go topless in public?

    I'm all for exhibitionist millionaires in Meier...it'll give us something to talk about when news is slow in the neighborhood. Kinda like hawk sightings.
  • brooklynbubba
    brooklynbubba
    The people that move in can have a curtains with a different color on the side facing into the apartment, or can put any kind of curtain they want over the roller shades, as long as the white curtain/shade is what faces out to the sidewalk. (How do I know? I wrote about the building last year for my work (journalist).)

    Prospectus--that's how you come up with all your stats!

    Is there really going to be a restaurant there? It's off the beaten path and can't imagine that all the rich people will like a restaurant attracting mice and roaches into their homes.
  • whatchuwant
    whatchuwant
    Well, the "sighting" was at night, but I guess it was one of the real estate people working late. It definitely gives you a feel for what it will look like. I hope they don't get curtains- what am I going to watch when there's nothing on the tube!

    40% sold. 40% finished. :shock:

    Also, the restaurant will hardly be off the beaten path. It's right off one of the most major roads in Brooklyn.
  • alafairnadia
    alafairnadia
    Whatchuwant wrote: Well, the "sighting" was at night, but I guess it was one of the real estate people working late. It definitely gives you a feel for what it will look like. I hope they don't get curtains- what am I going to watch when there's nothing on the tube!

    40% sold. 40% finished. :shock:

    Also, the restaurant will hardly be off the beaten path. It's right off one of the most major roads in Brooklyn.
    the "sighting" was also pretty late - like 11:15 p.m

    if it's a halfway decent restaurant, I'll definitely be there often.
  • arches
    arches
    Whatchuwant wrote: I hope they don't get curtains- what am I going to watch when there's nothing on the tube!
    According to their website, there's going to be a "seperate service entrance to accomodate bicycles, strollers, and owners on move-in day"...so from day one, you'll probably get to watch lots of knock-down, drag-out sidewalk fights between the doorman and enraged stroller pushing parents banished to the side door!
  • whatchuwant
    whatchuwant
    awwwwwww, yea.
    "Nobody puts baby through the side entrance!!!!"
  • prospectus
    prospectus
    Whatchuwant wrote:
    Also, the restaurant will hardly be off the beaten path. It's right off one of the most major roads in Brooklyn.
    True, but I can see where bubba's coming from. No so long ago, fancy restaurants tended to locate themselves in enclaves. I think it's because people eating dinner in a dangerous city like New York was back then didn't want to see a lot of people and cars from other, maybe tougher neighborhoods while they were out on a date. So Seventh Avenue in Park Slope has had more restaurants than Fourth Avenue, even though Fourth has many times as much traffic.

    Now that the city's safer, and Flatbush Avenue is finally a has a lot of good restaurants, a restaurant in the Meier building could really benefit from all the traffic—especially if it has a good brunch menu to catch people that visit the farmer's market. "Hmm, I could buy this egg here, or I could just order an omlette…"
  • fjord
    fjord
    since it's a starchitect bldg., does anyone think it'll attract a "name" chef?
    Maybe one who does well in another nabe in Brooklyn?
  • bkchickie
    bkchickie
    Cheryl's and the bar next door (name, unknown to me) seem both to do a banner business. Granted, they are both solid, neighborhoody types of places--not world-class dining (but very good for what they do). I think that a good restaurant (and I mean good--with exceptional food and atmosphere--not just expensive) could do well in that building. Lots of visitor traffic from the Brooklyn Museum and Prospect Park folks.
  • god
    god
    Hope someone feeds the poor things inside or they'll be dead in a week like "Sea Monkeys".

    :twisted:
  • alafairnadia
    alafairnadia
    I know a lot of folks who would skip, jump, dance, and spend their entire paychecks if the restaurant turns out to be a batali joint.
  • brooklynbubba
    brooklynbubba
    BATALI!! That's too much. Don't even joke about that. Would be amazing...something low key like Lupa.

    Wouldn't they need to advertise something like that? Or inform would-be buyers that are spending millions of dollars that they'd be living on top of a restaurant? Seems like something to big to omit.
  • god
    god
    A Mikey D's would do great! :twisted:
  • homeowner
    homeowner
    I'd much prefer a Gordon Ramsey joint. I can hear him now, "C'mon you STUPID DONKEY!!"

    Plus imagine the fun of Gordon and the stroller moms. That would be pure hood comedy gold. :cheers:
  • alafairnadia
    alafairnadia
    homeowner wrote: I'd much prefer a Gordon Ramsey joint. I can hear him now, "C'mon you STUPID DONKEY!!"

    Plus imagine the fun of Gordon and the stroller moms. That would be pure hood comedy gold. :cheers:
    true. and his restaurants are actually delicious, so ...
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