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Our Reputation Precedes Us

hahaha…

Over on Brownstoner:

Some folks in Prospect Heights aren’t happy about the barricade…

“>http://dailyheights.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2198

Posted by: Hal at January 24, 2006 11:15 AM

Hal – those people complain about everything/anything.
Posted by: Anonymous at January 24, 2006 11:52 AM

LINK: Meier Gets Out His Shovel [Brownstoner]

COMPLAIN: Prospect Heights Message Boards

Real Estate Agents vs Trees vs Quig: The Final Battle


sterling pl. brownstones

Originally uploaded by pcurtner.

Daily Heights regular quig, who is no stranger to confrontation (see his previous doggie doo exploits here: “Say That One More Time, and I’ll Punch You in the Face”), is back with a vengeance, catching a real estate agent in the middle of tacking flyers to trees in support of an open house at 436 Sterling Pl.:

“Seriously, it really gets my goat when people tack up advertising on trees. For crying out loud, there is a reason that people don’t do this. I came across an agent doing this in the midst of the final marketing push before the open house…”

Apparently the agent confronted Quig after he tore down two of the flyers tacked up to trees on Underhill:

“Long story short, I told him that taping flyers to lamppost doesn’t set precedence like thumbtacking to a tree. We had words. And since I’ve lived in Brooklyn for a mere 15 years, not 42 like the agent, I had no right to tell him what to do.”

“In a nutshell, he asked me for my address so he can tell the sellers the reason the open house didn’t resemble a mosh pit was because of my efforts. I provided it to him and we bid each other good day.”

Oh yeah… we got the agent’s card, too: Prospect Heights Message Boards

I See White People

smile, Nostrand Avenue

Originally uploaded by nicolasking.

Alex writes in the : “I saw two white women on my block (Nostrand/Lincoln) this morning as I left my apartment. One pushing a stroller, the other walking a dog. Amazing!”

Back in the Day adds: “We’ve got two couples that own, plus three or four renters at Park Pl. between Nostrand and New York Ave. …”

“… One of my friends has hypothesized that you’ll know the neighborhood is changing not when you see white people, but when you see Asian couples.”

“I’ve seen two Asian women on Nostrand, one with her child, but no couples yet.”

More Sightings:

You're Zealots… But in a Good Way


Four Kings

Originally uploaded by Atomische.

Congratulations to Prospect Heights on its new status as Neighborhood of the Year over on Curbed.com. This honor was bestowed upon our beloved ProHo (“ProHo?” inside joke, long story) on the basis of a democratic, scientific, statistically valid and meaningful poll in which anyone with an Internet connection can cast a vote:

“With 158 of 427 total votes (and some help from the zealots at DailyHeights), the cup passes from Fort Greene to Prospect Heights,” the Curbed people wrote.

Naturally, fans of DUMBO, LES, and SoBro (South Bronx) were fuming that Candicissima got out the vote, and now we’re all pouring champagne from our solid gold Curbed Cup into the gutters of “windy, desolate and dirty” Vanderbilt Ave. in front of its “ghetto” supermarket, “weak” bars and “segregated schooling, crime and awful restaurants… it might have fallen under a demilitarized zone in Ghostbusters.” (Actual real comment)

“Max” snarkily (and sharkily) retorts: “I agree this is totally a fraudulent poll. If you can’t trust a random internet site for valid scientific answers to such questions as ‘which neighborhood is best?’ or ‘who would totally win in a fight, a whale or 15 sharks?’ then how are we to live our lives?”

What you have to say in The Prospect Heights Message Boards

A Battery Through My Window


sterling building

Originally uploaded by pcurtner.

rita writes in the Prospect Heights Message Boards:

“someone threw a battery through our parlor floor window. i woke up this morning to a perfectly centered hole through two panes of glass, and shattered glass all over our apartment.”

“it must have happened at some point yesterday – we got home around midnight, so it must have been before then. so i ask the DH community, WTF?”

“i doubt it’s personal, but … were they aiming for our dining room chandelier (which is visible from the street) as a symbol of us gentrifying the neighborhood? or is this just the urban equivalent of hitting malboxes with garbage cans?”