Saturday, February 23, 2008

Hideous Hasid housing

Brownstoner is Catching Up on the Bedford Avenue Building Boom

In recent years, the Orthodox community that has traditionally lived in South Williamsburg has expanded south into parts of Bed Stuy and Clinton Hill. Nowhere is this building boom more obvious than on Bedford Avenue between Willoughby and Flushing, where eight buildings (by our count) are currently under construction or reaching completion. And, by and large, they're pretty fugly.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

matzabread house - akin to a gingerbread house, except a bit less tasty and pleasing to behold. (see photo for example)

Anonymous said...

Another shitty urban "schtettle"
for warehousing tribal insulars!

georgetheatheist said...

Hasid alotta crap in my time, but this takes the cake.