Eye sore

Fun.

http://www.streeteasy.com/nyc/building/110-3-avenue-new_york

Yikes - that's awful... No wonder pre-wars hold their own.

Vinyl sided homes next to a building valued over 1 million dollars. LOL.

http://curbed.com/archives/2009/04/15/curbedwire_mason_fisk_progress_shot_more_on_madge.php

That vinyl-sided building is quintessential Williamsburgh. Beneath it is either beautiful red brick, with the masonry details chipped off by the petro-tinmen; or else wood that's rotting away because it's enclosed by the siding -- so much that it doesn't pay to put real clapboard or shingles (or cool newer cementitious material) up instead.

Chadwin House: http://www.streeteasy.com/nyc/building/140-7-avenue-new_york
http://www.cityrealty.com/graphics/photos/s/sev140.01.photo.jpg

The Thomas Eddy:
http://www.streeteasy.com/nyc/building/85-8-avenue-new_york

alanfart,

It is quintessential W'Burg but ugly is ugly.

http://curbed.com/archives/2009/05/06/curbedwire_99_jane_vs_sec_stalled_in_greenpoint.php

http://www.brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/2009/05/development_wat_411.php

buster2056; interesting choices: most people would pick new construction, but for those tow building: 140 7th ave I remember on more than one occasion walking down 7th avenue with buyers having no intention of showing them anything in 140 7th and having them point and blurt out "don't show us anything in that building ever!!!". (had the same thing happen a little further down 7th ave at 22 Perry.).

85 8th has been unaffectionately referred to as "The Prison" for years.

My personal list is way too long to even start.

An overpriced eyesore.

http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/abo/1166481815.html

http://curbed.com/archives/2009/06/16/renderingreality_williamsburgs_metropolitan_green.php#reader_comments

This building looks like someone giving the middle finger.

here is my favorite eye-sore:

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/20070116stuytown.jpg

at least it's not in Jersey.

How bout the backyard of w67...

http://www.nypress.com/images/westside.jpg

ouch!

How bout this.

http://www.bluejake.com/images06/misc/2006_5_projects1.jpg

Is that last one Ravenswood in LIC?

No, that's Upper West side.

Hey, i'm in Columbia County Dump. Nothing beats living like a white trash.

Alpine, you're not to be blamed for not knowing basic Manhattan skyline geography -- you live in the Garden State.

Columbia_dump... I like trains....

seriously, I've heard there are people that like to near airports... like they actually like to hear/see planes taking off.... seriously..

I still think this is the tackiest renovation in the history of New York.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trump_International_Hotel_and_Tower_(New_York).jpg

This ugly thing paved the way for the Time Warner monstrosity across the Circle.

http://www.luxury-design.com/img_news/080814012726small02.jpg

NYCMatt,
That's a beautiful building. Where is it located?

I like the little spitting-balconies. I hope it's in a fun location with lots of sidewalk traffic.

It's an absolute eyesore right in the middle of the Meatpacking District.

Too bad -- those Jersey Girls won't even notice the phlegmballs in their hair.

http://curbed.com/archives/2009/06/26/construction_watch_williamsburgs_111_kent_bulging_out.php

This is BUTT UGLY.

Village new condo, ugh!
http://www.prudentialelliman.com/MainSite/NHD/NHDInfo.aspx?id=334&loc=&PageName=home&nhdproptype

Somehow that link got cut off, try this one:

http://www.streeteasy.com/nyc/building/82-university-place-new_york

This is fugly.

http://curbed.com/archives/2009/08/12/renderingreality_greenpoints_pencil_factory_condos.php#reader_comments

mutombo, oh yes it is, on so many levels.

This apartment hopelessely locked in 1980.

http://www.streeteasy.com/nyc/sale/383854-coop-148-west-23rd-street-chelsea-new-york

It's a low ask but it's been on the market forever.
It must actually show worse in person.

lol @ ar.

mutombo, you've got mail.

ok

bjw2103,

Still waiting.

mutombo, you shouldn't be waiting - i sent to mutombonyc@yahoo.

bjw2103,

I did not get anything.

Maybe check your spam filter.

In addition,

http://curbed.com/archives/2009/08/28/renderingreality_surprise_ending_on_north_5th_street.php#reader_comments

for this one it's a total package kind of thing.

http://curbed.com/archives/2009/08/28/building_seamlessly_blends_into_hells_kitchen_surroundings.php

Thats fugly LOL.

AR,
seen that one up close and personal. Since I consider most of the buildings on this island part of some hodge podge, I am usually liberal. This one hurts my feelings. I would tell you where it really belongs but, as you know I'm am taking a WB bashing break.

By the way the classification is MO-Fugly.

mo-effin'-fugly.

i think curbed did the wb comparison for you.

i haven't been in b'burg for a few years, but i liked the feel of many parts of it. but there are huge numbers of developments, in the short term it won't be pleasant, particularly for purchasers who need to sell. if they did a bunch of this, i'd have to reconsider. you can only tolerate so much ugliness on a daily basis.

the advantage b'burg has over LIC or more obscure parts of brooklyn, etc. is that its retail services are much further advanced. it will become, at least in the short to medium term, a great rental location for the young. and they will get some lovely apartments at very low prices. it may not be a great thing to think about if you bought in the last couple of years, but if you bought enough for your long-term needs and you are a happy sort who can ignore asset price issues, you might be very happy there. although didn't the oh-so-famous thai place just close? this is just a cluster, everywhere, although i was overjoyed that the horrid overpriced chocolate by the bald man in the east village closed.

Jenga?

http://www.brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/2009/11/checking_in_on_70.php

http://www.brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/2009/11/development_wat_517.php

http://www.brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/2009/11/doings_at_the_d.php

http://www.brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/2009/11/big_turnout_for_2.php

http://www.brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/2009/11/580_carroll_dev_1.php

http://www.brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/2009/11/development_wat_516.php

FUGLY!

http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2011/02/08/new_williamsburg_building_gets_up_close_personal_with_neighbor.php