Plans for Brooklyn Park/ New hgtv show

Missed it, but we are big HGTV freaks over here, we love to "Hunt it up", especially the international version.
I cringe though when we see an old house hunters and you know they are overpaying by like 25-35%, you just want to reach in and say NO!!!

That should be from KeithB...

My favorite show on hgtv was "Small Spaces, Big Style" which they took off the air a few months ago. You saw these amazing transformations of one bedroom spaces in affluent areas such as NYC, San Francisco and other areas which never seem to appear on any other show on HGTV. I also love "Color Confidential" where people pick out these bizarre (sometimes) colors for a room in their home and it's transformed with the help of carpenters, painters and a supervising interior decorator. I'm interested to see what kinds of high end apartments will be on this new show.

I grew up across the street from this park, in the big orange buildings called "Trump Village"....that park is a dump....its rarely used by anyone I know....its not like I've ever seen anyone put down a blanket on the ground and have a picnic or anything....its filled with dog poop.....the only exception being in the summer when they hold the weekly Wednesday or Thursday night concerts (i think it's that day), where the place is packed like crazy, usually 70s or 80s bands that perform

So, doing anything in that park would be an improvement in my opinion....the people bitching are the immediate locals (obviously) because of the higher congestion and worse parking...but parking is already unbearable there in the summer because of the beach and famous West 5th handball courts....those same locals bitch when they put on concerts too

I love those HGTV shows. Favorite is Househunters International.
"Holmes On Holmes" is very educational, he's a contractor who fixes up other contractors' disasters, for the homeowner.
Not sure how they can keep up-to-date on that new show,"Selling New York". By the time they're finished taping and post-production, it will be old news.

The park will be a nightmare for that location. You're right accross the street from two 23 story buildings. Anyone facing in that direction will be screwed. The parking is a nightmare and the only way they can do this is to build at least a 200 car lot at the same time. This is a very densely populated area and an influx of people will create huge problems.

The park is not the nicest, but they have many people coming from the Tri-State area to play soccer on the weekends. The kids from Brighton Beach only have this park to play at, not counting the tiny little thing on Brighton 3rd. What they should do is improve the park to make it more useful to the residents in the area. If they want to build an amphitheater, there's plenty of empty space in Coney Island that is geared for this.

I've read about the plans to move the New Jersey Nets to a new Brooklyn arena and when I saw this article, I wondered what Brooklyn residents thought of a plan to build an 8000 seat music theater near Coney Island. I'm happy to hear that kids from Brighton Beach and other neighborhoods use this park and it'll be interesting to see what happens with this proposed plan.
The promo for the HGTV show "Selling New York" mentioned that they follow two RE firms when they show expensive NYC apartments, but I don't know yet which firms or properties they will be showing except I think that they said one was Annie Liebowitz's apartment.

Annie Liebowitz has to move her properties. Lobster: Offer her a low-ball.

The problem with a New York centric HGTV show is it eliminates my favorite HGTV "House Hunters" moment (aside from the orgasmic gasps over granite countertops that are comical already), when a young couple talks about living in a 1500-2000 sq ft house and says "we're thinking of starting a family and we are beginning to feel cramped." This elicits in me the same kind of responses the Riddler used to get when he would start to creep up on Batman.

By the way did anyone else notice that those people are always going to "start a family" never "have kids"? Is there a need to leave that ambiguous? I mean if they are thinking of having a litter of kittens or puppies its time for the spay/neuter lecture.

I think that's why I'm drawn to those HGTV shows where people participate in the renovation of their homes. The places are usually fairly small for suburban areas and the renovations seem more typical. I've watched this show "Over Your Head" where people begin projects that they lack the skills to finish (or really even begin other than the demolition) and they call in contractor experts to help them complete the project. I can identify with these people.
House Hunter International is also interesting in that you see how people live in other countries. The US version is always set in Houston or Indiana or someplace where a starter home is 1500-2000 sq. feet as Liz mentions. In my case, that's my finished home- not a starter home.

Lobster: I hear that David Bowie and Iman are buying Lebowitz' Hudson Valley home. Only 11 Million$.