Comments on: Stalled – Hello 55 Eckford Street http://cityseen.wordpress.com/2006/11/17/stalled-hello-55-eckford-street/ Scenes of the City Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:30:58 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Walter http://cityseen.wordpress.com/2006/11/17/stalled-hello-55-eckford-street/#comment-108 Walter Tue, 17 Apr 2007 19:49:26 +0000 http://cityseen.wordpress.com/2006/11/17/stalled-hello-55-eckford-street/#comment-108 Hey: I lived across the street from this site in the 1970s when it was a metal-plating factory called Berkman Brothers. I remember finding small puddles of mercury on the sidewalk in front of the building. Imagine what might have leached into the soil under and around this building. If it is ever finished, some lucky people will pay major money to live on top of god-knows-what type of chemical contamination. (And Uber-Parents in Park Slope are afraid to let their spawn drink from plastic bottles!) Zakoplane@yahoo.com Hey:

I lived across the street from this site in the 1970s when it was a metal-plating factory called Berkman Brothers. I remember finding small puddles of mercury on the sidewalk in front of the building. Imagine what might have leached into the soil under and around this building. If it is ever finished, some lucky people will pay major money to live on top of god-knows-what type of chemical contamination. (And Uber-Parents in Park Slope are afraid to let their spawn drink from plastic bottles!) Zakoplane@yahoo.com

]]> By: kate in florida http://cityseen.wordpress.com/2006/11/17/stalled-hello-55-eckford-street/#comment-52 kate in florida Sat, 27 Jan 2007 21:03:26 +0000 http://cityseen.wordpress.com/2006/11/17/stalled-hello-55-eckford-street/#comment-52 hi, just wondering if you could give some info on area where my mom grew up are there still houses at 125 eckford street? i've got the 1939 nyc photo tax pic but never saw the area after the fam moved out to garden city i'm facinated by grennepoint and what life was like back then would like to know if this area still exists thanks for any info in advance kate hi,
just wondering if you could give some info on area where my mom grew up
are there still houses at 125 eckford street?
i’ve got the 1939 nyc photo tax pic but never saw the area after the fam moved out to garden city
i’m facinated by grennepoint and what life was like back then would like to know if this area still exists
thanks for any info in advance
kate

]]> By: AD http://cityseen.wordpress.com/2006/11/17/stalled-hello-55-eckford-street/#comment-8 AD Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:39:22 +0000 http://cityseen.wordpress.com/2006/11/17/stalled-hello-55-eckford-street/#comment-8 This reminds me of Asbury Park, N.J.: hulking steel girders of construction halted midway and unfinished for many years. This reminds me of Asbury Park, N.J.: hulking steel girders of construction halted midway and unfinished for many years.

]]> By: PaulA http://cityseen.wordpress.com/2006/11/17/stalled-hello-55-eckford-street/#comment-5 PaulA Tue, 21 Nov 2006 16:04:12 +0000 http://cityseen.wordpress.com/2006/11/17/stalled-hello-55-eckford-street/#comment-5 These stalled condominium projects are often times a result of ill-conceived planning or financial structuring that leaves insufficient funding for a project to be completed. Keep in mind that this "building boom" we are observing is not in every case being driven by experienced, well-capitalized development professionals who understand the capital markets. I am actually advising a number of these developers and am "re-capitalizing" their projects for them with fresh equity and debt, so that they can complete and sell them. These stalled condominium projects are often times a result of ill-conceived planning or financial structuring that leaves insufficient funding for a project to be completed. Keep in mind that this “building boom” we are observing is not in every case being driven by experienced, well-capitalized development professionals who understand the capital markets. I am actually advising a number of these developers and am “re-capitalizing” their projects for them with fresh equity and debt, so that they can complete and sell them.

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