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landshark wrote:
We have used them and have been happy with the quality. Not sure as average consumer if you can go there and order though. Might have to go through a dealer.

Landshark, if you went direct, are you a contractor or landlord?

heights wrote:
I would also check for lice and bed bugs if he came that close to you. I wouldn't want any of his DNA to cling to me.
I notice homeless sleeping on the gazzebo in Van Vorst Park just before the farmer's market opens on Saturday mornings. How can we control their loitering ? If they weren't homeless would it be a crime ??

jcwalkingman wrote:
How much are these developers spending on upgrading the sewerage systems? Resurfacing roads? Installing traffic lights for increased traffic? Also, who is paying the JCPD to have usually several officers on traffic duty around these large sites during construction? These are all necessities for these large developments that come with a steep pricetag - and someone is paying the bill for these. I could be wrong but I doubt it's the developers.

Vigilante wrote:
One of the important factors is that they aren't always the highest bidder but they pay with cash. I would be worried that as "absentee landlords" their properties might start looking real shabby.

Toonces wrote:
So I tore my achilles tendon (on the stairs of the Chamber St. subway) last week, and am now wearing a relatively obviously boot, and using a much more obvious cane, as I walk.

True to form and exactly as expected, when I got on the train this morning (JSQ to WTC), nobody got up to offer me a seat. The ride is relatively short so not the worst, but what makes it super unpleasant is the engineers' tendencies to ride the brake the whole way - forcing me to put weight on my bad leg, over and over.

I don't post this looking for sympathy in the slightest, but rather, as an observation. It's just too bad that this forum doesn't allow us to post pics, or I'd take, and attach, one of the people that continue to sit, from now until I get this fixed, every day I end up having to stand (which I fully expect to be every time).

yorkster wrote:
I heard that there is a hedge fund that has been buying up all the brownstones in DTJC.

tommyc_37 wrote:
..... Majestic (will it re-open?).

bunny22 wrote:
Antiqua is not recommended at all by me. They charged a lot of money, left crap all over the front yard, the guys showed up a total of 3 days for a couple of hours at a time (for $4,500) and left without finishing the job or even addressing the cornice and flashing along the roofline-basically did nothing. Now, 4 years later, the porch is falling apart and the railing has completely detached from the column. You'd never think think this was a new porch.