Now are rather expensive condos... http://www.streeteasy.com/nyc/sale/21735-condo-60-broadway-williamsburg-brooklyn
Old Gretsch Bldg in Brooklyn...
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Nov 16, 2008 2:05 p.m. Roosto:
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Nov 16, 2008 2:16 p.m. bonedaddy:
I remember Joe telling the story that he, Mike Lewis and Fred Gretsch were in NY and went to the old Gretsch building. They were wearing some Gretsch labelled shirts and the doorman let them in. Crazy how things turn out huh? 1,000,000 + condos. What do they think they are, Silicon Valley?
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Nov 16, 2008 4:00 p.m. Tux:
Building should've been preserved via the National Register of Historic Places, but can see how it wasn't possible. Too bad.
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Nov 16, 2008 7:21 p.m. Ric12string:
Tux, typically, to be preserved on a National Registry like that, you have to preserve it in the condition that it was previously (historically) used. They undoubtedly couldn't justify retaining it as a manufacturing building when there was so much money to be made in housing. Plus, while we have a strong interest in the history of this building, I surmise that most others in the general public wouldn't really care that some guitars used to be made there.
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Nov 16, 2008 7:24 p.m. audiodrome:
I take it that's a nice section of town.
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Nov 16, 2008 7:35 p.m. Timthom62:
When the Brooklyn Navy Yard was running full blast it probably wasn't a very nice area. Now the proximity to the Williamsburg bridge alone would make it a pricey part of town.
At least they didn't knock it down and they are acknowledging/cashing in on the Gretsch connection.
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Nov 16, 2008 7:39 p.m. Curt:
At some point during the Nashville Roundup Fred Gretsch said something about the condo wanting to use the G or Gretsch name without authorization. At 1.5M a unit I think they could have given a percentage to Gretsch and then preserved the history.
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Nov 16, 2008 8:07 p.m. F107plus5:
uh...where da ya park?
I don't see no garage.
They got a Doorman but I don't see no Valley Guy. Do we gotta park and walk?
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Nov 17, 2008 12:13 a.m. aussiepete:
there must be a helipad on the roof
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Nov 17, 2008 12:19 p.m. Tux:
aussiepete said: there must be a helipad on the roof
and a Bigsby Slide; the employees back door exit.
Ric12string, I do fully realize the building wasn't eligible to be saved via the NRHP, even if the intent/desire had been there (apparently not). Did a little volunteer work with "Save Fenway Park", when the old regime thought it best to scrap "Frazee's little bandbox" and build anew...just to make the sale of the team more appealing (the bleeps). Thankfully, the new owners didn't foller their twisted logic.
That experience, and the Civil War Preservation Trust (CWPT) have learned me sumpin' on the topic. Not much, but sumpin'.
Personally, I would've put the two together, and tried to save the Gretsch building on grounds a major Civil War battle was fought there; Williamsburg.
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Nov 17, 2008 12:36 p.m. Ric12string:
Now that is being creative!!
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Nov 17, 2008 1:18 p.m. Deed Eddy:
What am I missing here? The building is still there, and it is being used. It hasn't been torn down. Is it the fact that it's no longer a factory?
I did hear that FiftyCent, the hip hop artist, has a condo there.
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Nov 17, 2008 1:21 p.m. Tux:
Deed Eddy said: I did hear that FiftyCent, the hip hop artist, has a condo there.
If so, then it won't be long until we see 50-cent hosting his new show; "Pimp Your Building". Watch for this structure to go from a hi-rise to a low-rider.
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Nov 18, 2008 9:23 a.m. Chonny:
Being racist is cool.
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Nov 18, 2008 9:46 a.m. dignan:
Ric12 said: "...typically, to be preserved on a National Registry like that, you have to preserve it in the condition that it was previously (historically) used. They undoubtedly couldn't justify retaining it as a manufacturing building..."
Not necessarily - my building is on the Nat'l Registry of Historic Places, though it hasn't been a church since 1950s and has been privately owned residential/commercial since the late 1980s.The only restrictions I faced concerning renovation was that the original facade had to keep its appearance. I guess I'll have to pass on the drive-through window and kiddie playland.
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Nov 18, 2008 12:31 p.m. seadevil:
It's not really a nice neighborhood at all. Bodegas down the street still sell coke behind the counter. While muggings, stabbings, etc., are certainly down, I'd rather not live on the South Side of Williamsburg. Older residents (mostly working-class Hispanics) resent the hell out of the "new people", and they have every right to. I live about a mile away where things are mellower for artsy blanquitos like myself.
I hope no one is offended by my candor. We New Yorkers tend to be very open about discussing race and class, since so many wildly different types of people live in proximity to one another here.
