My Life In Brooklyn

I’ve changed my mind and decided to post a pic. I was walking along Clarkson and grabbed this photo of pure ugliness (the parking situation, not the buildings). Honestly, when all we have here is our architecture and the bits of greenery in form of our front yards, this row of buildings screams an affront to any sense of aesthetics. Across the street from this same row of buildings, none of the homeowners are following suit. It must be a major touch of ugliness looking at this every morning from any and all views. Note: among this row, not every building has excavated a parking place. I really wish whatever authorities oversee/approve this kind of use would be more considerate of the overall context of the neighborhood and begin to think about rules that maintain the original sense of the neighborhood. Again I cannot help but wonder if this is even legal, and if so, how did it happen?

I would be in favor of parking permits for each block or area in exchange for the cessation of this kind of makeshift parking.

I walked by the building I wrote about earlier, on Lincoln Road.  This time I was able to get a better view of it and had not realized there are additional markings on the façade that went unnoticed before.  I had no idea what the “RO” appearing both above and below the condemned symbol means.  If anyone knows, please enlighten me.

Several nice people have written to inform me this means “Roof Open.”  Thanks everyone.