Sunday, April 22, 2007
Railroad apartments
During my recent apartment search, I saw a couple of great apartments and have found a really nice one right here in Bay Ridge. Washer/dryer and dishwasher in the apartment? In New York?
I saw 3 or 4 places in Park Slope – each overpriced and undersized. Obviously, some people don’t cook!
A couple of the places there and one in Astoria were Railroad apartments. OK, if the bedrooms are at either end of the apartment, they can work. But for most you have to walk through one bedroom to get to the ‘master’. Each of these ‘proudly’ featured a private entrance into the master bedroom - “perfect for roommates.” I don’t know! They may work for a family with small kids, in which case you don’t need the rear entrance; but not for me. If I need to relieve myself in the middle of the night, am I supposed to exit through the rear door, walk along a common landing carrying my front door keys, and enter through the front in order to use my bathroom? It’s either that or disturbing my kids, who are 20 and 17, or my guests.
I know these places are cheaper than other floor plans and understand why so many people move into them. What I don’t understand is why so many were built in the first place! Someone had to have the idea and pitch it. Many others had to think it a good idea, or there wouldn’t be so many. According to Wikepedia, this design was popular in
‘renaissance, baroque and classicist palaces’ Well, they may work for palaces, but for modern cramped city dwelling?
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I saw 3 or 4 places in Park Slope – each overpriced and undersized. Obviously, some people don’t cook!
A couple of the places there and one in Astoria were Railroad apartments. OK, if the bedrooms are at either end of the apartment, they can work. But for most you have to walk through one bedroom to get to the ‘master’. Each of these ‘proudly’ featured a private entrance into the master bedroom - “perfect for roommates.” I don’t know! They may work for a family with small kids, in which case you don’t need the rear entrance; but not for me. If I need to relieve myself in the middle of the night, am I supposed to exit through the rear door, walk along a common landing carrying my front door keys, and enter through the front in order to use my bathroom? It’s either that or disturbing my kids, who are 20 and 17, or my guests.
I know these places are cheaper than other floor plans and understand why so many people move into them. What I don’t understand is why so many were built in the first place! Someone had to have the idea and pitch it. Many others had to think it a good idea, or there wouldn’t be so many. According to Wikepedia, this design was popular in
‘renaissance, baroque and classicist palaces’ Well, they may work for palaces, but for modern cramped city dwelling?
