Two Federal-era brick homes in the 500 block of N. Columbus are being offered for sale by Sotheby's for $1.55 million each, and one — the house where the late community activist Helen Miller was born nearly 90 years ago — is already under contract.
Investor Steve Stylianoudis (he's well-known up in the Braddock Place community) and his wife Vallery bought the houses at 508 and 510 N. Columbus for $341,000 and $360,000 respectively back in October 2004. To read the brochure, it sounds like they spared no expense with the renovation:
Every room is outfitted with the best materials and finishes available today including: private elevator, lavish bathrooms with 24 karat gold-plated and crystal accessories, gourmet chef's kitchen, Brazilian cherry hardwood floors, landscaped backyard complete with patio, private deck, secure gated parking, in-law suite with separate entrance and state of the art energy efficient systems. A rare find in this most-desirable and convenient neighborhood.The Growler is more than a little amused by the elevators. It doesn't really make the house officially accessible, since there are still stairs to navigate up or down to enter the houses. And the price seems outrageous for what is essentially a three bedroom house with an extra kitchen. But hey ... sometimes nothing succeeds like excess.
So check it out — and try to imagine what Mrs. Miller might have had to say about this ...
15 comments:
If 20 years equals a generation then four generations later this milestone was achieved.
I wonder what Mrs. Miller would think about the park named in her honor?
Would she like the fact that local thugs and hoodlums sell crack there?
"Sold" crack there. Since the police removed the benches, spa court is now where the selling takes place.
Mrs. Miller was proud of the park. The children's park is her legacy. We were delighted when the picnic tables were removed and the playground "cleaned." But something needs to be done about the rear bleecher activity in hth basketball court.
Please explain what you see at the rear bleachers. All I ever see when I'm walking my dog is kids playing pick up games. Nothing else.
Open containers for starters. No complaints with pickup games.
Does anonymous call the police when he/she sees open containers or other violations? It's all of our job to keep our parks clean.
You must think you are lecturing to a child.
And what would calling the police do?
Why dont we start blaming the folks with the containers and start kicking them out of our neighborhood instead of always coddling to them? The police can help do that but it seems there is this attitude of coddling rather than forceful complaining and outrage.
"Does anonymous call the police when he/she sees open containers or other violations?"
It's the cops not bloggers who should be lectured. Let me tell the lecturer that the park is watched by many but it is the Inner City Civic Association that has adopted it. Unless the mostly useless group bellyaches nothing happens. The Civic Association apparently is the top down vehicle through which the community cops access the neighborhood. See the Growler's Crime Puff. So let's redirect your lecture. If police officers would walk the neighborhood occasionally they just might see what the rest of us see.
The cops see it but what do u want them to do?
if they arrest people they get called racist. if they try reason the fools just move somewhere else. if they do nothing u all complain.
What do you want them to do?
Walk up and down Fayette all day? the hoodlums will just go to Payne. You cant cover every street and every housing project with manpower.
So stop the "walk the street" tripe. They dont walk on Union st and that seems to be crime free.
Start blaming someone other than the cops.
Other than the elevator, there is nothing noteworthy about these houses. At only 3 floors, small for that price range. There are many other more larger properties with a more desirable location within Old Town for cheaper. I am very surprised that the first one sold so quickly.
If you don't have faith in the local cops and don't call when you see quality of life issues like open containers, stop complaining. You're now part of the problem and not a part of the solution.
I read the Growlers crime puff. Show me one time when a cop did nothing about an open container that was called in. If nothing was done, call the department and ask to speak to someone in charge.
I had this problem when I lived in Houston. Information was always given back to me as to what and why the cops did or did not act.
But, don't listen to me. Have no faith in the police, never call anything in and complain about it on a blog. That will get things done for sure.
Question....Does anonymous call the police when he/she sees open containers or other violations? It's all of our job to keep our parks clean.
Response.....? You must think you are lecturing to a child.
No not lecturing, just asking a simple question. There is no need to be rude about this.
I thought I was writing to concerned adults that wanted to have pride in their community and city and take action on issues that happen in and around the areas they reside in. Guess I was blogging on the wrong site. It won't happen again.
WE DO CALL ANONYMOUS.
Whats the fricken point though?
The cops come, they do something, and they leave.
And then the people come back --- they just get replaced by some other drunk or drug dealer.
I can show you 10 times where a cop did nothing; not becuase they dont want to but because they just will get replaced by some other person who will do the same thing.
Since the "call the police, complain about public housing dysfunction, demand redevelopment" method isnt working, what else should we do?
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