My Favorite Buildings: Castle Corner

Love this building. Interesting comment that it could have been a series of townhouses. What an amazing way to restore this property that would be, to rehab the exterior with separate treatments for each of the four(?) sections facing Richmond. Really would be THE signature residential property of Richmond Ave.

Great building. Like so many others in this city it has great potential, if only it was cared for better.

I would love to see this building fixed up and re-done someday!

is that place filled with section8? just wondering

Good luck with that! The guy who owns this is a classic slum lord. He owns that building and the red one next to it. Hes content doing the bare minimum to keep it up to section 8. He doesn't care who he rents to, this summer there was a crazy person shouting out the window of that gray building all day every day and a group that partied with their music blaring in that parking lot all day every day. I have walked by there and seen fights, tenets yelling at each other over who the "real trash" is that lives in those buildings. The cops are there all the time.

I'm pretty sure this guy is going to hold out until he finds a buyer with enough money to grossly over pay for the property potential. He should be forced to live next door like the people in the area who are investing in the homes around this place, despite his lack of effort.

Don't worry though he's doing alright, judging by the private college stickers on the back of his $40k SUV.

Full agreement with sobuffbillsfan. It is owned by Attorney Stephen C. Townsend and he has done nothing to the building in the 6 years I've owned my place on the same block of Richmond. He does not care who he rents to, mostly section 8 and the cops are there 2-3 times a week addressing problems with drugs, tenants & the scum they attract. He also owns the row of townhouses next door and runs it the same way. He must have connections with City Hall; we've had no luck with City Hall helping to address any of the issues with the building or those he rents to. The quality of life for all of us in this area will vastly improve once this scumbag sells both properties and someone fixes them up & returns them to the quality housing both buildings once were.

maybe we can get bryant street block club to start to raise consern. i dont know, i would love to see that building get rid of all the trash that lives there. maybe start flooding stephen c. townsend voice mail about how bad the property is maintained.

A similar building at 136-138 Richmond on the corner of York was split in original 3 townhouses recently. The middle townhouse, consisting of 2 one-bedroom units, closed this week at $175K.

I walk past that building several times a week and agree with all comments so far: love the building, but not the nonsense.

Just over a week ago there was a VERY LOUD woman standing outside it after dark trying to block the way of everyone walking across Richmond. When I didn't stop and kept going, the string of epithets and her starting to follow me down the sidewalk startled me so much I pulled out my cell and called 911. She quickly decided to leave me alone.

I was not aware of the issues with the owner, but would be glad to work with others to address them. I've tried various times to get on the email list for the Bryant Street block club without success. Any of you who mentioned you live nearby, feel free to drop a note to any BRO writer you've had contact with, and they'll forward it to me.

The poverty and fractured families can break alot of people into unstable territory.

Is the back entrance for horse and carriage? It looks like it might have been.

Friend told me this evening that Harvey Garrett has opined that the owner of these buildings is a moron, because he doesn't realize that they could be a gold mine if he simply invested in fixing them up.

People, people, trash? Good God, you sound like the victorian trash that used to say the same about the italians and irish only now most of the "trash" is brown. Hey, why not join a friggin eugenics club and suck wine whilst listening to Barry Manilow? Boo Hoo, are the poor people still a little too close for you? Then move to the g'damn suburbs already and study waldorfism's!