{"id":1174,"date":"2006-06-16T09:49:17","date_gmt":"2006-06-16T17:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2006\/06\/damn_you_craigs_list_how_you_get_my_hopes_up.html"},"modified":"2006-06-16T09:49:17","modified_gmt":"2006-06-16T17:49:17","slug":"damn_you_craigs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/06\/damn_you_craigs.html","title":{"rendered":"Damn You Craig’s List, How You Get My Hopes Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

First the literal hole in the wall<\/a> ($35 a month), now a tree house for $150 a month<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Williamsburg sculptor Adam Dougherty put his South Fifth St. backyard tree house up for rent as a gag — but learned that in Brooklyn’s sky-high real estate market, it was no joke.<\/p>\n

Since last Saturday, the Craigslist.com posting has drawn more than 30 prospective buyers, renters and vacationers — even though Dougherty never had any intention of branching out into property transactions.<\/p>\n

“I thought people would immediately take this as a joke, that it would get flagged,” said Dougherty, 29. “But the sincerity of some of these people!”<\/p>\n

“I can’t blame ’em,” he added. “I mean, $150 for a place to stay in New York? That sounds like a dream.”<\/p>\n

It was no dream to Gabriel, a “young artist currently sleeping in my van.”<\/p>\n

“I’d be up for a summer of sleeping outdoors,” he e-mailed Dougherty.<\/p>\n

Then there was Ryan, who figured out there probably wasn’t any running water in the tree house and typed this question: “If I need to, can I shower at your house?”<\/p>\n

Although the ad said only “$150 – Tree House,” most who responded assumed the dollar figure was either for a weekend stay or the actual sale price, Dougherty said.<\/p>\n

The year-old pinewood triangular house hovers 23 feet over Brooklyn, and fits up to 17 people at once, he said.<\/p>\n

The 12-by-12-by-10-foot shelter is empty, except for a light hooked up to a 23-foot extension cord that runs down to his apartment.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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