Brooklyn's Shipping Container Boom

I certainly salute the idea of clever reuse of any material but the verdict on shipping container versus brownstone is premature at best. As the Wikipedia link implies, the nominal age for a brownstone building is about one and a quarter century. I'm not sure if this chopped shipping container design will out last a thirty year old mortgage.

Looking at the bright side of our trade deficeit.......

Yeah, we call 'em trailers down here......and they come with their own wheels....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa2p_ux8ER0

For sale gitchy cool high rise....be a trend setter.....go greenish

It is true that most of Brooklyn are noted for its beautiful brownstone structures, BUT not this particular section or area of Williamsburg, Brooklyn!

The subject area sits right next to the BQE Expway, where one can find the buildings are mostly of brick or brick veneer constructions Not brownstones! The buildings in this area either used a multi-story dwellings / residential apartments or warehouses /industrial type of applications.

Shipping containers beside being very durable, are cheap and commonly used by our military personnel as convertible offices, and living quarters during their field deployments overseas..

With the new socialist mayor, I would think that a person in NYC wouldn't require much more space than a coffin.

The Cheney fire department built a practice facility out shipping containers.

Our community uses old shipping containers for the Sheriff's storage and our CERT storage. They're pretty stout and we feel they'll be earthquake proof.

A few years ago, I thought of buying a duplex with about 1/2 acre of flat land (on the side of a long driveway). I had a plan to buy shipping containers, cut out doors and windows, link them together and make a homeless shelter for our Vets.

I visited a cabin on a "ranch" that was a couple of storage sheds joined together in an "L" shape and finished out on the inside. Very cozy.