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February’s Snowy Wallop
February in New York City packed a snowy wallop, but we hardy Big Apple types shoveled and sloshed our way through — one major snowstorm early in the month that dropped nearly two feet of the white stuff upon us, … Continue reading
Posted in ARCHITECTURE, BROOKLYN
Tagged Boerum Hill, Fort Greene, Park Slope, Prospect Heights
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Remains of the Day: Fort Greene Ramble
Getting on for 4PM yesterday, I just couldn’t stand it anymore. I had to get out of my apartment. The sun had been teasing in and out all day. It would suffuse the front windows of my ground-level brownstone apartment … Continue reading
Posted in ARCHITECTURE, BROOKLYN, HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Tagged Cafe Paulette, Fort Green Park, Walter's
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Back to My Roots: Cheap Old Houses
If you are an old-house aficionado, you may already know about the candy store of vintage American architecture that is CIRCA. and the constellation of old-house websites and Instagram pages that surround it, bursting with eyebrow Colonials, Victorian gingerbreads, American … Continue reading
Who Knew? Greenpoint’s McGolrick Park
The impressive 9-acre Monsignor McGolrick Park, an urban oasis tucked between Williamsburg and Long Island City, is surrounded on all four sides by vintage row houses from fine to funky. The park has been there since the 1893, a welcome leftover … Continue reading
Hudson on a Tuesday Afternoon
THE UPSTATE NEW YORK TOWN of Hudson is an extraordinary repository of 19th century residential and commercial architecture. Its main drag, Warren Street, is a mile-long stretch of clapboard and brick buildings — mostly row houses, many with storefronts, but … Continue reading