Category Archives: ARCHITECTURE

Remains of the Day: Fort Greene Ramble

Posted on January 17, 2021 by cara

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 →

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Back to My Roots: Cheap Old Houses

Posted on January 13, 2021 by cara

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 →

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Who Knew? Greenpoint’s McGolrick Park

Posted on March 10, 2018 by cara

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 →

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Hudson on a Tuesday Afternoon

Posted on December 23, 2017 by cara

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 →

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Combing for Historic Remnants Among Brooklyn’s New Towers

Posted on January 7, 2017 by cara

ONE NIGHT LAST SUMMER, coming off the Long Island Expressway at Flatbush Avenue and Tillary Street, I had a few moments of total disorientation. It was dark, and I was in a canyon of hi-rises. Where was I? Only in … Continue reading →

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