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Category Archives: HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Brooklyn the Beautiful: Clinton Avenue
MY 2008 Honda Fit has nearly 100,000 miles on it and keeps on chugging. Its the best city car I’ve ever had. (You should see me wedge its 108″ into a 109″ parking space.) Occasionally it needs maintenance, however, and … Continue reading
Historic Upstate New York Farmhouse 350K
THIS LISTING COMES DIRECT TO YOU from a longtime blog reader of mine, Lillian DeMauro, who is selling her late 18th century house outside Andes, New York, in Delaware County’s Catskill Mountains, under three hours from NYC. Looks and sounds … Continue reading
Posted in CATSKILLS, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, PROPERTIES FOR SALE
Tagged 18th century, Andes, Esopus Turnpike, farmhouse, house for sale, NY
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San Miguel, Meet My Expectations
I’M IN FABLED SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE, waiting for the magic to happen. This central Mexico town of 80,000, made wealthy half a millennium ago as a way-station between the silver mines to the north and the capital 200 miles … Continue reading
Oh Savannah
AFTER CHARLESTON, Savannah, Georgia, two hours to the south, seems busy, noisy and touristy. Parking and restaurant reservations are hard to come by, probably because we’re here on a weekend. But Savannah’s historic district, which forms the heart of the … Continue reading
Posted in ARCHITECTURE, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, ROAD TRIPS, TRAVEL
Tagged Gryphon, Olde Pink House, River Street Inn, Savannah, Sorrel-Weed House
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Three Days in Charleston
FOR A CITY that has endured wars, hurricanes, fires and earthquakes, the historic architecture of Charleston, South Carolina is amazingly well-preserved (or well-restored). An old-house enthusiast like myself has plenty to see: eight major house museums, beautiful churches and public buildings, … Continue reading
Pier A Gets an A
THE LAST SURVIVING HISTORIC PIER IN NEW YORK CITY, Pier A at Battery Park in lower Manhattan, was ripe for adaptive re-use. Built in the 1880s, with a clock tower added in 1919 as a World War I memorial, it … Continue reading
Goodbye to Beaux Arts Manhattan
TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT THESE BUILDINGS next time you’re in the area around Grand Central Terminal, because some of them may not be there much longer. Big changes are coming to what’s called the Vanderbilt Corridor, the five-block stretch … Continue reading
