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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
These Walls Talk: Story of an 1830s Brooklyn House
I AM BACK in Brooklyn for the winter and turning my attention to another of my vintage properties, one that hasn’t had much love in recent years: a four-story brick in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, located conveniently but noisily between two … Continue reading
Appreciating October: Old Houses & Fall Color
OCTOBER HAS BEEN A MONTH for remembering my love of old houses, which is why I started this blog in the first place, and for being blown away once again by the beauty of Long Island’s South Fork. That includes … Continue reading
Posted in HAMPTONS, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, LANDSCAPING, LONG ISLAND
Tagged East Hampton, Gardiner Mill Cottage, Hiram Sanford House, South Fork
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