Tag Archives: Bed-Stuy

The Outsider: Rooftop Farm in Bed-Stuy

Posted on May 6, 2012 by cara

A 500-SQUARE-FOOT VEGETABLE GARDEN six stories above Brooklyn is a whole lot of work, but Pamela Reed and Matthew Rader love all of it — even lugging jugs of water up stairs and waking at 6AM to pollinate pumpkin blossoms … Continue reading →

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The Insider: All the Details in Bed-Stuy

Posted on November 3, 2011 by cara

I REALLY LOVE the house featured today on my latest “Insider” post for Brownstoner. Of course, everything I write up has something to recommend it, but some I respond to more than others — the colorful, more ‘bohemian’ ones, I … Continue reading →

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The Insider: Well-Crafted Rehab in Bed-Stuy

Posted on October 20, 2011 by cara

ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS of last Saturday’s Bedford-Stuyvesant House Tour (the 33rd annual!) was the impressive level of craft in the bay-windowed 1890s limestone where Christiaan Bunce and his wife Jules Gim recently completed a gut rehab. No surprise, as … Continue reading →

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Diary of a Suddenly Busy Lady

Posted on June 21, 2011 by cara

LATELY, I’VE BEEN RUNNING hither and yon and back again. In the five days since my last post, I put 450 miles on my car — from East Hampton, L.I., to Brooklyn (108 miles), down to Philly and back (150 … Continue reading →

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Bottom Fishing in Bed-Stuy

Posted on January 24, 2011 by cara

TODAY MY COUSIN AND I WENT ON A RECONNAISSANCE MISSION to Bedford-Stuyvesant, often considered the last repository of affordable brownstones in Brooklyn. I hadn’t been that way in years, and it looked good. Less garbage on the streets than in … Continue reading →

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